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After parliament narrowly rejected a bill to delay a midnight deadline for approval of the country's budget, Israel's government appeared to be hours from collapse early Tuesday.
The Knesset immediately dissolves and a fourth election in two years will be called with the country in the middle of a coronavirus-related health and economic crisis if a budget package is not passed by that cutoff. Lawmakers defeated the bill by a vote of 49-47 to push off the deadline until Dec. 31.
The election date of March 16 was preliminarily accepted, but political observers said the vote would be more likely to take place on March 23.
After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu balked at honouring his coalition deal to approve an investment plan by 2021, the budget crisis exploded. A budget for this year alone will give him leeway to bring down the government over the investment plan for 2021, until Defense Minister Benny Gantz takes over as premier under their power-sharing next November.
Donald Trump confers Legion of Merit on PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded the Legion of Honor, one of the US's highest military honours, by U.S. President Donald Trump for "exceptionally meritorious service" as India's leader.
On Monday, the Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, was assigned to Modi on behalf of Trump. The medal is seldom presented and can only be bestowed by the President of the United States. Generally, it is granted to heads of state or heads of government.
The award was won by India's ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, on behalf of the Prime Minister. The Legion of Merit Degree Chief Commander was also awarded at the same ceremony on Monday to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. On September 18, Trump had previously awarded the Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, to Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti Amir. Before that, in 1991, the medal was last awarded.
The Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, is a domed, heraldic-shaped, five-pointed American white star plaque bordered by purple-red enamel, with 13 white stars rising from a circle of clouds on a blue field. A laurel wreath with pierced, crossed arrows pointing outwards between each arm of the star and the wreath is behind the star. The reverse with the words "United States of America" is etched.
The Modi award citation claimed that it was awarded "for exceptionally meritorious service as the Prime Minister of the Republic of India between May 2014 and August 2020." The "steadfast leadership and vision of Modi has accelerated the emergence of India as a global power and raised the strategic partnership between the United States and India to tackle global challenges," it said.
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