Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her ninth Union Budget, which is expected to break a 75-year-old tradition in India’s budget history. Get the latest updates, key highlights, and expert insights on what this historic budget could mean for taxpayers, businesses, and the economy.

Union Budget 2026: Sitharaman to Present Ninth Union Budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget 2026–27, with expectations that key reforms could take center stage. Will this year focus on short-term incentives like a “sugar rush” or long-term structural changes for sustainable growth?

Union Budget 2026: Reforms That Could Reshape India 

After facing sharp criticism for excluding women journalists from a press meet in New Delhi on Friday, visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday called another, "inclusive" press conference and offered a clarification for the earlier omission.


Muttaqi's press meet redo with women journalists, says 'snub not intentional'

Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi holds a crucial briefing on the escalating Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions. He delivers a stern warning, highlighting Afghanistan’s firm stance and regional concerns. 


Breaking: Amir Khan Muttaqi holds press conference in New Delhi, women journalists attend press meet

BREAKING: Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's visit to Agra cancelled

Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said the country views India as a close friend, highlighting that New Delhi was the first responder during the recent earthquake in Afghanistan. Speaking on bilateral ties, he emphasized that Afghanistan will not allow its territory to be used to threaten or act against other nations.


India-Afghanistan ties: How India can benefit from Afghanistan's mineral wealth  

Afghanistan's Taliban regime's foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Saturday visited the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district as part of his six-day trip to India.


Afghan FM Amir Khan Muttaqi visits historic Darul Uloom Deoband in UP

India-Afghanistan strengthens trade ties: Afghanistan invites India to explore untapped minerals 

External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar emphasised the need for India and Afghanistan to work together in combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. In his opening remarks during the meeting with the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, in New Delhi, Dr Jaishankar said both nations have a common commitment towards growth and prosperity.


Breaking: Afghanistan FM says discussed terrorism emanating from neighboring nations with India

Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has arrived in India for an eight-day visit. The visit marks a significant diplomatic engagement between India and the Taliban, focusing on regional security, political dialogue, and bilateral relations.


India-Afghanistan ties: First Afghan Taliban minister to visit New Delhi since 2021 

Two days before the visit of Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban regime ruling Afghanistan, the Indian government came one step closer to formally recognising the Taliban. 

India-Afghanistan ties: Muttaqi to travel to India for five-day visit starting October 9

Chinese embassy fumes over WION’s interview with Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu

Czech Foreign Minister, Jan Lipavsky of Czech Republic has highlighted his country's readiness to cooperate with India, particularly in the areas of research, and innovation. He also spoke on India's G20 presidency and as the voice of global south. Watch WION's diplomatic correspondent Siddhant Sibbal in an exclusive conversation with Jan Lipavsky.

Czech FM Jan Lipavsky speaks to WION on Russia-Ukraine war, India's G20 presidency

Nepal's Foreign Minister Saud to travel to India this month

Bangladesh foreign minister Muhammad Hasan Mahmud who is on India visit has said that during his meeting with Indian National security advisor Ajit Doval earlier in the day, he discussed the Rohingya issue. Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent sidhant Sibal, he said, "we have given refuge to 1.2 million Rohingyas. And every year 35,000 newborn children from the Rohingya people in Bangladesh and Bangladesh is a very densely populated country". The visiting Bangladesh FM will meeting EAM Jaishankar later in the day. FM Hasan has chosen India as his first foreign visit after taking charge in January.

Discussed Rohingya issue with Indian NSA, Bangladesh FM Mahmud

The US will host Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for a three-day visit on October 26–28. He would meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken while in town as part of the Biden administration's attempts to keep lines of communication open with Beijing.

Wang Yi in United States from October 26-28

Wang Yi visit to US amid soaring tension in West Asia

This election will be about India and China jostling for influence in the Indian Ocean nation that lies on a key trading route.

Maldives polls: Why are the stakes high for both India and China?

Details have emerged linking a top Chinese television presenter to China's ex-foreign minister.

Ex-Chinese FM's affair with TV presenter under scanner

The German Foreign Minister has called Xi Jinping a dictator. This comes days after Italy called the BRI a 'wicked project'. Are European Nations distancing themselves from China? Here's what Molly Gambhir has to say.

Gravitas: 'He's a Dictator' German FM's remarks on Xi trigger firestorm

Maldives votes in runoff elections on September 30 after neither candidate could reach the 50% vote mark in the first round. Incumbent President Ibrahim Solih holds a district pro-India stand. His primary opponent Mohammed Muizzi is against the India tilt and has a strong pro-China leaning. This election will be about India and China jostling for influence in the Indian Ocean nation that lies on a key trading route.

Maldives - an India vs China election battleground

Leaders from the economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa attended the Business Forum of the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on Tuesday. The summit, scheduled to take place from August 22 to 24, saw the attendance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, upon the invitation of South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa.

PM Modi, Xi Jinping face-to-face in Johannesburg; pose for a group photo with other leaders

Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday unexpectedly skipped a business forum of the BRICS economic group in South Africa, sending his commerce minister instead to deliver a fiery speech in his name that decried US hegemony.

BRICS Summit 2023: China's Xi unexpectedly skipped a business forum

The BRICS Summit 2023 will take place in Johannesburg next week. The conference will be attended by several other foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Putin will virtually be present at the conference.

BRICS Summit 2023: Russian President Putin to not go to South Africa for the Summit

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