International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
India can grow over 8% despite oil shocks, crude impact overblown in narrative: World Bank exec
A senior World Bank executive who also serves on the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PM-EAC) assessed that India's economic growth can exceed 8%,...
MoU between Digital India Bhashini and Kathmandu University (KU) for co-creating National Digital Infrastructure for ‘Voice First’ Language Translation platform for Nepal
The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) wi...
‘Very special relationship’: Jaishankar calls for ‘decisive shift’ in India–Nepal ties; Kathmandu signals reset, says ‘no old baggage’
Nepal's new Foreign Minister visited New Delhi in June 2026, signalling a complete reset of bilateral relations — explicitly stating the new government carri...
India, Nepal can decisively shift trajectory of bilateral ties to achieve full potential: Jaishankar
Nepal's Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal visited New Delhi from June 5–7, 2026 — the highest-level diplomatic engagement since Nepal's new government under Pri...
India-Oman to implement CEPA on Monday
The India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), signed on December 18, 2025, came into force on June 1, 2026 — marking a significant deep...
Interim trade deal: US may offer to lock-in India’s tariffs to insulate from Section 301 penalties
A visiting US trade team in New Delhi proposed locking in India's tariff levels as part of an interim trade agreement, insulating Indian exports from potenti...
India, US chief negotiators to hold four-day trade talks from June 1
India and the United States began four days of chief-negotiator-level trade talks in New Delhi on June 1, 2026, aiming to finalise the interim trade agreemen...
India-US trade negotiators to begin four-day talks on June 1
India and the United States commenced four days of high-level trade negotiations in New Delhi on June 1, 2026, aimed at finalising the details of an interim ...
RBI sees services exports, remittances cushioning current account in FY27
The Reserve Bank of India's Annual Report for 2025-26 projects that India's current account balance in FY27 will be supported by robust growth in software an...
India, Oman trade pact to come into force from June 1; Check what's inside
The India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) came into force on June 1, 2026, granting Indian goods 100% duty-free access to Oman acros...
‘India has signed deal with Vietnam for supply of BrahMos’: Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh
India has signed a defence agreement with Vietnam for the supply of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, as confirmed by the Defence Secretary at the Shangri-...
Defence Secretary announces BrahMos deal with Vietnam, secretly signed last fiscal
A deal to supply BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to Vietnam, signed during the last fiscal year (2025-26), was officially confirmed at the Shangri-La Dial...
Hormuz | The strait where America stalled
Since late February 2026, shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been severely disrupted following the outbreak of a US-Israeli military campaign ...
Vietnam BrahMos deal already signed, Indonesia pact in final stages: Defence Secretary R.K. Singh
Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 30, 2026, confirmed that a BrahMos missile deal with Vietnam ha...
As India hosts Myanmar’s junta chief-turned-president, what’s at stake for the world’s largest democracy
Myanmar's head of state Min Aung Hlaing — who led the February 2021 military coup and subsequently became President following disputed April 2026 elections —...
International Peacekeepers Day: India underscores unflinching commitment to UN peacekeeping
The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was observed on May 29, 2026 — the date marks the Security Council's establishment of the first UN peace...
West Asia crisis could pose headwinds to growth, inflation in the short run: RBI Annual Report
The RBI's Annual Report for 2025-26 identified the West Asia crisis as posing "headwinds to growth and inflation in the short run" for the Indian economy. Th...
Expert Explains | Why Quad has never picked up momentum, and takeaways from New Delhi meet
The Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held in New Delhi on May 26, 2026, bringing together the foreign ministers of India, the United States, Japan, and Au...
Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing to visit India, meet PM Modi on 1 June
Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing visited India from May 30 to June 3, 2026, marking his first foreign trip since assuming the presidency in April 2026 — t...
Trump U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Deal: What we know about the 60-day truce
The United States and Iran reached a tentative memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend an existing ceasefire by 60 days, though the agreement required fi...