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Topic2020 US election

Topic: 2020 US election

The 2020 election sees US President Donald Trump make a re-election bid while Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate and former vice president, challenges him in the White House race. This year has been tumultuous, with issues of racism, police brutality, the coronavirus pandemic and the impact on economy, and ties with China dominating US politics. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death has also catapulted the justice system into the limelight.

Horrific to see Capitol breach, this should never take place in a democracy — US envoy Juster

Kairvy Grewal -
Outgoing US ambassador Kenneth Juster tells ThePrint's Shekhar Gupta in 'Off The Cuff' that the Capitol Hill breach is not America ‘at its best’, and he is hopeful US will bounce back.

‘Shameful, unfortunate’ — Tricolour amid Capitol Hill rioters draws sharp Twitter reactions

Unnati Sharma -
A video of Trump supporters outside Capitol Hill Wednesday shows someone waving the Indian flag amid the many American flags. 4 persons have died in the violence.

Pence hits breaking point with Trump in blessing Biden win

Jordan Fabian -
Though unfailingly loyal to Trump, Pence's defiance of president's demands to reject Electoral College votes is rooted in Constitution, which gives the vice president no such power.

How US Capitol Police left open path for violence to take deadly turn

Todd Shields -
US Capitol Police's failure to prevent chaos is remarkable because local authorities were on high alert over the arrival of thousands of Trump supporters.

Pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol, woman is shot dead before troops end chaos and rioting

Josh Wingrove -
The Secretary of the Army said 1,100 National Guard troops had been deploying to the Capitol to bolster local police and other forces.

Why Trump’s phone call looking for votes is what a coup looks like

Timothy L. OBrien -
Donald Trump is so unspooled – and so unable to come to terms with losing – that he’s willing to try torching democracy to soothe himself.

How Trump has fractured his own party with bid to subvert election

Josh Wingrove -
Trump's call to Georgia’s secretary of state Brad Raffensperger has fueled the simmering feud among Republicans over objecting during the count of electoral college votes.

Trump’s call to find votes could end up as smoking gun of election fraud

Erik Larson -
Trump’s phone call pressing Georgia Secretary of State is likely to add to the pressure Joe Biden‘s Justice Department will face to pursue a prosecution of the current president.

Don’t draw military into US polls — ex-defense chiefs call for ‘peaceful transition of power’

Tony Czuczka -
As Trump claims voter fraud in the presidential elections, there have also been calls in some circles to involve the military in overturning the results.

More Republicans reject effort by party members to disrupt certification of Trump’s loss

Josh Wingrove -
GOP claims of voter fraud by Democrats continued even as Washington Post reported that Trump had called officials in Georgia to 'find enough votes' to flip the state to Trump.
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Hyderabad has a HYDRAA-headed bulldozer story. Saving lakes or razing opposition?

Yunus Lasania -
Revanth Reddy’s bulldozing of lake ‘encroachments’ with new agency HYDRAA have left some serious questions unanswered, especially regarding the selective nature of the work undertaken.

Is Donald Trump a fascist or clown? He’s just following the playbook

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‘Govt of the people’ has transformed into ‘administration of things’. AI powered it

Economy

iPhone craze, Goa trips, to making ends meet, ‘addictive’ instant loan apps leading many into debt trap

Krishan Murari -
Unsecured loans have been a concern for RBI for a while now. Last year, it took steps to make it more expensive for banks, NBFCs to give them out in bid to deter such borrowing.

Defence

Govt backs IAF plan to procure 114 Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft but faces 2 problems. What’s the logjam

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF down to 31 fighter squadrons on paper against sanctioned strength of 42. Number will go down further next year when 2 remaining squadrons of MiG 21 Bison get phased out.

National Interest

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Shekhar Gupta -
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.

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