The Eiffel Tower was opened to the public today, May 6 in 1889, during the Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) held in Paris to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.
Luxor Group, a writing instruments company, announced on Monday its foray into the education sector with the acquisition of a 60 per cent stake in preparatory school Playhouse for a consideration of about Rs 5000,000.
Jain was the chairman and president of Luxor Group, the company which has brought internationally-renowned brands like Waterman, Parker and Pilot to India.
Luxor Writing Instruments on Thursday said it aims to double sales turnover to Rs 250 crore by 2005-06 on the back of growing sales of Luxor brand and would invest Rs 200 crore this year to open overseas offices.
Images from the 2024 Paralympics Opening Ceremony in Paris on Wednesday.
The city, buried under sands near the modern-day city of Luxor for three millennia, was uncovered in September 2020 by a team led by Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass and has now been revealed to the world.
The bomber was killed outside the popular Karnak temple which is the second largest ancient religious site in the world.
At least 19 people, mostly Asian and European tourists, were killed on Tuesday in one of the deadliest hot air balloon accidents in history as the fun ride ended on a tragic note near the ancient Egyptian temple city of Luxor.
Al Qaeda's reclusive chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, who played a central role in the 9/11 terror attacks and later created the group's regional affiliate in the Indian subcontinent, was killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan's Kabul, in the biggest blow to the global terror network since killing of its founder Osama bin Laden in 2011 in Pakistan.
In a first at the National Institute of Design (NID), academic profiles were offered to the graduating batch of young designers during placements this year.
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The true face of the 19-year-old monarch was put on view in his underground tomb at Luxor on Sunday, when the linen-wrapped mummy was removed from its stone sarcophagus for display in a climate-controlled glass box.
Kesavan says the usually reserved Sonia was very warm and chatted with them for a couple of minutes.
India is ready, after battling the pandemic for two years, to travel once again.
That flash of light in the sky followed by thunder can be both mesmerising and scary. Rediff.com presents some amazing pictures of lightning captured by ace lensmen.
The work of manually extricating the bodies from heaps of rubble in Uttarakhand's worst flood-hit Kedarnath area was stopped on Sunday as no more body was visible to the teams engaged in the operation.
After three decades of glorious service, the Sea Harrier jets of the Indian Air Force will fly into the sunset on Wednesday.
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