Prime Minister Narendra Modi, upon arriving in Marseille, paid tribute to the city's historical "significance" in India's freedom struggle, recalling the "courageous escape" attempt of "Veer" Savarkar and thanking the French activists who supported him during his time of peril.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Paris on Monday for a high-level visit aimed at strengthening India-France ties. As part of his engagements, he is set to attend a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to co-chair the AI Summit with France on February 11th in Paris, alongside other key stakeholders, including the US Vice President and the Vice Prime Minister of China.
In a gruesome incident, a 15-year-old boy was brutally murdered in Marseille, southern France, the prosecutors said. The teenager suffered 50 stab wounds and was then set ablaze, allegedly as a result of escalating drug-related violence, Al Jazeera reported.
France has been overwhelmed in recent weeks following the outbreak of bedbugs that have not only wreaked havoc in Paris and Marseille but also are spotted almost everywhere in the cities creating panic among locals.
According to the Olympique de Marseille website, "Olympique de Marseille today announced the signing of Ismaïla Sarr from Watford FC. The winger has signed for the club after passing his medical."
Nethra Kumanan, who became the first Indian woman to qualify directly for an Olympic sailing event at Tokyo, finished 22nd among 38 contestants in the women’s dinghy competition at Marseille. She tallied 170 net points.
The Prime Minister noted that French football player Kylian Mbappe is "superhit" among the youth in India and added that the player “is probably known to more people in India than in France”