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Modi conferred with France's highest award Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the first Indian premier to have been conferred with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, France's highest civilian and military honour, by French......

Modi first foreign head to get Bhutan's highest civilian honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received Bhutan's highest civilian award, the 'Order of the Druk Gyalpo', making him the first foreign Head of the Government to receive the honour. IMAGE:......

India, France may co-develop key military platforms for export

India and France were exploring possibilities for co-development and co-production of key military platforms for export to friendly countries and stepping up cooperation in space-based maritime......

Chevalier de la Legion honour to Dhruv Sawhney

France on Saturday conferred the Chevalier (Knight) de la Legion honour on Dhruv Sawhney, chairman and managing director of Triveni Engineering, in recognition of his outstanding contribution......

Rahul targets Modi on Manipur; frustrated dynast, says BJP

Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that the Rafale deal got him a "ticket to the Bastille Day Parade" while the Bharatiya Janata Party, hitting back at......

France bestows Chevalier de la Legion on Premji

Azim Premji, chairman of IT major Wipro, was conferred the highest French civilian honour for his outstanding contribution to developing the information technology industry in India, his economic......

Rahul Bajaj honoured with France's highest award

France has awarded its highest civilian award, 'Knight in the Order of the Legion of Honour', to Rahul Bajaj, Chairman of Bajaj Auto.On behalf of France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, French......

Tribute to JRD Tata, an iconic businessman

"I do not want India to be an economic superpower. I want India to be a happy country." – JRD Tata One of India’s most enterprising businessmen, Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata was born......

China's $20 bn investment to transform India?

Read through the list of 16 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed between China and India during President Xi Jinping's state visit a fortnight ago and it is hard to pin down the $20 billion......

Importance of being Krugman

I read Paul Krugman's now much-reproduced column 'Gordon Does Good' in the online New York Times on the morning of October 13. A few hours later, I spoke to a colleague in Bonn and told her about......

Bollywood 2021: R to Z RECAP

Even with an ongoing pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a relatively quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama......

Shah Rukh Khan's French Connection

The superstar gets France's highest honour. When Shah Rukh Khan received France’s highest honour -- the Knight of the Legion of Honour -- on Tuesday, July 1, at an event held at the Taj Mahal......

Kannada actor Puneet Rajkumar dead

Kannada cinema's reigning star and celebrity television host Puneeth Rajkumar, known for films such as Appu, Veera Kannadiga and Maurya, died in Bengaluru on Friday following a massive......

Bengalis feel we have lost a family member

'He always seemed one of us, part of the great aspiring middle class -- his values, his simplicity, even the intellectual snobbery which he could barely hide,' observes Mousumi Sengupta.......

Big B awarded France's highest distinction

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Saturday joined the legion of legends like Satyajit Ray, Pandit RaviShankar and Steven Spielberg after being awarded with France's highest civilian......

SEE: The emotional farewell that left everyone in tears

IMAGE: Players of the Indian Hockey Team pose with a special jersey commemorating the retirement of PR Sreejesh from international hockey. Photograph: Hockey India / X Just get the match to......

Part of me leaves with Federer, says emotional Nadal

'When Roger leaves the tour, yeah, an important part of my life is leaving too because all the moments he has been next or in front me in important moments of my life.' IMAGE: Team Europe's Roger......

Statue of Kobe, Gigi Bryant placed at crash site on anniversary

IMAGE: Los Angeles sculptor Dan Medina has honoured the anniversary of the deaths of Kobe and Gigi Bryant by placing a temporary statue of the two where their helicopter crashed two years ago in......

Rajinder Goel: He shone bright in Bedi's shadow

IMAGE: Rajinder Goel played 26 seasons of first-class cricket, with 750 first-class wickets. Photograph: Twitter There were few cricketers unluckier than Rajinder Goel and even fewer who had the......

'Cricketer of year award better late than never'

Better late than never! Those were the first words Sachin Tendulkar uttered after being declared ICC Cricketer of the Year 2010, at a glittering function in Bangalore on Wednesday. For a player......

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