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Topic: French government

All-party delegation led by Ravi Shankar Prasad in France to engage with Senate, National Assembly

According to a statement by Indian Embassy in France, the delegation will also interact with think tanks, media & Indian diaspora to convey India's stance against terrorism.

French PM Michel Barnier’s govt faces no-confidence motion

Barnier Tuesday said he still believed his government could survive the vote, which will be France’s first to be forced out by no-confidence vote in more than 60 years.

French government to trigger special procedure to adopt pension bill without vote – source

By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -The French government will trigger a special constitutional procedure to push its unpopular pension reform bill through the National Assembly without a vote, BFM

‘Non, the kiss is not dead’: French govt allows actors to go back to kissing on-screen

French Culture Minister Franck Riester says actors who test negative for coronavirus can kiss on screen. The govt has also set up a fund to help industry get back in action.

Not involved in choice of Indian partners for Rafale deal, says French govt

The statement comes in the wake of former French President Hollande saying that Reliance was proposed as an offset partner by the Indian government.

Dassault didn’t pick Anil Ambani’s Reliance as Rafale partner: French ex-president

Francois Hollande’s claim could mean trouble for Modi govt which has so far maintained it had no role to play in selection of Reliance Defence.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.