A man, who attempted a knife attack on soldiers, has been shot and injured outside the Louvre museum in Paris. French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve described the act as “terrorist in nature”. One soldier was slightly injured in the incident. The attempted attack took place at about 10am on a stairway[Read More…]
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China opens world’s highest bridge to public
The world’s highest bridge has opened to traffic in China, connecting two provinces in the mountainous southwest and reducing travel times by as much as three-quarters, local authorities said on Friday. The Beipanjiang Bridge took three years to build, cost more than $146.7 million dollars, and stretches to be 4,396[Read More…]
Bernard Cazeneuve appointed the new French Prime Minister
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was appointed as the new prime minister on Tuesday after Manuel Valls resigned to seek the Socialist nomination in the presidential election, the presidency said. “He’s a strong personality, with experience of state affairs,” said a source in the president’s entourage, commenting on the appointment[Read More…]
French mayor to prepare DNA database to tackle dog’s excrement and keep the city clean
With an aim to tackle dogs’ poop that remains a key problem in most French cities and towns as the owners let their pets to foul pavements, a controversial new DNA database will be prepared. The database will help trace the owner of the dogs who foul the pavement. Robert[Read More…]
H5N8 bird flu virus strain found in French wild ducks
The French farm ministry said on Monday that a severe strain of the H5N8 bird flu virus that has hit several countries in Europe leading to the culling of thousands of poultry was detected in wild ducks in Northern France. “A first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 was[Read More…]
Francois Fillon wins French Republican primary
French Republicans have picked Francois Fillon as their presidential candidate for the next year’s election. Fillon won 66% of the total votes in the Republican Party’s first ever US-style primary run off. “France wants the truth and France want action,” Fillon told supporters after his rival Alian Juppe conceded defeat.[Read More…]
Post Surgical strikes- India may speed up the delivery of Rafale jets, as Pak gets aggressive
In view of the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, defence minister Manohar Parrikar said on Sunday that India may start getting its Rafale fighter aircraft from France earlier than the agreed-upon 36 months. These jets are equipped Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air ‘Meteor’ missile, which has a range in excess of[Read More…]
Give us details of 45,000+ UBS accounts: France to Switzerland
In July, French authorities had asked their Swiss counterparts to provide client information of banking giant UBS for international administrative assistance in May, reports French daily Le Parisien. The demand concerns former and current clients living in France, based on data from 2006 to 2008. Le Parisien on Monday published[Read More…]
Rafale fighter jet deal: What India gets from France
India signed the much-awaited Rafale deal worth ₹58,000-crore with France on Friday. With this deal, India will get a fighter with 14 India-specific enhancements and a modern air-to-air missile that restores its edge in aerial combat over Pakistan. The French fighter will be fitted with the 150-km range Meteor missile[Read More…]
It’s official: India-France ink ₹58,000-cr deal for 36 Rafale jets
India on Friday inked the deal for 36 Rafale fighters with France. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and his French counterpart Jean Yves LeDrian signed the contract in Delhi. India will pay about ₹58,000 crore or 7.8 billion Euros for 36 off-the-shelf Dassault Rafale twin-engine fighters. About 15 per cent of[Read More…]
Rafale deal with France cleared; to be signed on Friday
Defence ministry has announced that the decks have been cleared for direct acquisition of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday. The overall cost of the 36 twin-engine Rafales, along with their weapon packages is pegged at around Rs 59,000 crore. The deal will be a booster dose for India’s air combat power.[Read More…]
Navy Chief says Scorpene leak took place in France
Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba said on Saturday that primary investigations suggest the Scopene data leak took place at the Direction des Constructions Navales Services (DCNS) office in France and not from India’s side. Speaking at the launch of the Mormugao destroyers in Mumbai, Lanba said that a high-level[Read More…]
A French artist’s guide to tackle Islamophobic harassment
Islamophobia is a sad reality that the world of today faces. Sometimes being present blatantly in the form of attacks on Muslims and sometimes disguised as a ‘government policy’ to control the way they dress, speak or eat. Not only in western nations, but in even our own India where[Read More…]
Watch: French restaurant refuses to serve Muslim women, throws them out
In another example of Islamophobia, a high-end French restaurant threw out two hijab-clad Muslim woman as their owner refused to serve them arguing that “all Muslims are terrorists”. A video of the incident that took place at a restaurant in the Paris suburb of Tremblay-en-France has gone viral and it[Read More…]
Ban no more; French court suspends burkini swimwear prohibition
France’s highest administrative court has suspended a ban on the burkini in a test case brought by human rights groups, pending a definitive ruling. The ruling from the state council suspends a single ban in the southern town of Villeneuve-Loubet, near Nice, but is likely to set a precedent for[Read More…]
Manohar Parrikar says submarine document leak is a case of ‘hacking’
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar said 22,400 pages of documents titled ‘Resticted Scorpene India’ which were leaked is a case of “hacking”. The pages detail the secret combat capabilities of six submarines, designed by French shipbuilder DCNS for the Indian navy, in a $3 billion deal. “I understand there has been[Read More…]
Abortion: Whose choice is it anyway?
Ours is a young nation. Yes, our history goes back to the dawn of time but the story of the new generation is still being written. Our forefathers understood the importance of the opportunity that should be given to everyone without any discrimination to determine for themselves how they want[Read More…]