Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan, with the two leaders reviewing bilateral ties and developments in West Asia. Modi reiterated India’s call for dialogue and diplomacy and stressed the need to safeguard freedom of navigation and commerce. Also in focus: the Supreme Court’s decision on the CJP’s proposed September 5 protest march in Delhi, the worsening flood crisis in Nepal, the latest challenge to E20 petrol blending, Delhi’s draft electoral rolls after the SIR exercise, and The Hindu’s editorial on the UN CERD report on India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s four-day visit to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan comes with a wider diplomatic agenda beyond the SCO. India is looking to navigate challenges ahead of…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Bishkek, marking their first meeting since the West Asia war earlier this year.

Earlier, PM Modi had met with the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin later in the day

PM Modi and Iran's President Pezeshkian discuss trade expansion and regional peace during SCO summit talks in Bishkek.