India, Sept. 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday questioned the double standards in the fight against terrorism and emphasised the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's role in promoting an "inclusive world order" as leaders of the 10-member bloc gathered for a summit aimed at positioning it as an alternative to US world leadership.

Addressing a gathering in the Chinese port city of Tianjin that included his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif, Modi described the "disgusting" terror attack in Pahalgam as a challenge to every country and said SCO members should question whether the support of terrorism by some countries is acceptable.

With the SCO Summit held against the backdrop of the Donald Trump administration's tariff policy ...