Economics
International Relations
Geography
4 min
Suspension of flights, shipping surcharge push exporters from south India to the edge
The suspension of Indian airline flights to West Asia — triggered by US and Israeli military strikes on Iran (late February 2026) and retaliatory Iranian thr...
Economics
International Relations
4 min
Indian basmati exporters seek Covid-type relief after Iran war disrupts shipping
Indian basmati rice exporters have urged APEDA to seek Covid-type relief from the Commerce Ministry after the Israel-Iran war severely disrupted shipping rou...
International Relations
Internal Security
5 min
Nuclear deterrence and the Iran war
Following the joint US-Israeli military strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, which killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, strategic analysts are re-e...
International Relations
Economics
4 min
Iran-Israel war grounds IndiGo’s Europe flights
IndiGo, India's largest airline, has been forced to ground its entire fleet of six Boeing 787 widebody aircraft used for European routes since February 28, 2...
International Relations
Economics
Polity & Governance
5 min
Twenty-four U.S. states announce lawsuit to stop Trump’s latest global tariffs
A coalition of 24 US states, led by Oregon, California, New York, and Arizona, filed a lawsuit at the US Court of International Trade challenging President T...
International Relations
5 min
Without naming Trump, Finnish President Stubb says ‘wrecking ball’ being taken to international order
The 11th edition of the Raisina Dialogue opened in New Delhi on March 5, 2026, with the theme "Saṁskāra: Assertion, Accommodation, Advancement" Finnish Presi...
International Relations
Economics
5 min
Iran crisis: 60,000 tonnes of basmati rice stuck in ports, exporters seek urgent govt. aid
Approximately 60,000 tonnes of basmati rice are stuck at Indian ports unable to be shipped, while broader estimates put total stranded cargo (at ports and in...
International Relations
Internal Security
3 min
U.S. and West Asia nations seek Kyiv's drone expertise: Zelenskyy
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine is helping five countries in the Middle East and Gulf region counter Iranian drone attacks, wh...
International Relations
Polity & Governance
4 min
U.S. House rejects war powers resolution, backs Trump on Iran war
The US House of Representatives narrowly rejected a War Powers Resolution that would have required the withdrawal of US forces from the military campaign aga...
International Relations
4 min
Watch: India condoles Khamenei’s death; foreign secretary signs condolence book
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited the Iranian Embassy in New Delhi on March 5, 2026 and signed the condolence book on behalf of the Government of India ...
Economics
Geography
International Relations
5 min
Gulf conflict: LNG squeeze may impact urea output ahead of kharif season
The ongoing Gulf conflict has disrupted LNG (liquefied natural gas) flows through the Strait of Hormuz, threatening India's urea production capacity ahead of...
International Relations
4 min
India finally condoles killing of Iran's Khamenei; foreign ministers talk
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri signed the condolence book at the Iranian embassy in New Delhi on 5 March 2026, nearly five days after Supreme Leader Ali Kham...
International Relations
Polity & Governance
5 min
The legality of U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran
The United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, designated Operation Roaring Lion (Israel) and Operation Epi...
Economics
International Relations
4 min
West Asia conflict disrupts India’s gems and jewellery trade; diamond shipments halted
The escalation of the West Asia conflict — following joint military action by the United States and Israel against Iran — has severely disrupted India's gems...
Economics
International Relations
Geography
4 min
Not going, bananas: Ramzan ripe time for most-exported fruit but Iran war a spoiler
India's banana exports — the country's top fruit export — face severe disruption due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Iran conflict Ap...
International Relations
5 min
No issue can be resolved just through conflict: PM Modi meets Finnish President Alexander Stubb; calls for Ukraine peace
Prime Minister Modi met Finnish President Alexander Stubb in New Delhi on March 5, 2026, ahead of the Raisina Dialogue Both nations called for a diplomatic r...
International Relations
Economics
5 min
US-India trade deal is almost at finish line: US Deputy Secretary of State Landau
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau, speaking at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi on March 5, 2026, stated that the US-India bilateral trade agr...
International Relations
4 min
Middle East tensions: PM Modi, Emmanuel Macron discuss need for dialogue & diplomacy
PM Modi spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on the escalating situation in West Asia, stressing the urgent need for de-escalation and a return to dia...
International Relations
Internal Security
5 min
'Responded to distress call, rescue op ongoing': India on Iran ship sunk by US off Sri Lanka coast
A US submarine fired a torpedo and sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena approximately 40 nautical miles off the coast of Galle in southern Sri Lanka — the firs...
International Relations
4 min
Modi-Stubb discuss West Asia conflict, sign key MoUs from AI to defence
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Finnish President Alexander Stubb at Hyderabad House, New Delhi, on March 5, 2026 during Stubb's four-...