International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
India-Indonesia ties deepen as EAM Jaishankar outlines blueprint for defence, trade cooperation
India's External Affairs Minister co-chaired the 8th India-Indonesia Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) in New Delhi with Indonesia's Foreign Minister — the firs...
'We're children of the same rivers': Nepal calls on India to 'discuss dormant ties'
During Nepal's Foreign Minister's June 2026 visit to New Delhi, both sides agreed to reactivate dormant bilateral mechanisms that had stalled in recent years...
Indian firms received far less govt support than Chinese peers during 2005-24: OECD report
The OECD released its MAGIC Database of Industrial Subsidies (June 2026), the first large-scale firm-level global monitoring of industrial support across 15 ...
How geopolitical flashpoints are spurring global supply chain diversification
Geopolitical disruptions — the US-Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz closure, ongoing Russia-Ukraine fallout, US-China technology decoupling, and South China...
West Asia war LIVE: Israel Army says intercepted two projectiles fired from Lebanon
Israeli forces reported intercepting two projectiles fired from Lebanese territory, the latest in a string of exchanges that have continued despite a nominal...
Indonesian FM Sugiono arrives in New Delhi to co-chair 8th Joint Commission Meeting with EAM Jaishankar
Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono arrived in New Delhi on June 6–7, 2026, co-chairing the 8th India-Indonesia Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) with External ...
China holds ‘special operation’ near Taiwan after Japan-Philippines sea border talks
China's Ministry of Transport, coordinating maritime police forces from coastal provinces Fujian and Guangdong along with the East China Sea Navigation Suppo...
Nepal wants to resolve boundary row with India through diplomacy, open heart: Khanal
Nepal's Foreign Minister undertook an official three-day visit to India (June 5–7, 2026), the first high-level diplomatic engagement since Nepal's new govern...
U.S. says shot down Iran drones in fresh escalation
US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced it destroyed two Iranian drones that were threatening international maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz — the sec...
APEDA Facilitates First Export of Fresh Mangoes from Jharkhand to United Kingdom
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, flagged off the first commerc...
India can grow over 8% despite oil shocks, crude impact overblown in narrative: World Bank exec
A senior World Bank executive who also serves on the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PM-EAC) assessed that India's economic growth can exceed 8%,...
MoU between Digital India Bhashini and Kathmandu University (KU) for co-creating National Digital Infrastructure for ‘Voice First’ Language Translation platform for Nepal
The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) wi...
‘Very special relationship’: Jaishankar calls for ‘decisive shift’ in India–Nepal ties; Kathmandu signals reset, says ‘no old baggage’
Nepal's new Foreign Minister visited New Delhi in June 2026, signalling a complete reset of bilateral relations — explicitly stating the new government carri...
India, Nepal can decisively shift trajectory of bilateral ties to achieve full potential: Jaishankar
Nepal's Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal visited New Delhi from June 5–7, 2026 — the highest-level diplomatic engagement since Nepal's new government under Pri...
India-Oman to implement CEPA on Monday
The India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), signed on December 18, 2025, came into force on June 1, 2026 — marking a significant deep...
Interim trade deal: US may offer to lock-in India’s tariffs to insulate from Section 301 penalties
A visiting US trade team in New Delhi proposed locking in India's tariff levels as part of an interim trade agreement, insulating Indian exports from potenti...
India, US chief negotiators to hold four-day trade talks from June 1
India and the United States began four days of chief-negotiator-level trade talks in New Delhi on June 1, 2026, aiming to finalise the interim trade agreemen...
India-US trade negotiators to begin four-day talks on June 1
India and the United States commenced four days of high-level trade negotiations in New Delhi on June 1, 2026, aimed at finalising the details of an interim ...
RBI sees services exports, remittances cushioning current account in FY27
The Reserve Bank of India's Annual Report for 2025-26 projects that India's current account balance in FY27 will be supported by robust growth in software an...
India, Oman trade pact to come into force from June 1; Check what's inside
The India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) came into force on June 1, 2026, granting Indian goods 100% duty-free access to Oman acros...