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India and France sign Roadmap on Blue Economy and Ocean Governance

External affairs minister S Jaishankar held talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian on Sunday in Paris and the two countries committed to adopting a roadmap on the blue economy and ocean governance to enhance partnership for the exploitation and preservation of marine resources through economic, infrastructure and scientific cooperation. The partnership will help […]

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France to withdraw military from Mali after nine years

France and its European partners are to begin a military withdrawal from Mali after more than nine years fighting a jihadist insurgency, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, confirmed. France first deployed troops against jihadists in Mali in 2013 under the Socialist president François Hollande. The decision has been taken due to a breakdown in France’s relations

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Covid-19 new variant ‘IHU’ discovered in France

Scientists and experts in France have reportedly identified a new variant of COVID-19 termed ‘IHU’. The new variant is said to be a more mutated strain than Omicron. The B.1.640.2 variant was discovered at the institute IHU Mediterranee Infection. Researchers believe that it contains 46 mutations. This has more mutations than the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The new variant has been associated

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France takes over EU Presidency for six months from January 2022

France takes over the presidency of the council of the European Union for six months, starting January 1, 2022, until June 30th 2022. This presidency comes at a key period for French President Emmanuel Macron who is expected to run for re-election in April. Should Macron lose the 2022 election, his successor will take over

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France successfully launches military communications satellite ‘Syracuse 4A’

France successfully launched a military communication satellite, named Syracuse 4A, into orbit recently from Kourou, in French Guiana. The state-of-the-art satellite was launched on Ariane 5 rocket. The satellite “is designed to resist military aggression from the ground and in space, as well as interference,” French air and space force spokesman Colonel Stephane Spet told AFP. The new

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Fabio Quartararo wins maiden MotoGP title for France

Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo became the first Frenchman to win the MotoGP world championship following a fourth-place finish in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as his closest title contender Francesco Bagnaia of Ducati crashed. Pole Bagnaya led the Ducati home race when he crashed 5 laps to go, losing the race to Marc Marquez of Honda and the world title Quartararo.

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India-France Strategic Partnership is an important pillar of India’s foreign policy

The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has described India-France Strategic Partnership as an important pillar of India’s foreign policy and said that India and France could act as harbingers of peace and stability. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Interacting with a delegation of French Parliamentarians led by Mrs. Sophie Primas, the Chair,

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Microsoft Corp co-founder dropped to No. 3 behind France’s Bernard Arnault

Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates dropped to No. 3 behind France’s Bernard Arnault . Bill Gates has never ranked lower than No. 2 in the seven-year history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That run ended when the Microsoft Corp co-founder dropped to No. 3 behind France’s Bernard Arnault. Louis Vuitton owner LVMH, Arnault’s luxury-goods maker,

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