French Consular polls deferred
The Hindu
The sexennial French consular elections scheduled for May 30 have been postponed on account of the COVID-19 pandemic situation.The announcement, which was posted on the French Consulate website, said
The sexennial French consular elections scheduled for May 30 have been postponed on account of the COVID-19 pandemic situation. The announcement, which was posted on the French Consulate website, said that all the voting operations (online and onsite voting) stood cancelled. The future date of the election will be decided shortly. Every six years, French citizens living abroad elect their representatives, called “councillors for the French living abroad”, at the Consulate, all over the world. In southern India, the elections involve French citizens residing in the Union territory of Puducherry, apart from Kerala and Tamil Nadu.The fear of being caught for traffic rule violation has indeed compelled many two-wheeler riders to wear helmets. But one cursory look at riders at any traffic junction in Bengaluru shows that more than half the riders have on their heads non-standard helmets, designed solely to evade the eye of law, with little concern for the safety of their own heads.
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