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Saturday, October 11, 2025
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Topic: EUROPE

China tries to help Europe but its faulty virus test kits aren’t helping

Beijing hopes to win favour through mass deliveries of medical aid to European nations – part of its wider geopolitical ambitions that go back years.

Europe cancels $1 billion garment orders from Bangladesh as coronavirus hits demand

The world’s second-biggest garment exporter, Bangladesh has been relatively unscathed with 27 coronavirus cases, but massive order cancellations may hit its economy.

Europe is struggling to beat the virus as death toll continues to mount

Europe’s mounting death toll brought grim reminder that in the hospitals at the heart of the outbreak, the virus is overpowering medical professionals.

Janata curfew is Modi’s 2nd stab at social mobilisation, but it can be a double-edged sword

PM Modi’s TV broadcast has made citizens responsible for their own well-being in the face of COVID-19. If it works, it could lead to more ambitious measures.

Why Europe is bailing out Iran’s regime now

Ignoring human rights violations in Iran, six European countries have now joined a bartering system designed to evade the US sanctions on Iranian oil.

Tata Steel will axe 3,000 jobs across Europe to cut costs

Tata Steel’s European operations are facing unprecedented severe market conditions & other steps will also be taken to cut costs.

How African footballers playing in Europe spend their money

When deciding how to give back, the players considered those who had significantly contributed to their professional football careers.

By scrapping Article 370, Modi is going for a failed European model of nation building

Modi govt’s Kashmir move is a fundamental reorientation of the way India handles diversities. The entire country is now Union’s territory.

Europe is reversing trend on deforestation, thanks to migration & govt policies

In the last century, trees flourished as people left the countryside for the city, and intensive agriculture meant less land was needed for farming.

Facebook is starting to feel the pinch of privacy where it hurts

Europe’s strict data privacy rules have dented Facebook's revenue growth, slowing it more than it is in USA and Canada.

On Camera

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.