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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 United States Important

PM Modi receives call from US President Trump; leaders discuss West Asia and the Strait of Hormuz

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a phone call from US President Donald Trump on 14 April 2026; the leaders reviewed bilateral cooperation under the Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership and stressed keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and secure.

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🏅 Tennis 📍 United States Important

Jannik Sinner wins Miami Open 2026, completes 'Sunshine Double' without dropping a set

On 29 March 2026 Jannik Sinner beat Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4 to win the Miami Open and become the first man to complete the Indian Wells–Miami 'Sunshine Double' without dropping a set.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 India Important

Piyush Goyal meets EU, UK, Canada and New Zealand trade ministers at WTO MC14

On 29 March 2026, on the sidelines of WTO MC14 in Yaoundé, Piyush Goyal met trade ministers of the EU, UK, Canada and New Zealand to review India's FTAs and trade talks.

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🏅 Tennis 📍 United States Important

Aryna Sabalenka beats Coco Gauff to win Miami Open 2026 and complete 'Sunshine Double'

On 28 March 2026 world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka beat Coco Gauff 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to retain the Miami Open and become only the fifth woman to complete the Indian Wells–Miami 'Sunshine Double'.

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🏅 Tennis 📍 World Important

Jannik Sinner wins Indian Wells 2026, completes set of all six Masters 1000 hard-court titles

Italy's Jannik Sinner beat Daniil Medvedev 7-6(6), 7-6(4) in the Indian Wells final on 15 March 2026 to become only the third man, after Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, to win all six ATP Masters 1000 hard-court titles.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 India Must know

India and Canada issue Joint Leaders' Statement as Carney's visit ends with uranium deal and CEPA launch

Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Mark Carney issued the India–Canada Joint Leaders' Statement in New Delhi on 2 March 2026, at the end of Carney's official visit of 27 February – 2 March.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 India Important

India and Canada sign Terms of Reference and launch CEPA negotiations

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Canada's Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu signed the Terms of Reference for an India–Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement at Hyderabad House, New Delhi, on 2 March 2026.

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🌐 International Relations 📍 Switzerland Important

US–Iran nuclear talks in Geneva end without a deal; Oman reports 'significant progress'

The third round of Oman-mediated indirect nuclear talks between the United States and Iran ended in Geneva on 26 February 2026 without a deal, with Oman's Foreign Minister reporting 'significant progress' and technical talks set for Vienna.

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🛡️ Military Exercises 📍 Himachal Pradesh Important

16th India–US Special Forces exercise Vajra Prahar begins at Bakloh

The 16th edition of the India–US Joint Special Forces Exercise Vajra Prahar began at the Special Forces Training School, Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh, on 24 February 2026 and runs until 16 March.

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🌐 Agreements & MoUs 📍 United States Important

India joins US-backed Pax Silica coalition on securing the 'silicon stack'

India formally joined the Pax Silica coalition with the United States on the fifth day of the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on 20 February 2026.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 India Must know

India and the US agree on a framework for an Interim Trade Agreement; US reciprocal tariff on Indian goods set at 18%

India and the United States announced a framework for an Interim Agreement on reciprocal trade in a joint statement released on 7 February 2026 (IST), which Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the same day.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Delhi Important

DRDO hosts 24th India–US Joint Technical Group plenary in New Delhi

DRDO hosted the 24th India–US Joint Technical Group Plenary Meeting at its headquarters in New Delhi on 3–4 February 2026 to advance cooperation in defence science and technology.

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🌐 International Relations 📍 United States Must know

Trump cuts US tariff on Indian goods to 18% after call with PM Modi

US President Donald Trump announced on 2 February 2026 that the US tariff on Indian goods would fall to 18% from 25%, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked him in a phone call the same day.

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🌐 International Organisations 📍 India

MoS Savitri Thakur to lead Indian delegation at 64th UN Commission for Social Development

Minister of State for Women and Child Development Savitri Thakur was to lead India's delegation at the 64th session of the UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD) in New York.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Canada Important

India and Canada relaunch Ministerial Energy Dialogue at India Energy Week 2026

Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Canada's Energy Minister Timothy Hodgson launched the renewed India–Canada Ministerial Energy Dialogue and issued a joint statement at India Energy Week 2026 in Goa on 27 January 2026.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 United States Important

US Ambassador Sergio Gor and envoys of Austria and Trinidad & Tobago present credentials to the President

President Droupadi Murmu accepted credentials from US Ambassador Sergio Gor, Austrian Ambassador Dr Robert Zischg and Trinidad and Tobago High Commissioner Chandradath Singh at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 14 January 2026.

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🔬 Space 📍 India Must know

LVM3-M6 launches BlueBird Block-2, heaviest payload ever lifted from Indian soil

ISRO's LVM3-M6 lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at Sriharikota on 24 December 2025 and placed AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird Block-2, the heaviest payload launched from Indian soil, in low Earth orbit.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Important

India signs ₹7,995 crore deal with US for five-year sustainment of Navy's MH-60R helicopters

On 28 November 2025 the Ministry of Defence signed Letters of Offer and Acceptance with the US government, worth about ₹7,995 crore, for five years of sustainment support for the Indian Navy's MH-60R helicopter fleet.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 India Important

On G20 sidelines, India and Canada agree to begin CEPA talks; India–Italy adopt counter-terror financing initiative

On the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg on 23 November 2025, PM Narendra Modi held bilateral meetings with Canada's PM Mark Carney, Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni and Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi.

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🌐 Agreements & MoUs 📍 India Important

India, Australia and Canada launch ACITI technology and innovation partnership

India, Australia and Canada agreed on 22 November 2025 to enter into a new trilateral Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership, announced in a joint statement on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 India Important

India signs first structured LPG import contract with the US, about 2.2 MTPA for 2026

Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced on 17 November 2025 that Indian PSU oil companies have concluded a one-year structured contract to import about 2.2 MTPA of LPG from the US Gulf Coast for contract year 2026.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 India Important

India and Canada hold 7th Ministerial Dialogue on Trade and Investment

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and Canada's Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu co-chaired the 7th India–Canada Ministerial Dialogue on Trade and Investment (MDTI) in New Delhi on 13 November 2025, during Sidhu's visit to India from 11 to 14 November; a joint statement followed on 14 November.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Chhattisgarh

APEDA facilitates first export of Fortified Rice Kernel from Chhattisgarh to Costa Rica

APEDA said on 4 November 2025 that it had facilitated the first export consignment of 12 metric tonnes of Fortified Rice Kernel (FRK) from Chhattisgarh to Costa Rica.

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🌐 Agreements & MoUs 📍 Malaysia Must know

India and US sign 10-year framework for major defence partnership in Kuala Lumpur

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed a 10-year 'framework for the US-India major defence partnership' in Kuala Lumpur on 31 October 2025.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 India Important

India Post resumes all international postal services to the USA from 15 October 2025 under Delivery Duty Paid system

The Department of Posts announced on 14 October 2025 that all categories of international postal services to the USA would resume from 15 October 2025, using a Delivery Duty Paid mechanism to meet new US customs rules.

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