International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
FDI easing not for Chinese firms; to benefit entities with minority Chinese holding
The government clarified that the March 2026 relaxation of Press Note 3 (PN3) FDI rules is not an opening for Chinese companies to directly invest in India —...
Implementation of Section 51A of UAPA, 1967: Updates to UNSC’s 1988 (2011) Taliban Sanctions List: Amendment of 22 Entries: UAPA Update 02 of 2026
The Reserve Bank of India issued circular RBI/2025-26/242 on March 11, 2026, directing all regulated entities (commercial banks, finance companies, NBFCs) to...
Under ‘Xiaokang’ project, Chinese border settlements, villages coming up ‘rapidly’ along LAC in North East, a challenge, says Lt Gen Ghai
Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, a senior Indian Army commander, has flagged that China's 'Xiaokang' (小康) border settlement project is progressing rapidly along the Line o...
Soon after Tarique Rahman became PM, Bangladesh spy chief met top Indian intel officials
Shortly after Tarique Rahman (BNP leader) was sworn in as Bangladesh's Prime Minister in February 2026 following the BNP's victory in Bangladesh's general el...
Oman in the Iran War: How the Arab world’s oldest independent state became the ‘Switzerland of West Asia’
As the 2026 Iran war escalated following the U.S.-Israel joint military campaign that began February 28, 2026, Oman emerged as a central diplomatic actor, ca...
Reliance-backed refinery project in Texas: All about the ‘$300-billion deal’ Trump announced
US President Donald Trump announced that the United States would build its first new oil refinery in approximately 50 years, with backing from India's Relian...
Indian exporters face payment and finance challenges amid West Asia crisis; govt assures support
Indian exporters flagged serious payment and trade finance challenges arising from the West Asia crisis, including risks of expired Letters of Credit, disrup...
Macron to host G7 leaders call on Iran crisis, energy prices
French President Emmanuel Macron hosted an emergency call of G7 leaders on March 11, 2026, to coordinate a response to the Iran crisis and the resulting oil ...
Indian urea producers shut plants as Iran war cuts Qatari supplies of LNG
Indian urea manufacturing plants have begun shutting down operations as supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) — the primary feedstock for urea production —...
Iran-Israel war LIVE: U.K. agency says cargo ship ablaze in Strait of Hormuz after being hit by projectile
On March 11, 2026, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) — the British military's maritime coordination agency — reported that a cargo ship wa...
India revives trade pact discussions with Southern African Customs Union
India has revived discussions on a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), comprising South Africa, Namibia, Botsw...
Global banks push back on RBI proposal for reporting offshore rupee trades
Global banks have formally opposed the Reserve Bank of India's draft proposal requiring Authorised Dealer Category-I (AD Cat-I) banks to report all offshore ...
Global LNG hunt intensifies as West Asia conflict cuts supply
At least eight LNG cargo vessels initially headed for Europe were diverted to Asian markets after the West Asia conflict began, as Asian spot prices rose abo...
India urea producers shut plants as Iran war cuts LNG flows
Several Indian urea manufacturing plants have shut down or sharply reduced production after the Iran war cut Qatari LNG flows, the primary feedstock for Indi...
Microsoft urges Pentagon to pause blacklisting Anthropic
The US Pentagon (Department of Defense) designated Anthropic — maker of the Claude AI model — as a "supply chain risk" following a dispute over military AI u...
Kim Jong Un, daughter watch North Korea's cruise missile tests
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae (approximately 13 years old) observed the test-firing of strategic cruise missiles from the newly ...
How the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran is exposing India’s LPG dependence | Data
The ongoing U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict has sharply disrupted India's liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supply lines, which depend heavily on Gulf imports transiti...
White House denies Hormuz escort while keeping options open
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that the Trump administration was "keeping options open" regarding the Strait of Hormuz but denied that a...
Iran war pummels India’s already turbulent aviation sector. Your ticket fare will get hit next
More than 1,600 flights were cancelled between February 28 and March 3, 2026, following the closure of airspace over Iran, Iraq, Qatar, and several Gulf stat...
Boeing signs $298 million deal to supply Israel with up to 5,000 smart bombs
Boeing signed a $298 million contract to supply Israel with up to 5,000 Small Diameter Bombs (officially designated GBU-39/B), a precision-guided standoff mu...