Government sources said Modi was to attend the month-end Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders’ summit in Tianjin

The visit comes more than a month after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh attended the Defence Ministers' meeting of the SCO in Qingdao.

Trump has now imposed a total of 50% tariffs on goods imported from India, and his earlier threat of levying an extra 10% for the country's membership in the Brics grouping, which includes China, Russia and South Africa as founding members, still stands.

PM Modi will attend the SCO summit in China later this month, his first visit since the 2020 Galwan clash, signalling efforts to de-escalate tensions and improve India-China relations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit China on August 31 for the SCO summit, marking his first trip since the 2020 Ladakh standoff. Amid ongoing efforts to mend ties, this visit comes against a backdrop of geopolitical challenges and India's strategic diplomacy in the region.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China on August 31 for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, two Indian TV news channels reported on Wednesday. (Reporting by Tanvi Mehta;

PM Modi’s trip to China for the SCO Summit is expected to be clubbed with a visit to Japan for the annual bilateral summit with PM Shigeru Ishiba