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Clear filtersSohar Port in Oman has become a strategic alternative route for Indian cargo bound for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, as shipping around the Strait of Hormuz faces disruption. The deep-sea commercial port and...
Oman has invited Indian businesses to invest in Sohar Port, which lies on its Gulf of Oman coast away from the Strait of Hormuz and offers access to Gulf energy resources. The port is close to major energy pipelines of t...
IntroductionIn response to persistent missile and drone strikes on commercial merchant vessels along vital Middle Eastern chokepoints, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 18 August 2026 officially operationalised the Multinat...
IntroductionStrengthening South-South multilateral cooperation on climate change, circular economy, and biodiversity conservation, the BRICS Environment Working Group Senior Officers' Meeting officially commenced at the...
IntroductionIn a major geopolitical realignment across the Islamic world and West Asia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan formally signed a historic trilateral mutual defense pact in the holy city of Mecca on 15 August...
IntroductionThe 13th BRICS Education Ministers Meeting was held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, in August 2026, bringing together education ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa to discuss cooperation in...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive shift in Middle East geopolitics, the United States and Saudi Arabia strictly and officially signed a landmark deal forcefully allowing the Gulf kingdom to aggressive...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive escalation of Middle Eastern conflict, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia strictly and officially attacked two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea, forcefully th...
Under its BRICS Chairship 2026, India hosted the 5th Meeting of Heads of BRICS National Standardisation Bodies (NSBs) in Bengaluru. Discussions centred on deepening cooperation on standards among member countries and fin...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive geopolitical convergence for global logistics, the 3rd BRICS Transport Working Group (TWG) Meeting strictly and officially commenced in Nagpur, Maharashtra, orchestra...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive multilateral security effort, India strictly and officially hosted the BRICS Heads of Anti-Drug Agencies’ Meeting 2026 for the first time, convening international rep...
The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs announced the Haj Policy 2027 on 22 June 2026. Applications for the pilgrimage have been opened through the portal of the Haj Committee of India (HCoI) and through the Haj Suvidha A...
