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India Post Payments Bank

India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) is a payments bank wholly owned by the Government of India, launched in 2018 to provide basic banking through the nationwide post office network.

India Quotient

India Quotient is a Bengaluru-based venture capital firm investing at the pre-seed and seed stage in Indian startups, founded by Anand Lunia and Madhukar Sinha.

India Rose Hemsworth

India Rose Hemsworth (born 2012, London) is the daughter of actors Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky. She played Love, Gorr's daughter, in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) and reprises the role in Avengers: Doomsday (2026).

India Royale

India Royale (born India Cox, 1995, Chicago) is an American influencer and entrepreneur, known for beauty and lifestyle content, her India Royale Beauty cosmetics line, and her marriage to rapper Lil Durk.

India Summer

India Summer (Jody Jean Olson, born 1975, Des Moines, Iowa) is an American adult film actress and director active since 2005, a 2011 AVN Best Actress winner and AVN and XRCO Hall of Fame member, distinct from 'Indian Summers' the TV series.

India Willoughby

India Willoughby, English broadcaster and trans woman (born 1965), Britain's first transgender national TV newsreader (Channel 5, 2017) and first trans Loose Women co-host; former ITV Border presenter Jonathan Willoughby, Celebrity Big Brother 2018 contestant.

India women's national cricket team

India women's national cricket team (BCCI-governed), debut 1976 Test vs West Indies; maiden ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 title, record eight Asia Cups, third in ICC ODI and T20I rankings, captain Smriti Mandhana since October 2026.

India women's national field hockey team

India women's national field hockey team, run by Hockey India; Olympic fourth place 1980 and Tokyo 2020, Asian Games gold 1982 and 2026, Commonwealth gold 2002, and 2026 FIH Nations Cup title under captain Salima Tete and coach Sjoerd Marijne.

India women's national football team

India women's national football team, the Blue Tigresses, governed by the AIFF; five-time SAFF champions (2010-2019, again 2026), ranked 68th by FIFA in August 2024, first-time qualifiers for the AFC Women's Asian Cup Australia 2026 under coach Amelia Valverde.

India-based Neutrino Observatory

The India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) is a proposed underground laboratory at Pottipuram in Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India, built around a 50,000-ton magnetized iron calorimeter to study atmospheric neutrinos.

India–Africa Forum Summit

The India–Africa Forum Summit, also known as IAFS, is the highest platform for India-Africa cooperation, created in 2008, with three summits held and a fourth postponed in 2026.

India–Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement

The India–Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) is a bilateral free trade agreement between India and Australia, signed in 2022 and in force from 29 December 2022.

India–Bangladesh enclaves

about 28 words: The India–Bangladesh enclaves, locally called chhitmahals, were surrounded pockets of territory located in Cooch Behar that were exchanged between India and Bangladesh in 2015.

India–EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement

The India–EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement, or TEPA, is a free trade agreement between India and EFTA states, signed in 2024 and in force since 2025.

India–European Union Free Trade Agreement

The India–European Union Free Trade Agreement, concluded in January 2026 after talks relaunched in 2022, cuts tariffs on most goods traded between India and the EU.

India–Iran relations

India–Iran relations: bilateral ties shaped by energy trade, Chabahar port and the INSTC, Afghanistan cooperation, and US sanctions constraints. Key facts: $13.8bn trade peak (2008), 11.2% of Indian crude in 2017, $635m Chabahar pledge, 2001–03 Tehran and Delhi Declarations.

India–Israel relations

India–Israel relations: bilateral ties between India and the State of Israel, recognized 1950, full diplomatic relations 29 January 1992, raised to a strategic partnership in 2017 and a Special Strategic Partnership in February 2026.

India–Japan free trade agreement

The India–Japan free trade agreement, formally the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), is a bilateral trade and investment treaty signed in 2011 and in force since August 2011, covering goods, services, and investment.

India–Japan relations

India–Japan relations: the Special Strategic and Global Partnership (since 2014) between India and Japan, covering 1952 normalization, ODA since 1958, US$22.85bn FY2023-24 trade, the 2020 ACSA, and the 2025 ¥10 trillion investment target.

India–Maldives maritime boundary treaty

The India–Maldives maritime boundary treaty, signed in New Delhi on 28 December 1976, fixed the sea boundary between India and Maldives in the Arabian Sea on a modified equidistance basis.

India–Maldives relations

India–Maldives relations: bilateral ties established 1 November 1965 after Maldivian independence, covering defence cooperation since the 1988 coup, development finance, trade of USD 771.76 million in 2025-26, the 2024 Muizzu rupture and reset, and India-China rivalry.

India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway

The India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway, also known as the Trilateral Highway, is a planned 1,360 km road linking Moreh in India with Mae Sot in Thailand through Myanmar.

India–Nepal relations

India–Nepal relations cover the 1950 Peace and Friendship Treaty, open border, trade (about two-thirds of Nepal's trade, US$9.38 billion in FY 2025-26), hydropower and transit cooperation, the 2015-16 blockade, the Kalapani border dispute, and Nepal's hedging between India and China.

India–Pakistan border

The India–Pakistan border, also known as the Indo-Pakistani border, is the boundary dividing India and Pakistan, drawn by Cyril Radcliffe at the 1947 Partition and running through Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Kashmir.

India–Pakistan cricket rivalry

India–Pakistan cricket rivalry: fixtures between the two national teams since 1952, no bilateral series since 2012-13; Pakistan lead Tests and ODIs, India 8-0 in World Cups, neutral venues since 2024.

India–Pakistan relations

India–Pakistan relations: the rivalry between the two nuclear-armed states created by the 1947 Partition, centered on Kashmir, four wars, the Simla Agreement, the Indus Waters Treaty held in abeyance by India in 2025, and recurring militant-attack crises.

India–Russia relations

India–Russia relations: bilateral ties established April 1947, formalized as a Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership (2000, 2010), centered on defense and energy trade, reshaped by the Ukraine war, sanctions, and India's balancing between Moscow and Washington.

India–Soviet Union relations

India–Soviet Union relations (1947–1991): pragmatic non-alliance partnership from April 1947, marked by the 1971 Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation, rupee-settled trade, Soviet arms and Bhilai Steel Plant aid, and continuity into India–Russia arms ties.

India–Sri Lanka maritime boundary agreements

The India–Sri Lanka maritime boundary agreements are two treaties, signed in 1974 and 1976, that settled the maritime boundary through the Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar.

India–Sri Lanka relations

India–Sri Lanka relations: bilateral ties between closest neighbors across the Palk Strait, covering the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord, IPKF, Kachatheevu, the 1998 FTA, USD 5.85 billion trade, and the April 2025 defense and energy agreements.