International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
India’s next big power move is set to unfold in the Bay of Bengal
India is set to launch construction on the Great Nicobar Island mega-infrastructure project after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) cleared it, signaling Ind...
‘India offers limited farm quotas in US trade deal’
India has offered tariff-rate quotas for most agricultural products in its proposed interim trade agreement with the United States, with officials stating th...
Indian rice exporter seals 5,000-tonne US deal: IREF
A member company of the Indian Rice Exporters Federation (IREF) finalized a commercial deal to export 5,000 tonnes of premium basmati rice to the United Stat...
India's textile and apparel exports down by 3.75% in January, outlook improves now with India US interim deal
India's combined textile and apparel exports fell by 3.75% year-on-year in January 2026, to $3,275.44 million from $3,403.19 million in January 2025. Textile...
India engaging global partners more intensively, says EAM S Jaishankar; cites recent trade deals
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, speaking at and on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2026, stated that India is engaging global partne...
Macron says France ready to make in India, Modi hails elevation of ties to ‘global strategic partnership’
India and France elevated their bilateral relationship to a "Special Global Strategic Partnership" during French President Emmanuel Macron's three-day visit ...
Who is Darpan Jain, India’s chief negotiator for US trade talks?
Darpan Jain, a 2001-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Karnataka cadre, has been appointed India's chief negotiator for the India-US bi...
Indian delegation to visit US next week; exports to US in Jan falls 22%
An Indian trade delegation, led by Chief Negotiator Darpan Jain (Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce), was scheduled to travel to Washington beginning Febr...
India-US security ties on upward trajectory, says US Commander
Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), completed a five-day visit to India (February 14–19, 2026), describing Indi...
Indo-Russia partnership: RVNL targets June 2026 to roll out first Vande Bharat Sleeper prototype
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) and its Russian partner Transmashholding (TMH) are targeting June 2026 to roll out the first prototype of the Vande Bharat Sl...
PM Modi likely to visit Israel on Feb 25, hold talks with Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that PM Narendra Modi will visit Israel on February 25-26, 2026, making it a two-day state visit. Netanya...
AI summit is an opportunity. Global South must seize the moment
India's hosting of the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi (19–20 February) marked the first time this global AI governance dialogue moved beyond the Global N...
In agriculture, US-India trade deal is both good and not-so-good
India and the United States announced an interim bilateral trade framework on February 7, 2026, reducing US reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods from 50% to 18...
AI shakes statecraft: Prediction markets test diplomats, spies
As AI capabilities advance, analysts and policymakers are examining how artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping statecraft — the practice of manag...
Why India’s AI summit is key to its future in tech
India hosted the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, the first global AI summit hosted in the Global South, with over 20 heads of state, 60 ministers, and 50...
India to finalise legal text of interim trade deal with US next week
India's Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal announced on February 16, 2026, that a team of Indian officials will visit the US next week (starting February 23) ...
The UAE-India corridor is sparking a growth story
India-UAE bilateral merchandise trade has nearly doubled from $43.3 billion in FY 2020-21 to $83.7 billion in FY 2023-24 since the signing of the Comprehensi...
'Dragged out and set on fire' - the Bangladesh mob killing that shocked the world
In December 2025, Dipu Chandra Das, a 27-year-old Hindu factory worker in Bangladesh, was accused by Muslim colleagues of making derogatory remarks about the...
Digital trade not being negotiated as part of India-US interim trade deal, say officials
Indian negotiators confirmed that digital trade issues — including e-commerce rules and India's digital services tax — are not part of the India-US interim t...
India's January trade deficit widens before U.S. tariff relief kicks in
India's merchandise trade deficit surged to $34.68 billion in January 2026, up sharply from $23.43 billion in January 2025 and well above market expectations...