International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Netanyahu to Meet Trump Next Week as Iran Talks Set to Continue
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he would travel to Washington to meet President Donald Trump to discuss the ongoing US-Iran nuclear negot...
India-U.S. deal does not include any item that would hurt Indian farmers, says Piyush Goyal
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stated that all sensitive agricultural items have been kept out of the India-US interim trade deal, asserting that no item in ...
India–US trade deal opens zero-duty window for exports worth $44 bn in first phase of pact
Indian exports worth approximately $44 billion will enter the US market with zero reciprocal tariffs under the first phase of the bilateral interim trade agr...
India-US trade deal: List of US goods that will attract ‘zero tariffs’ in India after BTA deal with United States
Under the interim trade framework, India agreed to eliminate or reduce tariffs on a wide range of US industrial goods and selected agricultural and food prod...
Energy security is supreme priority, says MEA as India seeks to diversify sources amid global shifts
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that ensuring energy security for 1.4 billion Indians remains the government's "supreme priority." The MEA emph...
India-US trade deal: Positive for seafood, neutral for most farm produce, small concern over corn and soya
The India-US interim trade framework reduces reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods entering the US from 50% to 18%, significantly benefiting India's seafood sec...
Oil and beyond: With Russia, India has to balance old ties, new realities
Despite sustained US pressure and tariff threats, India has continued purchasing Russian crude oil in 2026, with Russia remaining India's single largest crud...
Trump says India will stop buying Russian oil. That is easier said than done
US President Donald Trump publicly claimed India had agreed to stop purchasing Russian crude oil and would shift to Venezuelan and American supplies instead,...
India-US joint statement in days, tariff cuts in a week, says Piyush Goyal
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal announced in early February 2026 that a joint statement on India-US trade would be issued within days, with tariff cuts expect...
India, GCC ink terms of reference to formally launch trade talks
India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) signed Terms of Reference (ToR) for an India-GCC Free Trade Agreement on February 5, 2026, at Vanijya Bhawan, Ne...
The last US-Russia nuclear pact ends today. Is this the beginning of a new arms race?
The New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) — the last remaining bilateral nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia — officially ...
The U.S. trade deal, gains from economic diplomacy
An analytical assessment of the India-US interim trade deal — announced February 6, 2026 following PM Modi's call with President Trump — examines what India ...
Trade deal sorted, India & US move on to pending defence pacts—P-8I aircraft first, engines next
Following the finalisation of an India-US bilateral trade framework, both countries moved to advance pending defence procurement agreements. The P-8I maritim...
Trump Says Diego Garcia Deal Is ‘Best’ UK Could Do in New Shift
US President Donald Trump described the UK-Mauritius agreement on the Chagos Islands — which includes the Diego Garcia military base — as the "best deal the ...
India-US trade deal to accelerate capital formation: SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey
SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey stated that the India-US trade deal framework is expected to accelerate capital formation in India by improving investor con...
Up in arms against India-US deal, farmer bodies flag agri concerns, seek fine print
Major Indian farmer organisations have come out in opposition to the India-US interim trade deal, demanding the release of the full text of the agreement and...
Rupee, GDP growth, interest rates: What the US trade deal means for India’s economic outlook
The India-US interim trade deal signed in February 2026 is projected to have wide macroeconomic consequences beyond the direct tariff changes — affecting the...
EU-India Free Trade Agreement | Caviar with caveats
The India-European Union Free Trade Agreement was formally concluded on January 27, 2026, ending nearly two decades of negotiations that began in 2007 and we...
End in sight: On the U.S.-India trade deal, America’s tariffs
The United States and India announced a landmark interim bilateral trade deal in February 2026, the first substantive trade agreement between the two countri...
August 29-30, 2020: Inside details of how Indian Army surprised China at Rechin La & PLA ‘blinked first’
Detailed accounts have emerged of how the Indian Army conducted a high-risk surprise operation on the intervening night of 29-30 August 2020, seizing dominan...