NEW DELHI, Nov. 19 -- India has the right to defend its people against terrorism and it will exercise it, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday at the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting in Moscow, adding that New Delhi had demonstrated its resolve to fight terror, a likely reference to Operation Sindoor launched against Pakistan in May after the Pahalgam terror strike. The threat, he said, had become more serious over the years. "We must never forget that the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) was founded to combat the three evils of terrorism, separatism and extremism. It is imperative that the world display zero tolerance towards terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. There can be no justification, no looking away, and no whitewashing," he said. To be sure, the SCO defence ministers' meeting couldn't issue a joint communique in June after India refused to endorse the document because it didn't address its terrorism-related concerns.P7...