Global equity markets have been under pressure amid US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. While the US market itself has lost nearly $1 trillion in market capitalisation this year, Indian equities have seen the sharpest decline, erasing over $1 trillion during the same period. According to Bloomberg data, beyond the US and India, Taiwan and […]
Paras Defence, BEL, HAL and more: 9 Indian companies that could benefit from Europe ramping up defence budgets – CNBC TV18
Indian defence companies Bharat Electronics, Hindustan Aeronautics, Bharat Dynamics, Paras Defence and others are expected to benefit from the European Union’s (EU) massive rearmament plan, according to a research note from Elara Capital on Thursday, March 6, 2025. The EU’s newly-announced €800-billion defence spending plan could lead to increased procurement of components and subsystems from […]
France open to talks to extend nuclear shield for Europe – CNBC TV18
President Emmanuel Macron said he’ll enter into talks on using France’s nuclear capabilities to defend European allies. “Our nuclear deterrent protects us,” Macron said in a televised address Wednesday. “I have decided to open the strategic debate on the protection, through our deterrent, of our allies on the European continent.” The French president’s remarks came […]
France, UK propose one-month Ukraine truce: Macron to Le Figaro – CNBC TV18
France and Britain are proposing a one-month truce in Ukraine “in the air, at sea and on energy infrastructure” after crisis talks in London, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday. In an interview with France’s Le Figaro newspaper, Macron said that such a truce would not, initially at least, cover ground fighting. The problem […]
Trump returns to world stage at Notre-Dame reopening in Paris – CNBC TV18
US President-elect Donald Trump returns to the world stage on Saturday to join leaders for the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, still a private citizen but already preparing to tackle a host of international crises. It will be Trump’s first trip overseas since he won the presidential election a month ago and it […]
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau flies to Florida to meet Trump after tariffs threat – CNBC TV18
West Palm Beach (AP): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew to Florida on Friday to have dinner with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products. Trump threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if they don’t stop what he called the flow […]
L&T wins ‘significant’ order to deploy advance welding technology for Global Nuclear Fusion Project in France – CNBC TV18
Larsen and Toubro on Friday, October 25, said it won a ‘significant’ order from the France-headquartered intergovernmental body ITER organisation to deploy advance welding technology for the Global Nuclear Fusion Project. L&T will deploy critical advanced technologies for assembly of the complex parts with the Vacuum Vessel at the world’s largest nuclear fusion project at […]
No set timeline for IMEEC construction, emphasises France’s special envoy Gerard Mestrallet – CNBC TV18
The India-Middle East Europe Economic Corridor (IMEEC) is poised to be a transformative infrastructure project, uniting India, the Middle East, and Europe in a strategic network to bolster trade and connectivity. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Gerard Mestrallet, France’s Special Envoy for IMEEC, emphasised that bilateral discussions have occurred between participating countries, including the European […]