The 75th Republic Day parade in New Delhi’s Kartavya Path on January 26 will witness a substantial participation from France. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, will be the chief guest for the event. Read More

India said it would include Farsi (Persian) as one of the nine classical languages in the country under the New Education Policy. This decision aims to deepen cultural ties and recognizes the cultural, literary, and linguistic connections between Iran and India. Read More

The first meeting of the India-Maldives high-level core group was held in Male, on Sunday, India’s foreign ministry said in a news release. It said both sides held discussions on a wide range of issues during the meeting. Read More

Amid diplomatic row with India, the Maldivian president, Mohamed Muizzu, taking an apparent jibe at New Delhi, said the Maldives might be a small country, but that is not a “licence” for anybody to “bully” it. Read More

India strongly objected to a recent visit by the United Kingdom’s high commissioner to Pakistan, Jane Marriott, to Mirpur in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. New Delhi called the visit “highly objectionable”. Read More

The Australian high commissioner to India, Philip Green, warmly applauded the inauguration of Australia’s Deakin University branch campus in Gujarat’s GIFT City and said the campus is the next step in Deakin University’s long-term strategy of investment in India’s future. Read More

The high commissioner of Maldives to India met officials of the Indian foreign ministry amid a row over remarks against PM Modi and India by several Maldivian public figures. Meanwhile, the high commissioner of India to the Maldives also met an official at the Maldivian foreign ministry. Read More

Following severe backlash over their disparaging remarks on the prime minister, Narendra Modi, and India, the Mohamed Muizzu-led Maldivian government has suspended three of its ministers. Read More

A post on X by a prominent Indian-origin user which attracted some politicians from the Maldives snowballed into a major row between Indian and Maldivian X users, including celebrities. This eventually led the Indian high commissioner to the Maldives to raise the issue with Male. Read More

Russia has raised its concerns with India over reports of India-made 155mm artillery shells reaching the Ukraine military. India has dismissed those reports and categorically denied having supplied Ukraine with ammunition. Read More