International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Trump to decide 'soon' on sending weapons to Taiwan
US President Donald Trump indicated he would decide "soon" on sending weapons to Taiwan, amid ongoing tensions in the Taiwan Strait. The US and Chinese Presi...
Could Bill Gates and political tussles overshadow AI safety debate in Delhi?
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 was held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi (16-20 February 2026), organized by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Techno...
Shivraj asks why Congress objects to US trade deal if imports are necessary
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan addressed concerns over the India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement, reiterating that imports of wheat, rice, mai...
US and Iran hold second nuclear talks in Geneva amid Strait of Hormuz tensions
The United States and Iran held their second round of nuclear talks in Geneva in February 2026, with Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi leading the Tehra...
India gets first private-sector helicopter final assembly line
On February 17, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron virtually inaugurated India's first private-sector helicopter Final A...
Economics will give way to politics and security in how nations make choices, Jaishankar says
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, speaking at the Global Economic Cooperation Conference in Mumbai (February 17, 2026), warned that the global order i...
India-EU trade pact fuels Air India, Lufthansa partnership expansion
Following the conclusion of the India-EU Free Trade Agreement on January 27, 2026, Air India and the Lufthansa Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mo...
Tata-Airbus helicopter unit showcases strong high-end manufacturing partnership: Rajnath Singh
Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) inaugurated India's first private-sector helicopter Final Assembly Line (FAL) for the Airbus H125 at Vemagal, Karnataka,...
Iran's Revolutionary Guards begin military drills in Strait of Hormuz
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commenced military exercises in the Strait of Hormuz on 16 February 2026, a day before the second round of Ir...
India-US deal: Pulses off the factsheet but on the table
India's Agriculture Minister held discussions with US counterparts on including pulses, cotton, and apples as import items under the India-US interim trade d...
India's permanent contribution to world community’s agenda is of enormous importance to us: Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, visiting New Delhi to attend the India AI Impact Summit (16-20 February 2026), praised India's role, stating that Indi...
Watch: Tarique Rahman to take oath as Bangladesh PM today
Tarique Rahman, Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was sworn in as Prime Minister of Bangladesh on 17 February 2026 by President Mohammed Sh...
In final speech as Bangladesh interim govt adviser, Yunus rakes up reference to India’s NE, yet again
In his final televised address before the new BNP government was sworn in, outgoing interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus referenced India's northeastern stat...
Bangladesh no longer a ‘submissive country’: Yunus in farewell address
Outgoing Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus delivered a televised farewell address on 17 February 2026, declaring that Bangladesh is "no longer a country with subm...
U.S. warship in Gulf can be sunk, warns Iran’s Khamenei
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on 17 February 2026 that US warships deployed to the Persian Gulf "could be sunk to the bottom of the sea...
Russia pummels Ukraine's power grid before talks
Russian forces launched coordinated strikes on energy infrastructure across 12 Ukrainian regions in the overnight hours before the start of US-brokered peace...
Bangladesh oath ceremony highlights: Tarique Rahman sworn in as new Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Tarique Rahman, chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh on 17 February 2026 at the South Pla...
BNP members sworn in as MPs; party says they will not take oath for changing existing constitution
Newly elected BNP Members of Parliament were sworn in as members of the Jatiya Sangsad (Bangladesh's national parliament), but refused to take a second oath ...
Moscow, Kyiv meet for U.S.-brokered talks after fresh attacks
Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met in Geneva on 17-18 February 2026 for a second round of US-brokered peace talks, nearly four years after Russia's full...
India seeks new steel export markets in Middle East and Asia to offset EU carbon tax impact: Report
India's steel industry — the world's second-largest crude steel producer — is actively targeting new export markets in the Middle East and Southeast Asia to ...