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Thursday, November 6, 2025
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Topic: France

India, France to begin talks this week on mega Rs 50,000-crore 26 Rafale Marine jet deal

Navy Chief has directed his team to ensure the timeframe for project is squeezed significantly to ensure timely induction of planes in the inventory.

Offences against LQBT community rose 13% in France in 2023, 70% victims men, shows govt data

8 out of 10 offenders were men, data shows. Last week France witnessed massive protests against proposed bill to ban medical gender transitions for minors, calling it 'transphobic'.

CDS Anil Chauhan departs for France to strengthen bilateral defence ties

Chauhan is scheduled to meet with the senior civil and military leadership of France

Global arms trade is changing & France is rising to the top. Why it should matter to India

The next step is to enter joint production with diversified partners where the scope for export has to be built in at inception. France is the most bankable partner for Delhi.

US, UK & French military shoot down Houthi drones in Red Sea

Strikes came after after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted bulk carrier Propel Fortune and U.S. destroyers in the region

France 1st country to make abortion constitutional right, Macron says it’ll ‘send a universal message’

Lawmakers of both houses overwhelmingly voted 780 against 72 to make abortion a 'guaranteed freedom'. Anti-abortion groups and the Vatican, however, have criticised the change.

France adds right to abortion to its constitution, world’s 1st country to do so

In a special joint vote by both houses of parliament in Versailles, the move was backed by MPs and Senators with an overwhelming majority of 780 votes against 72.

Tunisian imam, resident of France for 38 yrs, deported after referring to French flag as ‘satanic’

Muslim cleric Imam Mahjoub Mahjoubi was deported within 12 hrs of his arrest. French Interior Ministry has accused him of promoting 'backward, intolerant & violent conception of Islam'.

Eiffel Tower shuts as staff goes on strike, a big blow before Paris Olympics

The strike against the financial management of Eiffel Tower, comes as Paris prepares to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and will feature metal from the tower in the winners' medals.

France proposes Hezbollah withdrawal, to initiate truce talks in Israel-Lebanon border conflict

The three-step plan envisages a 10-day process of de-escalation ending with the border negotiations.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.