Indian FM on meeting with China and Russia

India's foreign minister on Friday criticized global institutions' response to the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical upheavals faced by the world today, saying they showed an opportunity for alternative forums to tackle them.

The minister said events have triggered disruptions in global supply chains, with impacts on energy, food and fertilizer, hitting developing nations the hardest.Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization-SCO are in the Indian coastal resort of Goa, to discuss regional security and economic cooperation, among other issues, on Friday. Iran is expected to join later this year.