International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Iran war disrupts the circuit board supply chain, raises costs for tech firms
The conflict in the Middle East has severely disrupted supplies of printed circuit boards (PCBs), a foundational component used in virtually all electronic d...
Rajnath Singh arrives in Bishkek for SCO Defence Ministers’ Meeting
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers' Meeting convened in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on April 27–28, 2026, with India's Defence Minister l...
Farmers’ interests protected in all FTAs, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Amid concerns from farmers—particularly apple growers in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand—about the India–New Zealand FTA, the Union Agriculture Minister add...
Iran offers to end chokehold on Strait of Hormuz, asks U.S. to end blockade
Iran submitted a new proposal to the United States, transmitted through Pakistani intermediaries, offering to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end its chokeho...
India seals FTA with New Zealand, gets $20 bn investment pledge, duty-free access
India and New Zealand signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement on 27 April 2026, accompanied by a USD 20 billion investment commitment from New Zealand into In...
Mapping the fallout: Which Indian sectors face risks from the West Asia war?
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz since late February 2026, triggered by the US-Israel conflict with Iran, has created an acute energy crisis with cascadin...
Top outbound deals by Indian companies: From Tata Steel to Sun Pharma
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries announced the acquisition of US-based Organon & Co. in an all-cash deal valued at approximately USD 11.75 billion (₹98,000 cror...
India-New Zealand FTA: Temporary Employment Entry offers 5,000 work visas for skilled Indians — check key features
The India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), signed on April 27, 2026, includes a dedicated Temporary Employment Entry (TEE) pathway for skilled Indian ...
G7 puts desertification at centre of environmental agenda, flags land crisis as global security threat
G7 Environment Ministers, meeting in Paris on April 23–24, 2026, adopted a landmark declaration formally designating desertification, land degradation, and d...
Ukraine, West Asia conflicts put attack drones at the centre of modern warfare
Conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia have decisively established attack drones — particularly First Person View (FPV) drones and loitering munitions — as the d...
India-New Zealand free trade agreement: An explainer
India and New Zealand signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on April 27, 2026, following negotiations that were announced in March 2025 and concluded in Decemb...
India never offers any duty concessions in dairy sector under FTAs: Goyal
In the context of the India–New Zealand FTA signing, the Ministry of Commerce clarified that India has not offered and will not offer any duty concessions in...
India, New Zealand ink ‘once-in-a-generation’ trade deal
India and New Zealand signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement on April 27, 2026, following nine months of negotiations — described as a "once-in-a-generation"...
India New Zealand FTA to help reduce India's dependence on select markets, says CITI
India and New Zealand signed a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement on April 27, 2026, granting Indian exporters 100% duty-free access across all 8,284 New Zea...
Ne Zealand PM Luxon terms FTA with India ‘once-in-a-generation’ pact
India and New Zealand signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement on April 27, 2026, in New Delhi, described by the New Zealand side as a "once-in-a-generation" e...
New Zealand PM Luxon terms FTA with India ‘once-in-a-generation’ pact
India and New Zealand signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on April 27, 2026, with the Union Commerce and Industry Mini...
India inks 'once-in-a-generation' free trade agreement with New Zealand after a decade of talks
India and New Zealand concluded and signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement on 27 April 2026, ending over a decade of on-and-off negotiations that began forma...
India, Russia-led EAEU may hold next round talks for trade pact in June
India and the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) are scheduled to hold the next round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations in June 2026 in Mosco...
India–New Zealand to sign FTA to boost trade, investments and market access across goods and services
India and New Zealand signed a landmark Free Trade Agreement on April 27, 2026, following nine months of negotiations — described as a "once-in-a-generation"...
Trade pact with EU, US in next few months: Piyush Goyal
Following the signing of the India–New Zealand FTA on April 27, 2026, the Ministry of Commerce signalled that trade agreements with the European Union and th...