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**India and China Pledge Cooperation at SCO Summit, Weather Woes Continue**

**Tianjin, China – August 31, 2025** – Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting today on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, pledging to work towards a “fair, reasonable, and mutually acceptable” resolution to their border dispute and stabilize global trade. Both leaders emphasized that their countries should be development partners, not rivals, and pledged to prevent disagreements from escalating into disputes. They also highlighted the importance of people-to-people ties and direct flights.

Back in India, Prime Minister Modi called on citizens to embrace “swadeshi” (Made in India) products as the festival season approaches, reiterating his commitment to “vocal for local” and “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” (Self-Reliant India). This comes amid ongoing trade tensions with the U.S., following the imposition of tariffs on Indian goods. The government has unveiled an action plan to address the tariff escalation.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) is planning to issue new voter ID cards to all eligible voters in Bihar after the special intensive revision of electoral rolls.

Meanwhile, heavy rainfall continued to plague parts of the country. Chennai experienced a cloudburst, with some areas recording over 15 cm of rain in a single hour. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts above-normal rainfall for the entire country in September.

On the international front, tensions flared in the Middle East, with the Israeli Army reporting a strike on a Hezbollah site in southern Lebanon.

In other news, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has been booked in Chhattisgarh for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The Congress party has criticized the Modi government’s approach to China, questioning whether it legitimizes Chinese territorial aggression.

The Supreme Court is set to hear a plea challenging the nationwide rollout of 20% Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP-20). An Air India flight en route to Indore was forced to return to the city after a fire indication in one of its engines. Finally, Activist Manoj Jarange’s hunger strike at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan for Maratha quota entered the third day with the activist hardening his stand by maintaining his demand was constitutionally valid.

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