International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Textile Ministry moves to shield clusters from West Asia gas supply shocks
The Ministry of Textiles has launched an assessment of all major textile and handicrafts clusters across India to evaluate their vulnerability to disruptions...
Sikh extremists using Canada to ‘fund & promote violence in India’—Canada intel report
Canada's Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) released its 2025 annual public report identifying Sikh extremist networks operating from Canadian soil as a th...
Will the West Asia war accelerate the age of electricity? Explained in charts
The ongoing US-Iran conflict and the resulting closure of the Strait of Hormuz have triggered an oil price surge from approximately USD 69 per barrel in Febr...
Between a fatwa and war: how Iran makes sense of its nuclear capability
Iran has publicly reaffirmed its intent to protect its nuclear stockpile amid the ongoing US-Israel military campaign launched on February 28, 2026, which ki...
Nepal reiterates territorial claim to Lipulekh Pass, flags concerns over Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
Nepal's Foreign Ministry formally restated its territorial claim to Lipulekh Pass, opposing the planned India-China Kailash Mansarovar Yatra scheduled for Ju...
Canada declares Khalistan extremists as ‘national security threat’
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) released its 2025 Public Report to Parliament, formally designating activities of Canada-based Khalistan ex...
Iran says U.S. military operation ‘impossible’ as Trump mulls peace proposal
The IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) Intelligence Organisation issued a formal statement asserting that the United States faces only two options in i...
OPEC members increase oil production quota by 188,000 bpd, no word on UAE's withdrawal amid war in West Asia
Seven OPEC+ member nations — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman — agreed to increase their collective oil production quota by ...
Great Nicobar project concerns must be debated in parliamentary forum; govt rattled by Rahul Gandhi's visit: Congress
Parliamentary calls have been raised for a formal legislative forum to examine the environmental, tribal rights, and strategic governance aspects of the Grea...
Indore to host meeting of BRICS agriculture ministers in June
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, has been designated as the host city for the BRICS Agriculture Ministers' Meeting, scheduled for June 12–13, 2026, under India's BRIC...
Fibre-optic drones | The phantom that flies
Fibre-optic first-person view (FPV) drones have emerged as one of the most disruptive technologies on the Russia-Ukraine battlefield and in West Asian confli...
Why did the UAE quit OPEC and OPEC+?
The UAE announced its exit from OPEC and the OPEC+ framework, effective 1 May 2026, citing national interest and the inability of the cartel structure to ade...
OPEC | Cracks in the oil crown
The UAE formally exited OPEC effective May 1, 2026, becoming one of the most significant departures in the cartel's history given that the UAE is among its t...
Plurilaterals without guardrails can fragment trading system: Experts
Trade economists and policy experts warned that the growing use of plurilateral agreements — trade deals negotiated among subsets of WTO members — without ad...
Great Nicobar project key for India’s economic growth and military footprint, its opposition will benefit China: Defence veterans
Defence veterans, including a former Air Force chief, publicly backed the Great Nicobar Island development project, calling it vital for India's national sec...
RBI Governor Malhotra flags rising global economic risks
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra flagged rising global economic risks, warning that geo-economic fragmentation driven by tariffs, trade barriers, and industrial ...
India needs supply chain security framework like China, US: Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran
Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran called for India to develop a formal supply chain security framework modelled on approaches adopted by China and...
FinMin notifies changes in FEMA rules easing FDI for foreign cos with up to 10% Chinese stake
The Finance Ministry's Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) published amendments to the Foreign Exchange Management (Non-debt Instruments) Rules in the Offic...
Finance Ministry notifies FDI easing for foreign firms with up to 10% Chinese stake under FEMA
The Finance Ministry's Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) formally notified amendments to India's FDI framework under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (...
DEA eases FDI rules for firms with up to 10% Chinese shareholding under FEMA
Revised FEMA rules shift India's FDI screening from a structural test (nationality of incorporation) to a substantive test (who beneficially owns the investm...