The diplomatic controversy over US Ambassador Sergio Gor’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir has already moved beyond the original statement. Pakistan has lodged a formal protest, India has welcomed the comments, and Washington has indicated that it may reconsider its travel advisory for the region. Read More

India and Armenia are expanding their defence partnership beyond arms purchases, with new cooperation in defence research, joint production, military training and technology. The growing relationship reflects Armenia’s push to diversify its military suppliers and India’s expanding strategic footprint in the South Caucasus. Read More

The second ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise is set to put an increasingly important question at the center of the Indo-Pacific: how can countries that depend on the sea for trade, energy, food and security work together when the maritime environment is becoming more contested? The answer will begin taking shape when India and the 11 ASEAN member states gather for AIME 2026 in waters off the Philippines from September 28 to October 2. Read More

India has formally added standard names for 27 places, passes, a lake and a war memorial in Arunachal Pradesh to official Survey of India maps, countering China's years-long campaign to rename locations in the border state. Read More

India summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires to protest the attack on MV Golden Leo that killed four Indian nationals. Read More

Russia’s missile strike on the grain carrier MV Golden Leo near Ukraine’s Odesa has killed four Indian seafarers, prompting India to condemn the attack and summon Russia’s chargé d’affaires in New Delhi. Read More

Germany has posted its first resident liaison officer to India’s IFC-IOR in Gurugram, a symbolic step that coincides with advancing talks on an $8–10 billion Indo-German submarine programme. Read More

India and Australia have signed a new joint declaration on defence and security cooperation in Melbourne, institutionalizing an annual defence ministers' dialogue and deepening ties across maritime security, critical technology, energy and the Indo-Pacific amid continuing regional friction with China. Read More

Agreement ends a decade of stalled shipments since the two countries first agreed, in 2014, to trade the fuel; deal is bundled with a wider push on trade, critical minerals, defence and space cooperation. Read More

Career diplomat, currently joint secretary at the Lok Sabha Secretariat, will succeed Ravi Shankar, who has been named ambassador to Greece. Read More