International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
FTAs Opening New Opportunities for Pharma, Healthcare and MedTech Sectors: Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Shri Piyush Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal stated that India's Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are opening new export opportunities for the pharmaceutical, hea...
Prime Minister congratulates Rastriya Swatantra Party leaders on electoral success in Nepal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held separate telephone conversations with Rabi Lamichhane, Chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), and Balendra (Balen)...
Our national interest, including energy security & trade flows, will always be paramount: EAM Jaishankar tells Parliament
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar made a suo moto statement in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on March 9, 2026, on India's response to the West Asi...
The lesson is national security cannot be outsourced
The ongoing conflict between the United States/Israel and Iran has exposed the limits of American security guarantees to allies and partners in West Asia, wi...
India should partner with Japan in its mobility, clean energy journey: NITI Aayog member
NITI Aayog member V.K. Saraswat, speaking at the Japan-India Mobility Summit 2026 in Bengaluru (9 March 2026), stated that India and Japan bring "deeply comp...
US weighs easing Russian oil sanctions to cool global price surge, sources say
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a 30-day waiver on March 6, 2026, allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian crude oil str...
Trump says war against Iran is 'very complete’: report
US President Donald Trump stated in a phone call with CBS News on March 9, 2026, that "the war is very complete, pretty much," claiming that Iran's military ...
Perspectives on the West Asian conflict
Analysts and former officials assessed that the West Asia conflict will have a significantly larger impact on India than the government initially anticipated...
BRICS at a crossroads
The US-Israel war on Iran, which began February 28, 2026, has exposed deep fault lines within BRICS, as the bloc failed to issue a unified response to an att...
Why algorithmic sovereignty should be India’s top priority
A commentary argues that "algorithmic sovereignty" — the ability of a nation to independently develop, deploy, and govern its AI systems — should be India's ...
How the war in Iran threatens to spill over
Following the US-Israel joint strikes on Iran beginning February 28, 2026 (which included the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei), the conflict r...
Investigation further suggests it was U.S. that struck Iranian school, killing 165
Mounting forensic and video evidence points to the United States as responsible for the February 28, 2026, strike that destroyed the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls'...
Qatar arrests 313 people for sharing attacks footage, ‘rumours’
Qatar's Interior Ministry announced on March 9, 2026, that 313 people of "various nationalities" were arrested for filming and circulating video footage of a...
West Asia dominates Lok Sabha; resolution on Speaker’s removal not taken up
On March 9, 2026, the West Asia crisis dominated Lok Sabha proceedings as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar made a ministerial statement on the regiona...
U.S. military announces death of seventh service member in Iran war
The US military announced the death of its seventh service member in the Iran war as of March 9, 2026, identified as Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, of Glendale,...
PM Modi speaks to Nepal leaders Rabi Lamichhane, Balendra Shah
PM Modi held telephonic conversations with Rabi Lamichhane, Chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), and Balendra Shah, the party's Prime Minister-des...
Lebanon Seeks Direct Talks With Israel to End Hezbollah Fighting
On March 9, 2026, Lebanon called for direct talks with Israel on "permanent arrangements for security and stability" along its borders — an unprecedented dip...
India must tap FTA opportunities: Piyush Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal called on Indian businesses to proactively capitalise on the wave of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) being operation...
India evacuates 67,000 nationals amid West Asia crisis; Jaishankar calls Gulf tensions 'a matter of particular concern'
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar informed the Rajya Sabha that India has successfully repatriated approximately 67,000 nationals from West Asia since t...
Watch: How Iran is fighting back against U.S. and Israel
One week after the US and Israel launched joint airstrikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, Iran intensified its multi-layered military response across West Asi...