International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
GE Aerospace, HAL near final deal on co-production of F414 jet engines
GE Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) concluded technical negotiations for the co-production of the F414-GE-INS6 fighter jet engine in India, ...
Rajnath Singh to visit Germany from April 21; submarine deal likely high on the agenda
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to visit Germany from April 21, 2026, with the Project-75I submarine deal expected to be the centrepiece of discu...
Lebanese and Israeli envoys to meet as Israel presses war on Hezbollah
Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors held direct talks in Washington D.C. on April 14, 2026 — the first direct bilateral diplomatic engagement between the two co...
Trump updates Modi on West Asia, focus on securing Hormuz; US envoy says incredible India-US deals in offing
US President Donald Trump telephoned Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to brief him on developments in West Asia, including the fragile ceasefire with Iran...
Trump dials PM Modi for 40-minute call; PM says ‘stressed importance of keeping Hormuz open’
Prime Minister Modi and US President Trump held a 40-minute phone call during which PM Modi stressed the importance of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and ...
Jaishankar discusses Iran, Hormuz, Lebanon with Israel’s Sa’ar
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held discussions with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar covering the Iran conflict, the Strait of Hormuz crisis, ...
US announces Iran port blockade: The laws governing passage through the Strait of Hormuz
The United States announced a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as part of its military operations against Iran following US-Israeli air strikes in late...
Modi, Trump discuss Strait of Hormuz security amid West Asia tensions
US President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Modi held a phone conversation focused on the security situation in West Asia, including the safety of shipping ...
West Asia conflict threatens to push 2.5 million people in India into poverty: UNDP report
A UNDP report titled "Military Escalation in the Middle East: Human Development Impacts Across Asia and the Pacific" warns that the ongoing US-Iran conflict ...
US blockade of Iran ports in Hormuz may hit China hardest, but India could feel price pain too
Following failed peace talks on April 12, 2026, the US declared a naval blockade of Iranian ports and coastal areas in the Strait of Hormuz, preventing Irani...
PM Modi, Trump discuss bilateral co-operation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump held a telephone discussion covering bilateral cooperation, ongoing trade negotiations, and the ev...
US-Indonesia sign key defence pact, Washington eyes Strait of Malacca
The United States and Indonesia signed a Major Defence Cooperation Partnership on April 14, 2026, during Indonesian Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin's vi...
Oil supply fell by 10 million barrels per day in March. IEA raises alarm over largest disruption ever
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has characterised the ongoing oil supply disruption as the largest in history, with approximately 10.1 million barrels ...
Modi, Trump discuss need to keep Strait of Hormuz open & secure after Iran hints at ‘new mechanism’
Prime Minister Modi and US President Trump held a phone call to discuss the need to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and secure, amid an effective closure of t...
Saudi Arabia invokes defence pact with Pakistan amid West Asia conflict. What it entails
Saudi Arabia invoked the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement signed with Pakistan in September 2025, deploying Pakistani fighter jets to Saudi territory amid ...
China says military conflict is ‘root cause’ of disruption in Strait of Hormuz, calls for de-escalation
China officially stated that military conflict is the "root cause" of disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and called for de-escalation Beijing expressed hope ...
Made lot of progress, ball in Iran’s court: Vance
A 21-hour marathon round of US-Iran direct peace negotiations held in Islamabad over the weekend collapsed without an agreement US Vice President JD Vance st...
India–US eye 'big-ticket energy deals' soon as PM Modi, Donald Trump discuss West Asia crisis
India and the United States are expected to finalise major bilateral deals in the coming weeks, with energy as the centrepiece, even as PM Modi and President...
China says policy to improve relations with India remains unchanged
China stated that its policy to improve relations with India remains unchanged, even as fresh controversy arose over China's practice of assigning fictitious...
'We all love you', Trump tells PM Modi during 40-min call on Iran war, Hormuz
US President Trump and Prime Minister Modi held a 40-minute phone call — their third bilateral conversation in 2026 — to discuss the ongoing conflict in West...