The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), the technical arm of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur to collaborate on joint studies, research and technical contributions in advanced telecom technologies and global standardisation efforts.
India assumed the chairmanship of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) from Thailand during the 9th Conclave of Chiefs held in Visakhapatnam on 20 February 2026, marking its return to the leadership of the forum after 16 years. India will hold the chair for the next two years.
India has set a new Guinness World Record after receiving more than 2.5 lakh pledges for responsible artificial intelligence use within 24 hours during the India AI Impact Summit 2026, said Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on 18 February 2026.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron at Maharashtra Lok Bhavan in Mumbai on 17 February 2026. India and France agreed to upgrade the India-France relationship to a Special Global Strategic Partnership.
India and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed an agreement on social security relating to Social Security Contributions in New Delhi on 10 February 2026. The agreement seeks to avoid double social security contributions for employees of both countries on temporary assignments in each others territories for periods of up to 36 months.
Seychelles President Patrick Herminie met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on 9 February 2026. During the talks Modi announced a special economic package of USD 175 million for Seychelles to support projects in key sectors including social housing, e-mobility, vocational training, health, defence and maritime security.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held bilateral talks with the Minister of National Defence of the Hellenic Republic, Nikolaos-Georgios Dendias, in New Delhi on 9 February 2026, reaffirming the growing strategic partnership between India and Greece anchored in shared values of peace, stability, freedom and mutual respect.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur on 8 February 2026. The talks covered political, defence and security cooperation, trade and investment, the digital economy, energy, education, tourism and regional issues.
India and the Netherlands on 6 February 2026 took a step toward strengthening bilateral cooperation in clean energy research with the launch of the India-Netherlands Hydrogen Fellowship Programme and the signing of a key academic partnership between the University of Groningen and 19 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
India and Tanzania held the fourth meeting of the Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) in Zanzibar on 3 February 2026. During the meeting, both sides discussed a wide range of areas for collaboration, including military training, service-to-service engagement, maritime security and defence industry cooperation.
