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Technicolor’s India head Biren Ghose gets French award March 09, 2021 The Country Head in India of the Paris-headquartered Technicolor, Biren Ghose, has been awarded the French civilian award The Ordre National du Mérite. This award is considered one of France’s highest distinctions, honouring individuals for their meritorious service, and confers on Biren Ghose the status of “Chevalier” – a French knighthood, a press statement from the Consule Générale of France said. The stateme...

Animation evangelist Biren Ghose awarded French National Order of Merit, knighthood by President of France ANI | Updated: Mar 05, 2021 16:54 IST Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], March 5 (ANI/BusinessWire India): On behalf of the President of the Republique of France, Docteur Marjorie Vanbaelinghem, the Consule Generale of France in Bengaluru, decorated Biren Ghose with the prestigious French civilian award The Ordre National du Merite. This is one of the high...

For Bibi, it’s the gift that keeps on giving as the Arab coalition splinters; Turkish protesters want an invite to Clubhouse; Erdogan quiet on Khashoggi report; the battle over Mosul; our take on Iran’s ground game; and more!

The mammoth: a majestic creature that roamed the lonely wilds of North America, the vast expanses of Western Europe, and the harsh lands of northern Russia during the Pleistocene era, and which is generally accepted as having become extinct somewhere around the end of the last Ice Age. Today, all we have left of this... Read more »

In the basement of an old building in Alexandria lies an art space that once served as a bomb shelter.

While gathering in person is out this year, the local event partners, Villa San Francisco, KQED, SFMOMA, San Francisco Public Library and California Humanities, are reuniting to produce a dynamic two-hour virtual showcase. For the 2021 Night of Ideas, keynote speakers and performers were asked to meditate on the theme of "closing the distance," an adaptation of the international theme "proche" or "close." The program will present a variety of perspectives on how we can collectively move closer ...

UK Students In Isolation in France After Covid-19 Cases Are Trainee Ski Instructors Heading to Switzerland 23rd January 2021 Last modified on January 24th, 2021 The group is in isolation in Vallorcine near Chamonix after 16 out of the group of 26 tested positive.  Locals in Vallorcine are reported to be anxious and there are concerns in Verbier. The course organiser says all the rules have been strictly followed. 19 Shares The story is reported in the Mail Online and is backed up by informati...

High spirits: Delegates addressing presspersons at Alliance Francaise on Thursday.   | Photo Credit: KUMAR S.S. The seventh edition of the event, on till February 21, kicks off today with a series of offline and online events to celebrate the relationship The seventh edition of the Pondicherry Heritage Festival (PHF) kicks off on Friday with a series of offline and online events to celebrate the signature Franco-Tamil confluence unique to the city. Though the fete, that is on till February 2...

The French government has confirmed Swiss residents do not need to show a negative Covid 19 test to enter the country.

Jerusalem municipality workers hang road signs to the US embassy, May 7, 2018. The Reut Group (formerly known as the Reut Institute), a non-profit policy think tank and Israeli lobby organization, on Wednesday issued a call on Israel and its friends in the US suggesting the Biden Administration is “facing immediate and inevitable decisions regarding representation between the US and the Palestinians.” And while the newcomers in the White House are expected to engage in internal matters, the...