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Germany accuses China of spying on it, arrests 4 Germans. Beijing denies, summons envoy

Arrests come amid growing friction between Berlin and Beijing, with German ambassador to China Patricia Flor calling the summon ‘a telling move’.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Germany is trying to de-risk from China but Olaf Scholz can’t take hawkish approach just yet

It will be interesting to see which side actually de-risks more from the other at what cost and how it impacts geopolitics, particularly China’s backing of Russia.

German chancellor Olaf Scholz kicks off China visit, his longest to any country

German CEOs are accompanying Scholz amidst Europe's concerns over Chinese trade practices. China is one of Germany's top trade partners.

Indian Navy team in Germany to inspect AIP tech for new submarines, Spain next

The Navy has insisted on a proven Air Independent Propulsion system for the next generation of submarines that is to be built under P75I, a plan formulated 24 years ago in 2000.

Germany says Russian intercept of call on Ukraine was ‘operational mistake’ of one officer

Russian media last week published an audio recording of a meeting of senior German military officials held by Webex discussing weapons for Ukraine and a potential strike by Kyiv on a bridge in Crimea.

‘There’ll be no European & NATO ground troops on Ukrainian soil,’ says Germany’s Scholz

By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday ruled out suggestions that European countries and NATO alliance members would send ground troops to

Herero-Nama killings in Namibia set template for genocide—Germany can’t forget horrific history

Namibia’s demand that Western colonisers refrain from dishing out moral homilies on genocide and settler colonialism is far from unreasonable.

If Russia hit a NATO country, it will be ‘the beginning of Third World War’, says Zelenskyy

Pressing his case for support from nations like Germany & US, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also called out 'weakness' of the West in responding to invasion of Crimea in 2014.

India got consular access to Ariha in Berlin in November, diplomats celebrated Diwali with her

Ariha was placed in the custody of Germany’s Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) on 23 September, 2021 after the then seven-month-old baby suffered an accidental injury.

On Camera

Congress can’t deny Modi’s charge of Muslim quota. Karnataka & 2009 manifesto are proof

The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.

A scrap revolution for recyclists, it’s an opportunity too good to waste

Recycling 'energy-transition metals' - or metals from batteries, electric vehicles and renewable-energy products offers abundant growth potential.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.