Home » Current Affairs In-depths & Editorials » GS1 » Indian Art & Culture » Awards & Honors » Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Santhosh Kumar 14/07/2023

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour upsc notes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Awarded by President of the Republic of France
About Legion of Honour
Highest French decoration
Given to the most deserving citizens
In all fields of activity
Established by Napoleon Bonaparte
In 1802
Five degrees
Knight
Officer
Commander
Grand Officer
Grand Cross
Ribbon colour is red
Badge is a five-armed Maltese asterisk
Hung on an oak and laurel wreath
Membership is restricted
To French nationals
But can be given to foreign nationals
Who serve France or uphold its ideals
Notable recipients
Nelson Mandela
King Charles
Angela Merkel
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Vladimir Putin

Related Posts

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2022

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2022

11/09/2023 / Awards & Honors, Science & Technology

A Manufactured Refugee Crisis in the EU

A Manufactured Refugee Crisis in the EU

02/12/2021 / Europe (UK, France, etc), International Security, Refugee & Immigration Issues

Amitav Ghosh Wins Erasmus Prize 2024 mind map Recent News Wins Erasmus Prize For writings on climate change Announced on March 7, 2024 Prize amount 150,000 Euros Award ceremony In the Netherlands In November When Announced in March 2024 Award ceremony in November Why Passionate contribution Theme Imagining the unthinkable Focus Climate change as a global crisis Cultural crisis due to a lack of imagination What Prize specifics 150,000 Euros Decorations designed by Bruno Nienaber van Eyben Previous recipients Trevor Noah (2023) Barbara Ehrenreich (2018) A.S. Byatt (2016) Charles Chaplin, Ingmar Bergman (1965) Where Award ceremony location Royal Palace of Amsterdam Foundation location Netherlands Who Amitav Ghosh Birth Kolkata, 1956 Education Social anthropology at Oxford Career Splits time between India and the USA Recipient of the 2018 Jnanpith Award Honorary doctorate from Maastricht University (2019) Major works The Nutmeg's Curse, The Hungry Tide, The Great Derangement Ibis trilogy (Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, Flood of Fire) How Selection for Erasmus Prize For engaging with climate change through literature Making climate crisis tangible through historical narratives and journalistic essays Significance Recognition of literary contribution to environmental awareness Highlighting cultural aspects of the climate crisis Challenges Tackling a global crisis through literature Challenge of making climate change comprehensible and actionable Way Forward Encouragement for literary exploration Of environmental and cultural crises Bridging the gap between imagination and reality

Amitav Ghosh Wins Erasmus Prize 2024

13/03/2024 / Awards & Honors

Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award Context Nominations for TANNA 2022 About TANNA Annual award since 1994 Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Named after Tenzing Norgay First summit of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary Objectives Recognize achievements in adventure field Encourage endurance, risk-taking, teamwork, effective reflexes Incentives for youth's exposure to adventure Eligibility Outstanding performance, leadership in adventure Potential for posthumous awards Exclusions No second awards in same category Possible cancellation of award Decoration Bronze statuette, certificate, blazer, saree, Rs. 15 Lakhs Presented alongside Arjuna Awards Arjuna Awards for Outstanding Performance in Sports, Games Second-highest sporting honour in India Awardees Categories: Land, Water, Air, Life Time Achievement Ordinarily one awardee per category Possible increase with Minister approval

Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award

27/06/2023 / Awards & Honors

Categories: Awards & Honors, Europe (UK, France, etc)

Tags: 14.07.2023, Newsbits

Subscribe

0 Comments

Inline Feedbacks

View all comments

X