Nine months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi drastically scaled down the world’s biggest fighter jet deal in a bid to quickly replenish India’s aging air force with French warplanes, the two sides still haven’t agreed on a price or delivery date. In a joint briefing in New Delhi on Monday, Modi and French President Francois Hollande hailed the signing of a government-to-government deal for 36 Dassault Aviation SA Rafale warplanes. Hollande said the financial terms would be worked out in the “coming days," while a joint statement said talks on price would be resolved “as soon as possible." “The key step has been made," Hollande said. “In April it was a declaration. Today it’s...
