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#WATCH LIVE | Special briefing by @MEAIndia on Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting. 🔗youtube.com/live/TBlxk1kH9…

#WATCH | Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay meets with Assam Governor Lakshman Acharya and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. @Indiainbhutan

EAM @DrSJaishankar and @SecRubio Marco Rubio signed the Framework for Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths today. It marks an important milestone in advancing the shared vision of PM @narendramodi and President @POTUS on trusted and resilient supply chains. The Framework promotes India-US collaboration across the entire mining value chain reinforcing critical minerals as a shared strategic priority: @MEAIndia

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei said on Monday that the ongoing negotiations are currently focused on ending the war, and that details regarding the nuclear issue have not yet been discussed. #USIranwar #Iran #Donaldtrump #MarcoRubio #USIranpeacedeal

#Quad Statement on Indo-Pacific Energy Security "India, Australia, Japan and the United States of America are united by a common vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific, underpinned by robust economic and energy systems. Recognizing shifts in the global energy landscape and escalating geopolitical complexities, we are accelerating collaboration to ensure energy stability and security. We recognize impacts of disruptions to global markets, particularly in relation to oil, gas, and petrochemical products as well as essential goods and critical downstream derivatives such as fertilizers, fall heavily on the Indo-Pacific region. Our leaders have expressed a clear collective intent to cooperate on energy security and resilience."

#India is facing intense #heatwave to severe heatwave conditions as the India Meteorological Department (#IMD) issues red alerts across several states including Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and more.

#Quad Critical Minerals Initiative Framework Among India, Australia, Japan and The United States: India, Australia, Japan and the United States (the "Quad partners”) intend to support the development of secure critical minerals supply chains, which are essential for advanced technologies, economic growth, and the resilience of our industrial bases. Through the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative, Quad partners intend to work together to use economic policy tools and coordinated investment to accelerate the development of diversified and fair critical mineral markets and support the supply of critical minerals that are crucial to our region’s economic growth and security.

Union Health Minister @JPNadda reviews Preparedness Measures for #EbolaDisease in view of rising cases in parts of Africa. ➡️India has not reported any case of Bundibugyo Ebola disease till date @MoHFW_INDIA

India’s Rainbow Six Siege team for Esports Nations Cup 2026 announced Led by coach Ashrit Goyal, Team India brings together some of the country’s most experienced Rainbow Six Siege players ahead of the global tournament in Riyadh Rainbow Six Siege at ENC 2026 will feature a prize pool exceeding INR 12.5 crore; Team India will compete in the Asia qualifiers from May 29 to 31 to secure its berth.

Just completed a productive QUAD FMM with colleagues @SecRubio of the US, @SenatorWong of Australia, and FM @moteging of Japan. Three major takeaways: ➡️ Agreed on Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Initiative and on a Common Operating Picture in the maritime domain. Will consider an expert panel on Port Infrastructure, collaborate on a pilot port project in Fiji, and on undersea cables. ➡️ Finalised the QUAD Critical Minerals Framework. Also signed the India-US Critical Minerals Framework. QUAD is working with other like minded countries in this sector. ➡️ Announced the QUAD initiative on Indo-Pacific Energy Security in technology, management, policy, international market analysis, and emergency response exercises. The Joint Statement and Factsheet provide details of these and other initiatives. 🇮🇳 🇦🇺 🇯🇵 🇺🇸

EAM @DrSJaishankar welcomed Foreign Minister Penny Wong of Australia, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi of Japan, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio of the United States for the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting today. The meeting provided an opportunity to review the progress on Quad initiatives, advance cooperation across priority areas, and exchange views on developments in the Indo-Pacific and other issues of mutual interest: @MEAIndia

#WATCH | EAM @DrSJaishankar and US Secretary of State @marcorubio sign India-US bilateral framework on securing supply of mining and processing of critical minerals and rare earths.

#WATCH | US Secretary of State @marcorubio says,"...We are two countries who have a strategic interests in ensuring reliable long term access to critical minerals and supply chains..."

#WATCH | EAM @DrSJaishankar says, "We are today signing a bilateral India-US framework on securing of supply of mining and processing of critical minerals and rare earths...This particular framework aims to deepen our cooperation across the entire critical minerals and rare earths supply chain, including mining, processing, recycling, and related investments..." @MEAIndia

#WATCH | Quad Foreign Ministers' Joint Press Statement US Secretary of State @marcorubio says," I'm very happy today that as a result of the work that our teams have been doing leading up to this conversation, we have real concrete achievables that we can announce to our respective countries and to the world. On the issue of maritime security, there are two big announcements. The first is the launch of the Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Cooperation Initiative, which is going to leverage each of our country's maritime surveillance capabilities in the Indo-Pacific to enhance information sharing. Related to that is also the expansion of the Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative, which provides and can provide near-real-time commercial maritime domain awareness data to countries throughout the Indo-Pacific." "And last, I also want to thank India for committing to hosting the next iteration of the Quad at Sea mission, which brings together our respective coast guards together in one place on one ship..."

#WATCH | Quad Foreign Ministers' Joint Press Statement Foreign Minister of #Japan Toshimitsu Motegi (@moteging) says, "Today, through frank exchange of views, we were able to align our strategic perceptions on regional developments, and agreed to strongly oppose attempts to unilaterally change the status quo by force or coercion. We shared deep concern over the export restrictions of critical minerals and others as well. We discussed the North Korean situation, including nuclear and missile problems and cyber activities." "We reaffirmed our commitment towards complete denuclearization of North Korea. I received support from the other three countries, aiming to bring immediate solution to the abduction issue. Moreover, as the Iranian situation imposes enormous impact on Indo-Pacific region, energy supply viewpoint included, we confirmed the importance of diplomatic efforts in ensuring free and safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as stability to be brought to the Middle East."

#WATCH LIVE | Quad Foreign Ministers' Joint Press Statement Foreign Minister of #Australia, Penny Wong (@SenatorWong) says, "We recognise our obligation, our responsibility to provide real choices particularly as strategic circumstances in our region are deteriorating. The region is facing acute economic stress, we know the world is more unpredictable, we know economic volatility is increasing and we know the consequences for our region of the Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz and what that means for our energy security, for our economies and for our people...The Quad is today taking forward a number of new initiatives, an energy security initiative and our continued work on critical minerals because we understand that secure and reliable supply chains are a precondition to economic and strategic stability. We are also today announcing the strongest ever commitment from the Quad to the Pacific through the #QuadPorts of the future partnership where we are launching a pilot for port infrastructure in Fiji..." 🔗youtube.com/live/TBlxk1kH9…

#WATCH LIVE | Quad Foreign Ministers' Joint Press Statement Calling the #Quad meeting productive EAM @DrSJaishankar says, "Discussions and the bilateral exchanges were devoted to the current state of the world. Being QUAD we naturally focused on issues of particular relevance to the Indo-Pacific..."The maritime domain has seen a steady expansion of collaboration, including surveillance and domain awareness, logistics network, undersea cables, training, capacity building and HADR activities. We will be continuing to deepen these areas in the times ahead..." @MEAIndia 🔗youtube.com/live/TBlxk1kH9…

India enters the intense nine-day '#Nautapa' period amid severe heatwave conditions, with authorities issuing advisories and taking measures as temperatures rise and health concerns increase nationwide. #Nautapa #Heatwave #IndiaWeather

#BREAKING | US Secretary of State #MarcoRubio said, Iran deal still possible despite US strikes. He also said that negotiating language of deal with #Iran could 'take a few days'.