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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicFrance protest

Topic: France protest

Eiffel Tower shuts as staff goes on strike, a big blow before Paris Olympics

The strike against the financial management of Eiffel Tower, comes as Paris prepares to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and will feature metal from the tower in the winners' medals.

150 arrested in France amid unrest following police shooting of 17-year-old boy

The victim, who was of North African origin, was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb.

‘French Spiderman’ climbs Paris skyscraper as protest against Macron’s pension law

Alain Robert, 60, climbs without a harness, using only his bare hands and a pair of climbing shoes.

Unions call workers to join pension law protest marking 12th nationwide strike in France

Some trains will be cancelled, and strike actions can also be expected among refinery workers, garbage collectors and teachers.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.