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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicJacques Chirac

Topic: Jacques Chirac

Late French President Jacques Chirac saw India as a power, not a land of snake-charmers

Jacques Chirac stood firmly with India when the whole world was turning away after the 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests. He died Thursday.

French President Jacques Chirac, who led the opposition against US invasion of Iraq, dies

Jacques Chirac was the first French president to recognise responsibility of the state in deportation of Jews during World War II.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.