Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to work towards a “fair, reasonable, and mutually acceptable” resolution of the festering boundary issue and pledged to work towards stabilising global trade. In their wide-ranging talks on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, Mr. Modi and Mr. Xi agreed that the two countries are development partners and not rivals, noting that differences between the two sides should not turn into disputes.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) plans to issue new voter identity cards to all electors of Bihar after the completion of the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the State, officials said. They added that a final call on when the new cards will be issued is yet to be taken by the poll authority. Officials said while the plan is to issue every Bihar voter with a new voter card, a final call on when and how the exercise will be carried out is yet to be taken.
