On Wednesday, the Association of Jewish Students in France (UEJF) initiated a new legal action - linked to the October fracas involving anti-Semitic French-language tweets tied to the "#unbonjuif" ("a good Jew") hashtag - against microblogging site Twitter.

L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd (LTMRHL) has confirmed that it has received the first lot of rails for Hyderabad metro rail project from France.

LTMRHL, which is developing a metro project in Hyderabad, has received rails weighing 5,000 tons from Tata Steel's French plant, which has supplied rails to several major railway projects across the globe, including to the Indian market.

Leaders from Finland, Netherlands and Austria have raised their opposition about lifting the ban of supplying arms to rebels in Syria. This embargo is going to expire on June 1. The European leaders met and raised their opinion about the issue at European Leaders Summit held in Brussels on Friday. France and Britain want to lift this ban.

During the course of a news conference with French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault - who is visiting Canada for the first time since taking office in May last year -, Canadian Prime Minister announced five initiatives which will strengthen the Canada-France relations even further.