Jun 01 – Jun 07
Nepal-India Boundary Dispute: Mechanism, Third-Party Rejection, and the Lipulekh Flashpoint
Nepal's Foreign Minister, during his New Delhi visit, clarified that Nepal has not sought and does not seek third-party mediation on the bou...
India-Indonesia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: Maritime Security and the Indo-Pacific Agenda
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono in New Delhi for the 8th India-Indonesia Joint Commission Me...
India-US Trade Negotiations: Why Experts Warn Against Locking Into a Lopsided Deal Under Section 301 Pressure
Trade experts have cautioned against India accepting an interim bilateral trade agreement with the United States that may be weighted heavil...
OPEC+ Approves Fourth Consecutive Oil Output Hike Amid Hormuz Crisis
Seven key members of OPEC+ — Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Oman — agreed on a fourth consecutive monthly incr...
India-Indonesia Foreign Ministers' Meeting: Full-Spectrum Review Ahead of PM's Jakarta Visit
India's External Affairs Minister and Indonesia's Foreign Minister held a comprehensive bilateral meeting in New Delhi, conducting a 'full s...
Major Abhilasha Barak Receives UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award
Major Abhilasha Barak of the Indian Army, serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), has been honoured with the UN M...
Panic Buying of Urea and DAP: How Geopolitical Shocks Expose India's Fertilizer Vulnerability
Urea sales rose nearly 10% year-on-year and DAP (Di-Ammonium Phosphate) sales surged by 39.32% between March 1 and May 25, 2026 — coinciding...
PM-EAC on India's Economic Resilience: Crude Price Fears Won't Derail 8%+ Growth
A member of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PM-EAC), who also serves as World Bank Executive Director for India, stated that...
West Bengal's Deportation Drive: Legal Framework for Detecting and Removing Illegal Migrants
The West Bengal government announced that approximately 4,800 illegal infiltrators have been deported to Bangladesh in the ongoing 'Detect, ...
Land Port Management System: Digitising India's Land Border Infrastructure
The Union Home Minister formally launched the Land Port Management System (LPMS) on June 9, 2026, a comprehensive digital platform designed ...
India-Indonesia 8th Joint Commission Meeting: Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
India's External Affairs Minister co-chaired the 8th India-Indonesia Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) in New Delhi with Indonesia's Foreign Mi...
Nepal-India Engagement: Reviving Dormant Bilateral Mechanisms and Water-Based Cooperation
During Nepal's Foreign Minister's June 2026 visit to New Delhi, both sides agreed to reactivate dormant bilateral mechanisms that had stalle...
Mountbatten's Accelerated Partition: Why the 10-Month Rush Changed India's Destiny
The original British plan, set by Prime Minister Clement Attlee, mandated transfer of power to Indian hands no later than June 1948 — giving...
OECD Report on Industrial Subsidies: India's Manufacturing Rise Despite Structural Support Gap with China
The OECD released its MAGIC Database of Industrial Subsidies (June 2026), the first large-scale firm-level global monitoring of industrial s...
Geopolitical Flashpoints and the Reshaping of Global Supply Chains
Geopolitical disruptions — the US-Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz closure, ongoing Russia-Ukraine fallout, US-China technology decoupling...
West Asia War: Multi-Front Escalation and Regional Diplomacy
Israeli forces reported intercepting two projectiles fired from Lebanese territory, the latest in a string of exchanges that have continued ...
India-Indonesia 8th Joint Commission Meeting: Deepening a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono arrived in New Delhi on June 6–7, 2026, co-chairing the 8th India-Indonesia Joint Commission Meeting (JC...
China's Maritime Enforcement Operation East of Taiwan: Sovereignty, UNCLOS, and Indo-Pacific Tensions
China's Ministry of Transport, coordinating maritime police forces from coastal provinces Fujian and Guangdong along with the East China Sea...
Nepal-India Boundary Dispute: Diplomatic Reset Amid Territorial Tensions
Nepal's Foreign Minister undertook an official three-day visit to India (June 5–7, 2026), the first high-level diplomatic engagement since N...
US Forces Down Iranian Drones Over the Strait of Hormuz
US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced it destroyed two Iranian drones that were threatening international maritime traffic in the Strait of...
Supreme Court Upholds 28% GST on Online Gaming: Skill vs. Chance Distinction Rejected
The Supreme Court, in a bench comprising Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice R. Mahadevan, upheld the constitutional validity of imposing 28%...
Jharkhand's First Mango Export to the UK: Agricultural Trade and Farmer Empowerment
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, flagged off ...
Global Zero Waste Forum: What It Means for India's Waste Crisis
The Global Zero Waste Forum (Zero Waste Forum 2026) is being held in Istanbul, Turkey from June 5–7, 2026, gathering representatives from ov...
Ease of Doing Business: India's Ongoing Regulatory Transformation
The government has released a comprehensive account of wide-ranging reforms that have transformed India's business environment through digit...
India's FY27 GDP Growth May Moderate to 6.5%: El Niño, Crude Costs, and Geopolitical Headwinds
Research reports by brokerage firms Dolat Capital and ICICI Global Markets projected India's GDP growth to moderate to approximately 6.5% in...
India's Growth Resilience to Oil Shocks: Why the Crude Price Narrative Overstates the Risk
A senior World Bank executive who also serves on the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PM-EAC) assessed that India's economic grow...
Jammu & Kashmir Statehood Demand: Constitutional Status of Union Territories and the Path to Restoration
Jammu & Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary warned that the ruling party in J&K will stage a protest at Jantar Mantar, Ne...
India's Health System Transformation: Insurance, Primary Care, and Generic Medicines
A government review highlighted the scale of health system expansion over the past twelve years, covering health insurance, primary care inf...
Reforms to Deepen G-Sec Market: FPI Access Expanded, Tax Exemptions Granted
The Government announced a package of reforms to expand Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) participation in Government Securities (G-Secs), wi...
India and Nepal Partner on AI-Powered Multilingual Digital Infrastructure Through Bhashini MoU
The Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) signed a Memorandum of Under...
State Finance Commissions Get a Data Infrastructure Boost: Report on Datasets Released
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj released the Report of the Committee on Datasets for State Finance Commissions on June 8, 2026, at a function...
Supreme Court Upholds 28% GST on Online Gaming, Rejects Skill-vs-Chance Defence
The Supreme Court upheld a 28% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on online money gaming, fantasy sports, and casinos, rejecting industry challeng...
India-Nepal Diplomatic Reset: Civilizational Ties, New Sectors, and a Forward-Looking Partnership
Nepal's new Foreign Minister visited New Delhi in June 2026, signalling a complete reset of bilateral relations — explicitly stating the new...
India-Nepal Bilateral Engagement: Energy, Digital Payments, and Strategic Partnership Reset
Nepal's Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal visited New Delhi from June 5–7, 2026 — the highest-level diplomatic engagement since Nepal's new gov...
Supreme Court Clarifies OBC Creamy Layer: Salary and Agricultural Income Cannot Be Sole Criterion
The Supreme Court held that parental income from salary and agriculture alone cannot determine whether an OBC candidate falls within the 'cr...
India's Economy Grows 7.8% in Q4 FY26, Full-Year FY26 GDP Reaches 7.7%
India's GDP grew at 7.8% in the fourth quarter of FY26 (January–March 2026), beating analyst expectations and marking an acceleration from e...
RBI Holds Repo Rate at 5.25%, Announces Measures to Boost Foreign Capital Inflows
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25% and retained a neutral policy stance ...