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Friday, August 22, 2025
Topic2016 US elections

Topic: 2016 US elections

US psephologists were certain Trump would lose — until things shifted on election day

Hillary Clinton was winning all the way after polling of early, by-mail votes in 7 swing states. Then, the unthinkable happened on 8 November 2016.

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir ousted in military coup, but protests persist

Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange arrested from Ecuadorian embassy in London

Facebook ups its game as it struggles to curb spread of false and violent content

Facebook has said one of the measures will be to reduce the reach of Groups that repeatedly share misinformation and make their administrators more accountable. 

100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, and Trump wants a ‘Big Mac’ Mueller

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Zuckerberg does not know how to solve or even think about Facebook’s problems

New Yorker's Evan Osnos in his interview with Mark Zuckerberg found him to be completely unprepared to solve the issues his company was mired in. 

CBI seeks details of alleged data theft from Facebook & Cambridge Analytica

The investigative agency initiated a preliminary enquiry last month against Cambridge Analytica and Global Science Research after Centre's request.

Facebook and Twitter can be blamed for causing higher rates of hate crimes

Radical action becomes socially acceptable if almost everybody one communicates with holds similar opinions.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?