 French President Emmanuel Macron will arrive in India today on a four-day visit. The visit aims at strengthening the bilateral economic, political and strategic dimension of engagement between the two countries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Macron will co-chair the Founding Conference of the International Solar Alliance on Monday. The India-France CEO’s Forum will also take place during the visit.
The bilateral trade between India and France from April 2016 to March 2017 reached 10.95 billion dollars. France is the 9th largest foreign investor in India with a cumulative investment of 6.09 billion dollars from April 2000 to October 2017.
Nidahas Trophy: India beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets
Opener Shikhar Dhawan struck his second successive fifty to guide India to a six-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the Twenty20 Tri-Series match in Colombo last night. The left-hander made 55 as India chased down their 140-run target with eight deliveries to spare.
Put in to bat, Bangladesh failed to get much momentum in their innings due to the loss of wickets at regular intervals and only posted a modest 139 for eight in their 20 overs.
Rohit Sharma, leading India in the absence of the regular skipper Virat Kohli, fell for 17 and Risabh Pant was also dismissed cheaply. But the target was not steep enough to cause major problems for India as Dhawan combined with Suresh Raina in a third-wicket stand of 68 to put them firmly on course for victory.
The third match of the tournament will be played between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Colombo tomorrow.
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