UN chief appoints Indian-origin satellite expert as Director of United Nations Office for Outer Space AffairsIndian-origin expert Aarti Holla-Maini has been appointed as Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in Vien...
27 Jun, 2023, 11.32 AM IST
Indian NSA in Paris, discusses expanding Indo-Pacific partnershipThe Indo-French partnership besides measures to strengthen security and defence ties topped the agenda when NSA A K Doval met his French co...
06 Nov, 2021, 11.02 PM IST
India, France to expand defence, security partnershipIn the Strategic Dialogue and other meetings, France stressed its continuing commitment to the Indo-Pacific region as a "resident power", a...
06 Nov, 2021, 08.37 PM IST
Bringing climate security into UNSC discourse has potential to disrupt nature of overall discussions: IndiaSpeaking at the UNSC open debate on 'Climate and Security' Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs Reenat Sandhu said India is...
23 Sep, 2021, 09.37 PM IST
France and Australia agree submarines won't stop trade dealFrance withdrew its ambassadors to the United States and Australia after President Joe Biden revealed last week a new alliance including Au...
22 Sep, 2021, 12.33 PM IST
Don't treat China as 'strategic rival', says China's ambassador to USSince the Trump administration defined China as a strategic rival in 2018, Washington and Beijing have frequently clashed over issues rangi...
28 Jan, 2021, 02.09 PM IST
WHO chief says coronavirus is 'not tired', urges vigilance"We may be tired of Covid-19 but it is not tired of us. European countries are struggling but the virus has not changed significantly, nor ...
12 Nov, 2020, 04.19 PM IST
OECD sees deepest peace-time slump in a centuryUpdating its outlook, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) forecast the global economy would contract 6.0% this...
10 Jun, 2020, 01.50 PM IST
Jaishankar meets French President Macron in Paris, discusses strategic issuesExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met French President Emmanuel Macron at the Paris Peace Forum on Tuesday and held a "good discussion...
13 Nov, 2019, 04.51 PM IST
Need for coordinated global action against cyber terrorism: S JaishankarS Jaishankar said India's support to the Christchurch call to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online manifests the countr...
12 Nov, 2019, 10.36 PM IST
India, France pitch effective mechanism to combat terror in cyber spaceDuring this dialogue, both parties shared their threat analysis and presented the latest developments in their respective cyber policies an...
21 Jun, 2019, 02.24 PM IST
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu inaugurates first India-built war memorial in FranceThe announcement to construct the memorial was made by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during her last visit to Paris in June 2018.
11 Nov, 2018, 06.59 AM IST
Walking back from Paris climate deal can harm us all: IndiaUS President Donald Trump, has expressed skepticism about climate change, raising concerns that he could withdraw the US from the Paris dea...
25 Jan, 2017, 10.57 AM IST
Climate negotiators focused on bringing everybody together: USThe White House indicated that it does not agree with the narrative that India is the only stumbling block in a successful climate change n...
04 Dec, 2015, 10.40 AM IST
HRD minister Smriti Irani conveys Indian solidarity with FranceIndia today expressed solidarity with the people and government of France as Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani attended a ma...
17 Nov, 2015, 09.15 PM IST
Paris terror attack most painful: BJPDescribing the terror attack in Paris as an attack on humanity, BJP today said all peace-loving countries should join hands to destroy terr...
14 Nov, 2015, 10.54 AM IST
- Web giants, telcos seek to ease tensions over wireless networks
Google, Facebook and mobile-phone operators are seeking to ease tensions over who will pay for wireless networks as data use surges.
26 May, 2011, 12.58 AM IST