The U.S. State Department has issued a halt to all foreign assistance programs, with limited exceptions, as part of a sweeping review mandated by the Trump administration. According to an internal memo distributed to U.S. embassies and officials abroad, all existing aid programs will be paused, and new funding will be withheld until a comprehensive […]

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on January 22 during his visit to Washington, marking his first bilateral engagement under the Trump 2.0 administration. The meeting occurred on the sidelines of a Quad meeting, which brought together officials from India, the United States, Japan, and Australia to discuss […]

India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar attended the first Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) Ministerial Meeting of the new Donald Trump administration on Tuesday. The meeting, held in Washington D.C., was attended by Jaishankar’s Australian and Japanese counterparts, Penny Wong and Takeshi Iwaya, alongside the newly appointed US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. This marked […]