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Torpedo Deal With French Firm, DRDO's New Tech To Boost India's Submarines
India's Ministry of Defence signed two significant deals to greatly enhance its submarine fleet. While one of the deals was signed with France's Naval Group, the larger of the two contracts was signed with Mumbai's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders.
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UK's Serious Fraud Office Launches Probe On French Defence Giant Thales
Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said Thursday it had launched a joint investigation with its French counterparts into "suspected bribery and corruption" at the France-based multinational defence giant Thales.
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"Truth Can't Have 2 Versions": Arun Jaitley Questions Hollande On Rafale
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today questioned former French President Francois Hollande's hugely controversial statement on the Rafale fighter jet deal, saying "truth cannot have two versions".
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Aadhaar Driving IT Security Spending In India: Report
The government's steps towards bringing transparency in governance through Aadhaar have resulted in an increase in IT security spending by Indian organisations, says a report on Tuesday by French group Thales, which caters to both the defence and civil sectors.
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War On ISIS 'Starting To Pay Off': French Minister
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told forces on an aircraft carrier in the Gulf Thursday that the war against the ISIS group was starting to bear its fruit.
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Risk of Huge ISIS Influx Into Libya, France Warns
There is an increasing risk of Libya becoming a haven for combatants from Islamic State, even as western nations target the extremist jihadist group in Iraq and Syria, the French defence minister warned in comments published Sunday.
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France Asks European Union States for Help With Foreign Military Missions
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian today asked other EU states for help with its military operations abroad and support in its fight against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.
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Qatari Premier to Visit Paris Next Week
Qatari Prime Minister Abdallah ben Nasser Al-Thani will visit Paris next week to attend a security exhibition and meet French leaders, diplomats said today.
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French Air Strikes on Islamic State in Syria 'In Coming Weeks': Defence Minister
France will carry out its first air strikes on the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria "in the coming weeks," Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Wednesday.
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French Defence Minister Visits Cairo After Warplane Deal
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian began a two day visit to Cairo today, just days after France delivered the first batch of 24 Rafale warplanes Egypt bought in a multi-billion-euro deal.
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France Provides First Weapons to Lebanon for Islamic State Fight
The first French weapons from a $3 billion Saudi-funded programme will arrive in Lebanon on Monday as allies seek to bolster the country's defences against the Islamic State group and other jihadists pressing along its Syrian border.
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Self-Defence Class 'Mistaken' for Jihad Training in France
A group of men accused by police of "training for jihad" in broad daylight in a French park were merely taking a self-defence class, one of them told AFP on Wednesday.
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French Court Suspends Airbus Insider Trading Trial
The latest abrupt twist in one of the most high-profile corporate cases of recent years came after defence teams urged the French court system to take note of a recent European judgment upholding the right not to be tried twice.
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Violence in Central Africa Escalating Says French Minister
Violence in the Central African Republic is becoming "more serious" as a political deadlock inflames tensions between rival Christians and Muslims, France's defence minister warned as he left for the war-torn country.
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Torpedo Deal With French Firm, DRDO's New Tech To Boost India's Submarines
India's Ministry of Defence signed two significant deals to greatly enhance its submarine fleet. While one of the deals was signed with France's Naval Group, the larger of the two contracts was signed with Mumbai's Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders.
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UK's Serious Fraud Office Launches Probe On French Defence Giant Thales
Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said Thursday it had launched a joint investigation with its French counterparts into "suspected bribery and corruption" at the France-based multinational defence giant Thales.
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"Truth Can't Have 2 Versions": Arun Jaitley Questions Hollande On Rafale
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today questioned former French President Francois Hollande's hugely controversial statement on the Rafale fighter jet deal, saying "truth cannot have two versions".
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Aadhaar Driving IT Security Spending In India: Report
The government's steps towards bringing transparency in governance through Aadhaar have resulted in an increase in IT security spending by Indian organisations, says a report on Tuesday by French group Thales, which caters to both the defence and civil sectors.
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War On ISIS 'Starting To Pay Off': French Minister
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told forces on an aircraft carrier in the Gulf Thursday that the war against the ISIS group was starting to bear its fruit.
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Risk of Huge ISIS Influx Into Libya, France Warns
There is an increasing risk of Libya becoming a haven for combatants from Islamic State, even as western nations target the extremist jihadist group in Iraq and Syria, the French defence minister warned in comments published Sunday.
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France Asks European Union States for Help With Foreign Military Missions
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian today asked other EU states for help with its military operations abroad and support in its fight against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.
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Qatari Premier to Visit Paris Next Week
Qatari Prime Minister Abdallah ben Nasser Al-Thani will visit Paris next week to attend a security exhibition and meet French leaders, diplomats said today.
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French Air Strikes on Islamic State in Syria 'In Coming Weeks': Defence Minister
France will carry out its first air strikes on the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria "in the coming weeks," Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Wednesday.
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French Defence Minister Visits Cairo After Warplane Deal
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian began a two day visit to Cairo today, just days after France delivered the first batch of 24 Rafale warplanes Egypt bought in a multi-billion-euro deal.
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France Provides First Weapons to Lebanon for Islamic State Fight
The first French weapons from a $3 billion Saudi-funded programme will arrive in Lebanon on Monday as allies seek to bolster the country's defences against the Islamic State group and other jihadists pressing along its Syrian border.
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Self-Defence Class 'Mistaken' for Jihad Training in France
A group of men accused by police of "training for jihad" in broad daylight in a French park were merely taking a self-defence class, one of them told AFP on Wednesday.
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French Court Suspends Airbus Insider Trading Trial
The latest abrupt twist in one of the most high-profile corporate cases of recent years came after defence teams urged the French court system to take note of a recent European judgment upholding the right not to be tried twice.
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Violence in Central Africa Escalating Says French Minister
Violence in the Central African Republic is becoming "more serious" as a political deadlock inflames tensions between rival Christians and Muslims, France's defence minister warned as he left for the war-torn country.
