International Relations
Economics
5 min
Watch: US-China summit delayed: Trump cites War, Hormuz tensions
President Donald Trump has sought to delay a planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping — originally scheduled for late March/early April — as the Unit...
Economics
International Relations
5 min
WTO MC14: India opposes US bid for permanent ban on e-commerce duty
At the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14), being held in Yaoundé, Cameroon (March 26–29, 2026), India opposed the United States' bid for a permanent ban ...
International Relations
Economics
5 min
West Asia conflict: Sharp drop in flight services to Dubai
Flight services to Dubai have fallen sharply as the UAE has repeatedly imposed temporary airspace closures in response to Iranian missile and drone strikes t...
International Relations
Internal Security
5 min
Indian Navy steps up vigil to escort oil tankers, unlikely to join US coalition
The Indian Navy has deployed two warship task forces to escort Indian-flagged LPG tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz and moving through the Gulf of Oman...
International Relations
Economics
5 min
India in talks with Iran for safe passage of 2.7 lt LPG via Strait of Hormuz
India is conducting diplomatic negotiations with Iran to secure safe passage for six LPG carriers idling in the Persian Gulf west of the Strait of Hormuz, co...
Economics
International Relations
5 min
Hormuz disruption: CBIC allows BTT clearance for cargo loaded at one port, offloaded at another
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) issued an emergency circular allowing "Back to Town" (BTT) clearance for export cargo that was origina...
Internal Security
International Relations
4 min
Indian Navy joins U.S.-led drill ‘Sea Dragon’ in Guam
The Indian Navy joined Exercise Sea Dragon 2026, a US-led multinational anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise conducted at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in ...
Economics
International Relations
Internal Security
5 min
Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays
The Union government has issued a public advisory urging households to "use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible" as 22 Indian-flagged ve...
International Relations
Art & Culture
4 min
India, Indonesia come together to preserve shared heritage with restoration of 9th-century temple
India and Indonesia have joined forces to undertake the restoration of the Prambanan Temple complex, a 9th-century Hindu temple compound in the Special Regio...
International Relations
4 min
India calls Pakistan’s strike on Kabul hospital ‘barbaric, unconscionable’, urges international action
Pakistan's military conducted airstrikes on Kabul, Afghanistan on March 16-17, 2026, targeting what it described as "terrorist support infrastructure." Afgha...
Internal Security
International Relations
6 min
Ukraine seeks immediate release & access to 6 nationals arrested in India on terror conspiracy charges
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested seven foreign nationals — six Ukrainians and one American citizen — on charges of conspiring to carry out te...
International Relations
Polity & Governance
6 min
India needs clear foreign policy roadmap, says parliamentary committee
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, presented its Twelfth Report on the Ministry of External Aff...
International Relations
Internal Security
6 min
Ali Larijani, Iran’s security chief, killed in overnight attacks: Israel Defence Minister
Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz announced on March 17, 2026 that Ali Larijani — secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and one of...
International Relations
Internal Security
4 min
Taliban calls Kabul hospital strike ‘crime against humanity’, Pakistan says it only hit ‘military infra’
The Taliban government's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned Pakistan's March 16, 2026 aerial strikes on Kabul, calling the targeting of a drug rehabilita...
International Relations
Economics
6 min
U.S. does ‘not need’ help from allies on Iran, says Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump declared that the United States does "not need" the help of allies to manage the Iran conflict, even as he simultaneously pressured...
Economics
International Relations
4 min
LPG consumption slumps 17% in March on war-related shortages
LPG consumption in India fell to 1.147 million tonnes in the first fortnight of March 2026 — a 17.3% decline from the 1.387 million tonnes consumed in the sa...
Economics
International Relations
4 min
Second LPG tanker reaches India from war zone; efforts on to get back 22 stranded vessels
A second Indian-flagged LPG tanker, MV Nanda Devi, reached Kandla port in Gujarat after safely transiting the Strait of Hormuz — the first vessel, MV Shivali...
Economics
International Relations
5 min
India growth outlook dims as oil tops $100, gas crisis deepens
Goldman Sachs cut its India growth forecast for the fiscal year starting April 2026 (FY2027) by half a percentage point to 6.5%, becoming the first major age...
Economics
International Relations
6 min
India oilmeal exports hit by US-Iran conflict, Red Sea disruptions
Escalating US-Iran military tensions in 2026 — including effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran — are severely disrupting India's oilmeal exports,...
International Relations
Social Issues
4 min
India at UN slams Pakistan for ‘fabricating’ Islamophobia narratives, flags Ahmadiyya repression, Afghan bombings
India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, delivered a strong rebuttal at the UN General Assembly, accusing Paki...