PM Modi says India is ready to ‘expand and diversify’ trade relations with Iran - en.irna.ir

Around 31 August 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the news for a series of diplomatic contacts. At an SCO meeting he told Putin that the world must move from endless war to the end of war, and Reuters reported that he said the war in Ukraine must end for humanity's sake. Putin, according to TASS, hailed Modi's role in strengthening Russian-Indian relations. Modi also said India is ready to 'expand and diversify' trade relations with Iran, according to IRNA, and paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in Kyrgyzstan.

Uzbekistan and India signed a package of agreements to deepen cooperation, and Owaisi took a dig at Modi's Uzbek honour. Times of India reported that 51 Indian nationals have been killed in the Russian army and 139 discharged, and that India's foreign ministry is in talks with Moscow. Elsewhere in Indian politics, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's visit to New York drew criticism from US Democrats.