Space agencies of the two countries are also collaborating on nearly Rs 10,000 crore Gaganyaan mission that aims to send three Indians to space by 2022.
The 5 Rafale aircraft will spend the night at a French air base in UAE before arriving at Ambala air base Wednesday where a closed induction ceremony will be held.
French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain said the two nations have shown great solidarity since the start of Covid crisis, with India giving equipment and drugs to French hospitals.
Backing India’s stand on Jammu and Kashmir, French President Emmanuel Macron said it is a bilateral issue and no third party should interfere in the matter.
The crashes occurred in the same region of France in 1950 and 1966. The 1966 crash killed Homi Jehangir Bhabha, revered as the father of India’s nuclear programme.
The French side conveyed to Rahul that they had no objection to revealing details of the Rafale deal, but it was the Modi government, which was not keen.
The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.
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’.
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.
French biased inclination towards India and transfer of advanced strategic weapon systems is only adding to the tensions of South Asia because such weapons in Hindutva extremist hands could result in a disaster. The resulting arms race will further deteriorate the region’s security if the established weapons are used against the respective opponents of India.
French biased inclination towards India and transfer of advanced strategic weapon systems is only adding to the tensions of South Asia because such weapons in Hindutva extremist hands could result in a disaster. The resulting arms race will further deteriorate the region’s security if the established weapons are used against the respective opponents of India.