Shashi Tharoor conferred France's highest civilian honourShashi Tharoor, an accomplished author and politician, was awarded France's highest civilian honour, "Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur," at...
21 Feb, 2024, 01.45 PM IST
Making EU-India partnership defining force for world will be my priority: Ambassador DelphinHerve Delphin, the newly-appointed envoy of the European Union (EU) to India, has stated that his main focus will be to strengthen the EU-I...
23 Oct, 2023, 08.53 PM IST
Indian scientist and industrialist Swati Piramal conferred top French honour"Her strong influence on business and industry, public policy, healthcare governance and women's leadership is widely recognised in India a...
16 Sep, 2022, 07.11 PM IST
Azim Premji to be conferred highest French civilian awardThe award comes in recognition of his outstanding contribution to developing the information technology industry in India, his economic out...
26 Nov, 2018, 08.08 PM IST
Demonetisation to help leapfrog to digital economy: Biocon CMD"Demonetisation would serve to be a deterrent to corruption in the short-term. "However, what remains to be seen is for how long can we sta...
24 Nov, 2016, 02.47 PM IST
India witnessing 'jobless' growth: Kiran Mazumdar-ShawBiocon was rated among the world's top 10 employers in the biotechnology industry by an international science magazine last month.
03 Nov, 2016, 05.59 PM IST
Future jobs to be driven by digital tech: Kiran Mazumdar-ShawAutomation itself would create large job opportunities in the IT space where there is likely to be an explosion of automation software deve...
31 Oct, 2016, 09.24 PM IST
Kiran M Shaw appointed 'Knight of Legion of Honour' by FranceThe award will be conferred on behalf of the President of the French Republic at a special ceremony later this year, Biocon said here in a ...
01 Sep, 2016, 03.44 PM IST
Publisher Pramod Kapoor conferred with top French honourFrench ambassador to India Francois Richier bestowed the honour on the veteran publisher at a ceremony in New Delhi.
13 Mar, 2016, 10.51 AM IST
Anand Mahindra awarded by the French ambassadorAnand Mahindra received the 'Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur' by the French ambassador Francoise Richier at his residence.
10 Mar, 2016, 12.37 PM IST
Anand Mahindra conferred with France's highest civilian awardAnand Mahindra has been conferred with Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by the French authorities.
08 Mar, 2016, 09.35 PM IST
Indian-origin Ahmed Kathrada knighted by French governmentThe award is part of the National Orders of the Legion of Honour established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802.
16 Jul, 2015, 09.07 PM IST
Indian-origin Ahmed Kathrada knighted by French governmentKathrada, 85, joined former President Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and author Nadine Gordimer as the only South Africans to have receiv...
16 Jul, 2015, 04.50 PM IST
Actor Shah Rukh Khan receives top French honourBollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was on Tuesday bestowed with France's highest civilian award for his contribution to cinema.
02 Jul, 2014, 12.01 AM IST
Japan confers prestigious award on Metro Man SreedharanDelhi Metro's Principal Advisor E Sreedharan, has been conferred with the prestigious 'Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star' award...
07 Nov, 2013, 07.43 PM IST
- French Cabinet minister to visit India from Oct 25 to 28
A French Embassy release said that the visit will be an opportunity to initiate an Indo-French dialogue on a range of social matters.
24 Oct, 2013, 11.16 PM IST
- N-deal will propel India to place among world superpowers: Rao
Veteran scientist Prof C N R Rao has said that the Indo-US civil nuclear deal would propel the country among the superpowers of the world a...
21 Jul, 2008, 05.07 PM IST