Topic: 2020 US elections
Trump ridicules FBI chief for claiming Russians are trying to sink Biden campaign
FBI director Christopher Wray told the House Homeland Security Committee that Moscow is trying to denigrate Vice President Biden and what the Russians see as an anti-Russia establishment.
FBI says it helped Twitter, Facebook disrupt Russian influence campaign ahead of US polls
FBI says it provided Twitter & Facebook with information to take down accounts associated with Russian campaign that tried to hire unwitting US-based journalists and use political ads.
American journalists should stop cleaning up after Biden’s boo-boos
Whenever the Democratic President nominee Joe Biden makes a political mess, he is blessed with people, many of them not in his employ, who will clean it up for him.
Kamala Harris is bringing in the big bucks to fund Joe Biden’s campaign
In the month that Harris was named Biden’s running mate, their campaign raised a record $364.5 million. Some $48 million alone came in the first 2 days right after her selection was announced.
Trump claims PM Modi lauded coronavirus testing in US
Speaking at an election rally, Trump claimed the US was ahead of India by 44 million tests, and that the media needs to understand that.
US further reduces troops in Iraq to keep Trump’s promise to exit ‘endless wars’
Trump's 2016 campaign promised to end combat entanglements in Iraq and Afghanistan and is reaffirming the pledge before before this year's US elections as he trails Joe Biden in polls.
Why big pharma needs to do more to counter Covid vaccine politics
9 Covid vaccine developers signed a pledge saying they won't submit their inoculations for Food & Drug Administration approval until they show safety & efficacy in late-stage trial.
‘Very big surprise coming up’ – US could have Covid vaccine in October itself, Trump says
Many public health officials & scientists have expressed concerns that the US FDA is under pressure from White House to approve a vaccine before Trump faces re-election on 3 November.
I think she would be extremely proud & say beat Trump — Kamala Harris recalls late mother
The US vice-presidential candidate remembered her mother Shyamala Gopalan, who was born in Chennai and later immigrated to the US, and said she raised them to live a life of service.
Why Democrats hold a secret edge if US presidential election is too close to call
State officials influence the election with the rules governing voting and top election officials in many of the key states that could decide the election are Democrats.
Dairies are turning vegan, but that’s not really cutting the carbon footprint of your soy latte
All the growth in the dairy market these days has been in products other than milk, though the amount of milk being drawn from cows is still rising in the industry.
Insolvency code suspension was not meant to protect firms that commit fraud, Sitharaman says
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says saving companies impacted by the pandemic was more important than facilitating recovery by creditors under the law.
Defence
Navy aircraft carrier INS Viraat sets sail for last time, to be dismantled & sold as scrap
The vessel had served the Indian Navy for 30 years before being decommissioned in 2017. It had also served in the UK's Royal Navy as HMS Hermes.
Suspect all, fix all? Is that the motto of our new ‘National Suspicion State’?
It’s not just Modi government or BJP, but even state governments, judiciary are getting caught in a ‘we suspect all’ mindset. Is India becoming a National Suspicion State?