Inter-Ministerial Briefing on Recent Developments in West Asia

• Inter-Ministerial Briefings (IMBs) are co-ordinated press conferences at the National Media Centre, New Delhi, where ministries jointly update citizens on a fast-moving external crisis — here, West Asia instability affecting India's energy security and diaspora.
• Convened by Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shipping/Ports, MEA, and Civil Aviation, the IMB illustrates whole-of-government crisis communication and India's vulnerability matrix in West Asia (oil, gas, diaspora, trade).
• Relevant for GS-II (India and its neighbourhood, diaspora) and GS-III (energy security, internal security spillovers).