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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......

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......

The Search For Survivors

Glimpses from India and around the world that will make you smile and cry. How Heroes Rescue IMAGE: Rescue personnel carry an injured person on a stretcher during ongoing search and rescue......

Back from space, what awaits astronaut Shuks at home

Home-cooked meals, quiet family time and sharing stories from earth and beyond, that's the kind of homecoming Kamna Shukla has planned for her astronaut husband Shubhanshu Shukla, the toast of the......

Trump presents PM Modi with US honour 'Legion Of Merit'

President Donald Trump has conferred the Legion of Merit, one of the highest military honours of the United States, on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his leadership in elevating bilateral......

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......

Kamal Haasan gets prestigious French honour

Maverick actor and filmmaker Kamal Haasan has added yet another feather to his illustrious hat. He has been conferred the prestigious Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts Arts et Lettres (Knight in......

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......

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......

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......

A purist who made Gen-Z fall in love with Red & Whites

IMAGE: Virat Kohli set a record as the Indian batter with the most number of double centuries in Test cricket, scoring seven in his illustrious career. Photograph: BCCI Virat Kohli entered Indian......

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......