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Saturday, May 4, 2024
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

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.