Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday signed 14 agreements covering a number of areas from security, nuclear energy and protection of classified information to education, environment, urban development and railways.

Barbs exchanged between the Opposition and the government over the off-the-shelf purchase of 36 Rafale aircraft seem not to have affected the bilateral talks. “Liberty, equality and fraternity not only echo in France, but are also deeply embedded in India’s Constitution,” Modi said at a joint press conference ...