PARIS: In his inaugural address to parliament, the new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier warned Tuesday that “colossal” and spiraling debts are a “sword of Damocles” hanging over the finances of the European Union's second-largest economy and announced belt-tightening and more taxes to reverse the trend. Tuesday’s opening of parliament and Barnier’s address kicked off what promised to be months …
Since October 8, 2023, Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged near-daily fire at the disputed Israeli-Lebanese border. Now, making the Israel-Lebanon border an independent area of focus – based on the merits of the historic territorial/political dispute between Israel and Lebanon/Hezbollah rather than the Gaza war – allows Tel Aviv to present South Lebanon as a new locus in the conflict …
Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin reiterated his support for the Women’s Reservation Bill, which was introduced in Parliament on Wednesday, but raised concerns about delimitation of Lok Sabha seats, calling it a “Damocles sword” hanging over Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin Stalin urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allay fears among southern states that the exercise …
New Delhi: While the Congress's high command struggles to take a decision on the leadership issue in Rajasthan, the state government completes four years in office. Speaking on the occasion, chief minister Ashok Gehlot said that usually after four years people start finding fault with the government, but there is no anti-incumbency in the state. According to Congress insiders, this …
The Delhi High Court has observed that while considering bail, damocles sword cannot be allowed to hang over the accused's head merely on the assumption that the proceeds of crime may be higher.Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar made the observation while granting anticipatory bail to a man in connection with a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate, related to the. …
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday observed that we cannot have a damocles sword hanging over the head of journalist while conducting a public debate and suspended proceedings in two FIRs filed against Arnab Goswami for allegedly communalizing the coverage of Palghar mob lynching incident and the incident regarding gathering of migrants outside Bandra station during lockdown. Division bench of …
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