International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Price of peace in the time of war
The United States and Iran signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), an interim peace framework intended to end hostilities that began after a ...
World Bank approves $890 million for India’s rooftop solar programme
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved an $890 million financing package to support India's national rooftop solar programme. The package com...
India lays out tariffs and quotas for U.K. vehicles under trade deal
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) notified the procedure for allocating Tariff-Rate Quotas (TRQ) for import of petrol and diesel passenger vehi...
'This visit is historic': PM Modi begins first Indian PM visit to New Zealand in four decades; trade, defence on agenda
India and New Zealand held their first prime-ministerial-level visit in four decades, with India's Prime Minister arriving in Auckland for a two-day visit an...
West Asia war LIVE: Iran buries Khamenei after new fighting with U.S. erupts
Iran's former Supreme Leader, killed in a strike earlier in 2026 that triggered the wider regional war, was buried in the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad at t...
India notifies process to claim UK FTA tariff quota benefits on vehicle imports
The government notified the process for importers to claim concessional tariff benefits on passenger vehicle imports from the United Kingdom under the India-...
India, Australia seal uranium deal, to enhance defence and maritime cooperation
India and Australia operationalised their bilateral civil nuclear cooperation agreement, clearing the way for Australian uranium exports to India's civilian ...
PM Modi meets Australia's Opposition leader, discusses bilateral ties
India and Australia held the third India-Australia Annual Summit, with India's Prime Minister and Australia's Prime Minister reviewing progress under their C...
Shipping lines halt fresh cargo bookings through Strait of Hormuz amid renewed attacks
Major shipping lines suspended fresh cargo bookings through the Persian Gulf after renewed military strikes shattered a ceasefire that had briefly restored p...
Uranium, energy pacts with Australia to charge up India
India and Australia held their Annual Summit in Melbourne, where the two governments finalised the administrative arrangement operationalising their 2014 Civ...
India, Australia ink defence pacts, fast-track trade deal
India and Australia held their Annual Summit in Melbourne, where the two governments finalised the administrative arrangement operationalising their 2014 Civ...
Modi, Albanese call on all parties to ‘exercise restraint’ and de-escalate tensions in the Gulf
A joint statement issued during bilateral talks called on all parties involved in the ongoing Gulf tensions to exercise restraint and pursue de-escalation Th...
BJP hails BrahMos deal during PM Modi's tour; Congress talks LAC
India and Indonesia concluded a defence agreement for the supply of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, reported to be valued at approximately $630 million —...
Will set up temporary space tracking terminal on Cocos Keeling to support India’s Gaganyaan: Aus PM
The Australian government announced that a temporary space tracking terminal will be commissioned on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to support India's Gaganyaan...
India, Australia agree on framework to streamline defence trade and services
India and Australia agreed on a framework aimed at streamlining defence trade and services between the two countries, concluded during an official visit to A...
Eye on Indo-Pacific: India and Australia deepen ties across nuclear, maritime and mineral sectors
India and Australia finalised the administrative arrangement operationalising their 2014 Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, clearing the way for commercial...
New Zealand PM hails trade pact with India: '57% tariff-free from day one'
New Zealand's government announced that 57% of its exports to India will become tariff-free from the day the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) takes effec...
India raises questions at WTO over interim arrangement to implement e-commerce pact
India raised concerns at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over a "Declaration of Interim Arrangements" adopted by a coalition of 66 WTO member countries to...
'Exclusively peaceful purposes': Albanese confirms Australian uranium supply deal with India
The Australian government confirmed an administrative arrangement enabling uranium exports to India, describing the exports as being "for exclusively peacefu...
PM Modi in Melbourne finalises deal to import Uranium from Australia
An administrative arrangement to enable long-term Australian uranium exports to India was finalised during official talks in Melbourne The arrangement operat...