14 Jun 2026
IAF AN-32 Crash in Assam: 5 Dead. The Fleet Should Have Retired.
An IAF AN-32 crash near Jorhat, Assam killed five personnel — including two Agniveers. The Soviet-era fleet was meant to be retired years ago.
How global events affect India, and India's role on the world stage.
An IAF AN-32 crash near Jorhat, Assam killed five personnel — including two Agniveers. The Soviet-era fleet was meant to be retired years ago.
In one week the US Navy killed 3 Indians in Hormuz, the Supreme Court voided India's tariff deal, and the trade pact stayed unsigned.
Three Indian sailors killed by US Navy fire in Hormuz. Jaishankar summoned the US envoy — the second P5 envoy summoned over the strait in two months.
India received its fourth S-400 regiment after the system proved itself in Operation Sindoor. The order is now doubled to 10 squadrons.
India signed a $629M BrahMos missile deal with Vietnam at the Shangri-La Dialogue. Indonesia is next. Three South China Sea claimants, one supplier.
Jaishankar hosts Rubio, Wong, and Motegi in Delhi today. The Quad's China mission now shares the table with Iran war and Hormuz energy crisis.
Rubio announced India will buy $500B in US goods. Two weeks ago Modi asked citizens to skip wedding gold. Congress called the PM 'compromised.'
Trump says MoU with Iran 'largely negotiated' — Hormuz to reopen, war to end. But Iran keeps strait control. India's petrol is at Rs 99.51 anyway.
Rubio arrives in Delhi offering India unlimited US oil and gas. Hormuz is shut, Venezuela's president visits with barrels to sell, and Delhi must choose.
India-Italy upgraded to Special Strategic Partnership: €20B trade target by 2029, defence roadmap, Indo-Mediterranean corridor amid the Iran war.