A searing heat-wave has descended upon Europe with a vengeance ~ and well before its usual time. Wildfires in Turkey have forced over 50,000 people to flee their homes, while France, Spain, Italy, Germany, and even the typically temperate Netherlands are under weather warnings.
India will continue to grow robustly, even among major industrialised G7 countries, according to an analysis conducted by the PHD Research Bureau, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in a report on “Population, Productivity, Partnership: Rethinking G7-India Collaboration”.
As Gaza continues to suffer under a relentless war that has claimed tens of thousands of Palestinian lives, predominantly women and children, and left millions trapped in a humanitarian nightmare and with hope for peace collapsing under rubble, the world once again turns its gaze to New York, where the United Nations (UN) is set to convene a high-level conference from June 17 to 20, 2025, to advance the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The exercise will be conducted at Camp Larzac, La Cavalerie in France from June 18 to July 1, 2025.
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar has appreciated France's strong condemnation of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack and also for its steadfast support for India's right to defend itself against terrorism.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this ahead of his meeting with President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Bastille Day
Diplomatic Advisor to the President of France Emmanuel Bonne briefed the PM on the progress in various areas of bilateral cooperation in the context of the PM's forthcoming visit to France.
He himself was not present at home during the attack. However, his wife suffered a broken leg, and one of their children was also injured.
Protests that erupted in France in response to the killing of a 17-year-old by a police officer continued for a fifth night
Continuing violence in France, in the wake of the shooting of a 17-year-old boy of North African descent, has led to widespread protests but, equally, thrown the spotlight on policing techniques practiced by a country that claims credit for espousing the values of liberty, equality and fraternity.
