Beijing announced that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the 16th BRICS National Security Advisers meeting in New Delhi on June 22-23, hosted by NSA Ajit Doval.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said India and the US are in the 'final stages' of an interim trade deal after Modi and Trump directed officials at the G7 to conclude a 'commercially meaningful' pact.
India advanced two places to 70th on the World Economic Forum's Energy Transition Index 2026 and was among the strongest improvers, even as global transition readiness fell for the first time in over a decade.
IIT Delhi is India's highest-ranked university in the QS World University Rankings 2027 at 118th globally, up five places and equalling the best-ever Indian rank.
Midfielder Manpreet Singh became India's most-capped hockey player with his 413th cap against Germany in the FIH Pro League, overtaking Dilip Tirkey.
India opened the ISSF Junior World Championship 2026 in Suhl, Germany with three medals, including individual and team gold for Sejal Kamble in the junior women's 10m air pistol.
An Indian Army contingent left on June 18 for the 23rd edition of the multinational peacekeeping Exercise Khaan Quest 2026 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (June 20-July 3).
The Indian Coast Guard inducted its first indigenous Air Cushion Vehicle (hovercraft H-561), built by Chowgule & Company in Goa, on June 18, 2026.
