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India Rejects Indus Ruling; Ladakh Diverts Glacier Water; Pakistan's PM Crops SCO Photo
At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined regional priorities focusing on security, connectivity, and opportunity, demanding zero tolerance for cross-border terrorism. Following state-sponsored attacks, including the Pahalgam terror attack, India held the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance and categorically rejected a ruling by the Court of Arbitration in The Hague regarding hydroelectric projects, citing lack of jurisdiction. Meanwhile, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif faced scrutiny for sharing an edited SCO group photograph that cropped out Modi and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, before re-uploading the original. Footage of Modi interacting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping gained international attention. On the ground in Ladakh, local authorities created two diversions at Stok Nala using JCB machines, redirecting approximately 90 million litres of glacier water daily into the Igoo-Phay Canal to irrigate over 1,000 acres across 12 villages. In domestic developments, ABVP candidate Ankit Bidhan secured victory in the Panjab University student union elections for the president's post.
