International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
SCOTUS ruling on Trump tariffs won't impact individual trade agreements, claims US Trade Rep Jamieson Greer
US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer stated that the Supreme Court's February 20, 2026 ruling striking down IEEPA-based tariffs does not affect indi...
Australian warship transits Taiwan Strait, tracked by China's Navy
HMAS Toowoomba, an Anzac-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, transited the Taiwan Strait on February 21-22, 2026, as part of a Regional Presence Depl...
Section 122 surprise: Trump’s new 15% global tax offers crucial 5-month safety net for Indian exports
After the Supreme Court struck down IEEPA-based tariffs on February 20, 2026, President Trump invoked Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose a 15% un...
Trump raises U.S. global tariff rate from 10% to 15%
On February 20, 2026, the US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in the case *Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump* that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IE...
Is US-EU trade deal at risk after Trump's latest tariffs? Official flags uncertainty, says ‘no one can make sense…’
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on February 20, 2026, in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does n...
US court's move on tariffs could reshape policy landscape, alter trajectory of uncertainty: SBI Research
On February 20, 2026, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled 6-3 in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEP...
India, US reschedule chief negotiators meeting on interim trade deal: Sources
India and the United States have rescheduled a planned round of chief negotiators' talks in Washington that was originally set to begin on February 23, 2026....
Indian Coast Guard detains Iranian-crewed vessel; smuggled cigarettes worth crores seized
On February 21, 2026, the Indian Coast Guard intercepted a suspicious foreign boat approximately 115 nautical miles west of Dwarka, Gujarat, inside India's E...
India, Brazil ink minerals, rare earth pact; aim for $20 billion trade over 5 years
India and Brazil signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on critical minerals and rare earth elements during Brazilian President Lula da Silva's state vis...
India-US trade deal: Chief negotiators’ meet on interim pact rescheduled
India and the United States have postponed the meeting of their chief trade negotiators — originally scheduled to begin in Washington on February 23, 2026 — ...
US tariffs on India reset to 15% after Supreme Court ruling: How did duties swing from 26% to 50% and back?
Following the Supreme Court's February 20, 2026 ruling in *Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump* invalidating IEEPA-based tariffs, India's tariff exposure to th...
EU-India FTA to unlock trade growth, AI collaboration and resilient supply chains: Austrian official
The EU and India concluded negotiations for a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on January 27, 2026, after nearly two decades of intermittent negotiat...
'Global power that is India': Benjamin Netanyahu's message ahead of PM Modi's Israel visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Israel on February 25-26, 2026 — his second visit to Israel (the first was in July 2017). The visit agenda...
'Women, children killed': India strongly condemns Pakistani strikes in Afghanistan during Ramadan
Pakistan conducted overnight airstrikes on multiple locations in Afghanistan's Nangarhar and Paktika provinces, targeting sites it claimed were camps of the ...
Delhi Declaration: 86 nations back India's 'AI for All' push; Pakistan, chip giant Taiwan not in list of signatories
The India AI Impact Summit 2026, held in New Delhi from February 16-20, concluded with the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact, backed by 86 c...
US Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs; India says studying implications closely
On February 20, 2026, the US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that President Trump's sweeping tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (I...
India AI Impact Summit | Delhi declaration: Focus on democratising AI, US & China among 88 signatories
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 was held in New Delhi on February 18–19, concluding with the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration on AI Impact, endorsed by ...
India now faces lower tariff rate of 10 per cent as Trump announces temporary levy
The US Supreme Court struck down the tariffs President Trump had imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), ruling them invalid. ...
Trade to critical minerals: India, Brazil for a stronger Global South
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva undertook a state visit to India on February 21, 2026, meeting Prime Minister Modi at Hyderabad House, New Delh...
As US forces near Iran, what we know so far about the prospects of an attack
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes on Iran — nearly 900 strikes in approximately 12 hours — targeting I...