International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
World Happiness Report 2026: Finland happiest country for ninth time, India ranks 116th
The World Happiness Report 2026 ranked Finland as the world's happiest country for the ninth consecutive year, with a Cantril ladder score of 7.8 out of 10. ...
India’s corn exports may gain due to Iran war, other factors
Experts project India could export approximately 6.5 million tonnes of maize (corn) in the current marketing year (ending September 2026), with the Iran war ...
India, Pakistan ties ‘remain a risk’ for nuclear conflict: U.S. Intelligence
The U.S. Intelligence Community's Annual Threat Assessment, presented to the U.S. Senate, warned that the risk of nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan...
Russia-Ukraine peace talks paused amid Iran war: report
The Russia-Ukraine peace talks — a trilateral process involving the US, Russia, and Ukraine — have been put on pause, according to Russia's Izvestia newspape...
Markets tumble 2% as Israel attacks world’s largest gas field in Iran
Israel conducted an air raid on March 18, 2026 targeting treatment facilities at Asaluyeh, the onshore processing hub for the South Pars gas field — the worl...
Iran-Israel war LIVE: Tehran intensifies attacks on Gulf energy facilities after Israel hits Iranian gas field
The US-Israel conflict with Iran, which began on February 28, 2026 (Operation Epic Fury), entered a dangerous new phase on March 18–19 as Israel struck Iran'...
House panel says Trump tariff likely to have ‘significant impact’, calls for India-US trade ties review
A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce has warned that the enhanced U.S. tariff regime is likely to have a "significant impact" on India's trade and ...
U.S. weighs military reinforcements as Iran war enters possible new phase
The U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran, codenamed Operation Epic Fury, launched on February 28, 2026, has crossed its third week with over 7,800 stri...
‘Not our war’: Europe says no to Trump
Major European NATO allies — including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Greece — publicly rejected President Trump's call to join military ope...
Oil surges 4% as Iran-Qatar energy hubs hit, fears of wider supply shock rise
Crude oil prices surged over 4% following attacks on Iran's South Pars gas field and Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG hub, raising fears of a wider energy supply shock...
U.S. eases Venezuela oil sanctions as Trump seeks to boost world oil supply during Iran war
The U.S. Treasury issued a broad authorization allowing Venezuela's state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), to sell Venezuelan crude directly...
Israel will not attack Iranian gas field any more: U.S. President Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump publicly stated that Israel acted alone in striking Iran's South Pars gas field, distancing the U.S. from the attack. Trump warne...
Israel’s tolerance for persistent threats on its borders has eroded: US intel on Iran war
An analysis published in The Hindu argues that Israel's tolerance for persistent security threats on its borders has fundamentally changed following the Octo...
Tehran intensifies attacks on Gulf energy facilities after Israel hits Iranian gas field
Following Israeli strikes on Iran's South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf, Iran launched retaliatory attacks on energy infrastructure across the UAE, Qata...
1,000 Indians still in Iran; 23,000 students in Gulf could not appear in CBSE exams: External Affairs Ministry
As of mid-March 2026, approximately 1,000 Indian nationals remain in Iran amid the ongoing 2026 Iran-Israel war, with evacuation efforts continuing under Ope...
Attacks on hospitals are surging in war zones. What do the laws of war say about protecting them?
Attacks on medical facilities in active conflict zones are surging, with MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) recording 1,348 attacks on health facilities globally...
Explainer | Why India is pushing to cut remittance costs at WTO
India is leading a proposal at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to reduce the cost of cross-border remittances, which currently average 6.18% globally — mo...
As West Asia war threatens gas supply, remembering a gas grid India never built
The ongoing West Asia war has created a severe disruption to global LNG (liquefied natural gas) supply chains, with analysts warning of a potential "doomsday...
Free trade between India and Russia is being worked upon, official says
At the "From the Volga to the Ganges" Russian-Indian Forum organised by the National Stock Exchange (NSE), senior Russian official Sergey Glazyev — State Sec...
U.S. national debt surges past $39 trillion just weeks into war in Iran
The United States national debt crossed a record $39 trillion in mid-March 2026, with analysts attributing part of the acceleration to military expenditures ...