International Relations Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Yesterday

• At the concluding day of the G20 Trade Ministers' Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (US Presidency) on 2 October 2026, Piyush Goyal called for WTO-consistent remedies to trade distortions and backed the UK for the 2027 G20 Presidency.

Tue, 29 Sept 2026

• The 10th India–Republic of Korea Joint Committee Meeting on Defence Industries and Logistics was held in New Delhi on 29 September 2026.
• The 2nd India–Italy Joint Working Group on Tourism met on 29 September 2026, co-chaired by Tourism Secretary Bhuvnesh Kumar and Emanuela Tripi, Secretary-General of Italy's Ministry of Tourism.

Mon, 28 Sept 2026

• At the 28th session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO 28) in Rome (28 September – 2 October 2026), India highlighted that its forest and tree cover is 82.74 million hectares, or 25.17% of its geographical area.
• The 14th meeting of the India–UAE High Level Joint Task Force on Investments (HLJTFI) was held in Mumbai on 28 September 2026, co-chaired by Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
• On 28 September 2026 a delegation led by French Minister for Higher Education, Research and Space Philippe Baptiste met MoS Jitendra Singh in New Delhi to widen space cooperation.

Sun, 27 Sept 2026

• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began an official visit to Qatar on 27 September 2026 (27–29 September) to attend the 11th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Doha on 28 September.

Fri, 25 Sept 2026

• On 25 September 2026 Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava represented India at the UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response in New York.

Thu, 24 Sept 2026

• The Commerce Ministry said on 24 September 2026 that an Indian delegation led by Additional Secretary Nitin Kumar Yadav took part in the 14th East Asia Summit Economic Ministers' Meeting and the 23rd ASEAN-India Economic Ministers Consultation in Manila, Philippines.

Wed, 23 Sept 2026

• On 23 September 2026, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities Meeting in New Delhi, the culmination of India's BRICS Chairship of the tax cooperation track.

Tue, 22 Sept 2026

• On 22 September 2026, the Seventh High-Level Meeting of the OPEC-India Energy Dialogue was held in New Delhi, co-chaired by Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais.

Fri, 18 Sept 2026

• On 18 September 2026, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan called Prime Minister Narendra Modi, conveyed birthday greetings and congratulated him on India's successful BRICS Presidency.

Thu, 17 Sept 2026

• On 17 September 2026, the Third BIMSTEC Conference on Traditional Medicine Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights, held with the Second BIMSTEC Nodal Group Meeting, concluded in Goa.
• On 17 September 2026, the 25th Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Ministers Responsible for Foreign Economic and Trade Activities was held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

• On 15 September 2026, Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan, who is also President of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), addressed the 25th anniversary celebrations of ICWA as an Institution of National Importance at Sapru House, New Delhi.

Mon, 14 Sept 2026

• On 14 September 2026, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar began a three-day visit to Bhutan, meeting the King of Bhutan in Thimphu.

Sat, 12 Sept 2026

• On 12 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, their first meeting since Tianjin in August 2025.
• On 12 September 2026, leaders at the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, adopted the BRICS New Delhi Declaration under the theme 'Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability'.
• On 12 September 2026, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in New Delhi for the BRICS Summit, called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on his first visit to India.

Fri, 11 Sept 2026

• On 11 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, their second meeting of the year after the SCO Summit in Bishkek.
• On 11 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the BRICS Business Forum 2026 in New Delhi, noting that BRICS and its partners now form a family of 21 countries.
• On 11 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New Delhi, where Guterres congratulated India on chairing BRICS for the fourth time.

Thu, 10 Sept 2026

• On 10 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the first International Space Summit in Paris, hosted at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, by video conference.

Wed, 09 Sept 2026

• On 9 September 2026, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya in Colombo, where the two sides exchanged defence MoUs and inaugurated three Indian-built Bailey bridges.
• From 9 to 22 September 2026, the Indian Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defence Force are holding the bilateral air exercise Veer Guardian-2026 at Air Force Station Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
• On 9 September 2026, the 9th ASEAN–India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry in New Delhi, co-chaired by India and the Philippines, reaffirmed cooperation on food security and climate-resilient agriculture.

Tue, 08 Sept 2026

• On 8 September 2026, India and Morocco held the first meeting of their Joint Defence Committee in New Delhi, set up under the defence MoU signed during Rajnath Singh's Morocco visit in September 2025.
• On 8 September 2026, India and Japan held the 7th meeting of their Joint Working Group on forests in Bengaluru and endorsed a 2027–2031 roadmap under their 2015 Memorandum of Cooperation.

Sun, 06 Sept 2026

• On 6 September 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the inauguration of the BAPS Swaminarayan Hindu Mandir in Paris by video conference, calling it a new milestone in India–France cultural relations.
• On 6 September 2026, the Indian Air Force's Sarang Helicopter Display Team reached Egypt to take part in the 2nd El Alamein International Airshow, held from 8 to 10 September 2026.