Geography

Iran's Parliamentary Security Commission approved a plan to impose tolls on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to state television reports, m...

UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) has issued an urgent warning that near-paralysis of Strait of Hormuz shipping — transits down ove...

With the Strait of Hormuz nearly paralysed — shipping transits down over 95% since Iran's IRGC began enforcing closure warnings following US-Israel strikes o...

A study by the Department of Geoinformatics, University of Kashmir, published in the *Journal of Glaciology*, has identified five glacial lakes in Jammu & Ka...

An opinion piece in *The Hindu* raises structural concerns about the 16th Finance Commission's disaster funding formula, arguing that using population as the...

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has officially declared that the 2025–26 La Niña episode has ended, with the tropical Pacific returning to ENSO-neutr...

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) deployed at least a dozen sophisticated naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz as part of its strategy to deter ...

India has been steadily increasing crude oil and LNG imports from African producers — particularly Nigeria, Angola, and other West African suppliers — as a d...

India purchased natural gas (LNG) at $19 per MMBtu from international spot markets to keep fertilizer manufacturing plants operational, as the West Asia conf...

The government decided to maintain current import duty rates on pulses and extend the duty-free import period for tur (pigeon pea) and urad (black gram) to p...

Joint US-Israeli strikes hit a quay at Bandar Khamir, an Iranian port city near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, on 29 March 2026, killing five people and inj...

Two Indian LPG carriers belonging to the state-owned Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) — Shivalik and Nanda Devi — crossed the Strait of Hormuz and dischar...

The Government of India has stated that the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan is accelerating hydropower development in Jammu & Kashm...

Iran has drafted legislation to impose tolls on vessels seeking safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, with reports of individual fees reaching $2 millio...

Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced on March 28, 2026, that Thailand has reached a diplomatic agreement with Iran allowing Thai oil tanke...

Five large LPG tankers carrying a combined cargo of over 1.7 lakh tonnes (approximately 230,000 metric tonnes) of liquefied petroleum gas remained anchored n...

The United Nations has established a dedicated task force to address the humanitarian consequences arising from the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz...

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, addressing the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Paris, argued that the uncertainties created by the West Asia confli...

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has been broadcasting warnings over maritime VHF channels, declaring the Strait of Hormuz closed and prohib...

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, speaking at the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Paris, underscored that freedom of navigation is indispensable for ...