Modi in Uzbekistan for SCO Summit, Set to Meet Putin in Bishkek
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Tashkent on Saturday as part of a two-nation Central Asia tour covering Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. He will spend two days in Tashkent before heading to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek, where India aims to deepen strategic ties with Central Asian states. Modi is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines, including one with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Separately, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, speaking in New York City, said India's diversity must be respected and protected, while calling politics a "game of self-interest." In Chandigarh-Mohali, police confirmed that social media influencer Manjeet Kaur, 28, was seven weeks pregnant when she died on August 26 after being abducted, tied to a tree and set on fire in Morinda. In entertainment, jewellery brand GIVA pulled a Raksha Bandhan-themed ad featuring actor Kriti Sanon after public objections to her outfit, with founder Ishendra Agarwal citing staff safety
Why it matters
The SCO leg gives Modi direct face time with Putin and Xi at a moment of friction over India-US tariff tensions and the Ukraine war, while the Bhagwat remarks shape the Sangh's outreach to minority communities in a US election cycle. The Punjab case raises fresh questions about women's safety and the pace of police investigation in influencer-targeted crimes.
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