International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Gulf Frustrated at Being the Center of War That’s Not Theirs
Gulf Arab states have been absorbing the majority of Iranian retaliatory attacks in the US-Iran conflict that began in late February 2026 Iran's Revolutionar...
Suspension of flights, shipping surcharge push exporters from south India to the edge
The suspension of Indian airline flights to West Asia — triggered by US and Israeli military strikes on Iran (late February 2026) and retaliatory Iranian thr...
Indian basmati exporters seek Covid-type relief after Iran war disrupts shipping
Indian basmati rice exporters have urged APEDA to seek Covid-type relief from the Commerce Ministry after the Israel-Iran war severely disrupted shipping rou...
Nuclear deterrence and the Iran war
Following the joint US-Israeli military strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, which killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, strategic analysts are re-e...
Iran-Israel war grounds IndiGo’s Europe flights
IndiGo, India's largest airline, has been forced to ground its entire fleet of six Boeing 787 widebody aircraft used for European routes since February 28, 2...
Twenty-four U.S. states announce lawsuit to stop Trump’s latest global tariffs
A coalition of 24 US states, led by Oregon, California, New York, and Arizona, filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade challenging President T...
Without naming Trump, Finnish President Stubb says ‘wrecking ball’ being taken to international order
The 11th edition of the Raisina Dialogue opened in New Delhi on March 5, 2026, with the theme "Saṁskāra: Assertion, Accommodation, Advancement" Finnish Presi...
Iran crisis: 60,000 tonnes of basmati rice stuck in ports, exporters seek urgent govt. aid
Approximately 60,000 tonnes of basmati rice are stuck at Indian ports unable to be shipped, while broader estimates put total stranded cargo (at ports and in...
U.S. and West Asia nations seek Kyiv's drone expertise: Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine is helping five countries in the Middle East and Gulf region counter Iranian drone attacks, wh...
U.S. House rejects war powers resolution, backs Trump on Iran war
The US House of Representatives narrowly rejected a War Powers Resolution that would have required the withdrawal of US forces from the military campaign aga...
Watch: India condoles Khamenei’s death; foreign secretary signs condolence book
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited the Iranian Embassy in New Delhi on March 5, 2026 and signed the condolence book on behalf of the Government of India ...
Gulf conflict: LNG squeeze may impact urea output ahead of kharif season
The ongoing Gulf conflict has disrupted LNG (liquefied natural gas) flows through the Strait of Hormuz, threatening India's urea production capacity ahead of...
India finally condoles killing of Iran's Khamenei; foreign ministers talk
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri signed the condolence book at the Iranian embassy in New Delhi on 5 March 2026, nearly five days after Supreme Leader Ali Kham...
The legality of U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran
The United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, designated Operation Roaring Lion (Israel) and Operation Epi...
West Asia conflict disrupts India’s gems and jewellery trade; diamond shipments halted
The escalation of the West Asia conflict — following joint military action by the United States and Israel against Iran — has severely disrupted India's gems...
Not going, bananas: Ramzan ripe time for most-exported fruit but Iran war a spoiler
India's banana exports — the country's top fruit export — face severe disruption due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Iran conflict Ap...
No issue can be resolved just through conflict: PM Modi meets Finnish President Alexander Stubb; calls for Ukraine peace
Prime Minister Modi met Finnish President Alexander Stubb in New Delhi on March 5, 2026, ahead of the Raisina Dialogue Both nations called for a diplomatic r...
US-India trade deal is almost at finish line: US Deputy Secretary of State Landau
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, speaking at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi on March 5, 2026, stated that the US-India bilateral trade agr...
Middle East tensions: PM Modi, Emmanuel Macron discuss need for dialogue & diplomacy
PM Modi spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on the escalating situation in West Asia, stressing the urgent need for de-escalation and a return to dia...
'Responded to distress call, rescue op ongoing': India on Iran ship sunk by US off Sri Lanka coast
A US submarine fired a torpedo and sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena approximately 40 nautical miles off the coast of Galle in southern Sri Lanka — the firs...