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France to impose green tax on plane tickets from 2020
The French government is set to impose tax of up to €18 on plane tickets for all flights from airports in France. It is aimed to fund less-polluting...
Council of Europe restores Voting Rights of Russia
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe at Strasbourg (France) has voted in favour of restoring Russia’s voting rights, 5 years after they were revoked over its illegal...
Garuda-VI
Garuda-VI is a bilateral exercise between the Indian and French Air Force. The sixth edition of the exercise is being planned at French Air Force Base, Mont-de-Marsan. The...
Nuclear Warheads and Modernising Arsenals
The 2019 Yearbook of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) makes the following observations: The worldwide total of nuclear warheads has decreased since 2018 and the countries...
G20 express concern over risks from intensified trade conflict
The G20 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors has expressed concerns that trade and geopolitical tensions have intensified raising risks for improving global growth. The meet...
India Signs Christchurch Call to Action
India has decided to sign an international call initiated by the governments of France and New Zealand along with top social media companies to eliminate the violent and...India: Import of Crude from Iran and Chabahar Port Development
The sanctions waiver from the US has curtailed the Indian crude imports from Iran. But the fact that Iran was an important supplier of crude to India cannot...
Iran announces Partial Withdrawal from JCPOA
Iran announced it will pull out of some commitments under 2015 international nuclear agreement signed with world powers, called Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA). About Iran’s Partial...
INS Vishal: India, UK in talks to replicate Naval Supercarrier
According to reports, India is in talks with the United Kingdom (UK) for building a new state-of-the-art aircraft carrier that would be replicate (copycat version) of Britain’s HMS...
4th Scorpene-class submarine INS Vela launched
The Indian Navy launched fourth Stealth Scorpene-Class submarine ‘INS Vela’ at state owned Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai, Maharashtra. This is fourth submarine that was launched...
Ex ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar conferred France's Highest Civilian Honour
On 2 May 2019 former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman A S Kiran Kumar was awarded France’s highest civilian honour ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Legion... 