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Three senior IAS officers who went on a trip to Paris in 2015 during their tenure in the Chandigarh Administration made unauthorised expenditures of Rs 6.71 lakh on the foreign tour, changed hotels, and overstayed for a meeting that was meant for one lower-ranking official, as per a special audit report of the Director General of Audit…

Already set with a piece of the Eiffel Tower, the medals for this summer’s Paris Olympics will now be infused with another quintessential feature of French life: strike action.Dozens of workers at the French national mint, which is making the medals, are demanding the same “Olympics bonus” being paid to police officers and other government…

The Olympic Flame will cross the Atlantic aboard the Maxi Banque Populaire XI Thanks to Banque Populaire, one of the Partner of the Torch Relay, the Oceans Relay will be represented by a major sporting event: the crossing of the Atlantic aboard the Maxi Banque Populaire XI, the famous Ultim skippered by Armel Le Cléac'h. The Olympic flame…

Mulugeta Uma won the men's race in the Paris Marathon and Mestawut Fikir took the women's title in her first outing at the distance to complete an Ethiopian double on Sunday. Uma, the 26-year-old running just the fourth marathon of his career, pulled away from Kenya's Titus Kipruto with 2.5km to go and strode for home. The Ethiopian's…

The Paris Marathon is big. With ​​52,078 starters in 2023 it was bigger than the London Marathon and Chicago Marathon. If you’re turning up to cheer on a friend or loved one from the sidelines, it helps to know when they’re approaching the area where you’re standing, or if you’ve missed them and need to hightail it to the next viewing spot.To…

Paris (AFP) – Pierre de Coubertin, the controversial founder of the modern Olympic Games, will have his own wax figure in Paris, the Grevin Museum has announced in the run-up to the sporting extravaganza. Issued on: 05/04/2024 - 12:36Modified: 05/04/2024 - 12:34 1 min…

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that he had no doubt Russia would malevolently target the Paris Olympics this summer. "I have no doubt whatsoever, including in terms of information," Macron said in response to a reporter's question about whether he thought that Russia would try to target the Olympics. Macron's…

The new addition to Accor’s MGallery portfolio, Domaine de la Reine Margot Paris Issy provides a sanctuary within a historic estate of Issy-les-Moulineaux, close to Paris. This 17th-century site has been redesigned by the Society of Priests of Saint-Sulpice alongside Wilmotte & Associés architecture firm and Accor. A historic…

There were many times when the idea of an album by The Libertines in 2024 would have seemed an impossible proposition, and yet here they are -- and only a little late."Sorry. We're an hour behind schedule," the band's manager tells AFP ahead of an interview with band leaders Peter Doherty and Carl Barat. "But, hey, it used to be day or a week…

© kovop / Shutterstock.com © kovop / Shutterstock.com Ahead of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, Air Liquide has deployed a hydrogen refuelling station to support the official hydrogen-powered fleet.Located at Place de l’Alma in the city centre, the station will enable refuelling times of about five minutes for a range of up to…