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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.

Kamala Harris’ eligibility for VP is no longer an issue, Trump adviser says

Tony Czuczka -
Donald Trump had raised the matter twice last week in news conferences over an op-ed, which suggested that Harris' eligibility for national office was under question.

These are the assets and liabilities Kamala Harris brings to the Biden campaign

Jeffrey Taylor -
Harris with her youthful persona & diversity may help Biden energise a Democratic base. But her unclear campaign persona has already led to Trump's side dubbing her 'Phony Kamala'.

Kamala Harris is vocal on Kashmir, ‘unbreakable bond’ with India & loves her idli-sambhar

Nayanima Basu -
Democrat Kamala Harris was Tuesday picked by US presidential nominee Joe Biden as his running mate. She is the first person of Indian, and Asian, origin to enter the vice-presidential race.

The world has changed too much for Biden to erase the Trump effect

Marc Champion -
Trump has changed the US in ways that may be irreversible. Also, the rest of the world has changed too. The most important change since Biden left office lies in China.

Facebook mulls political-ad blackout ahead of US presidential election

Kurt Wagner -
A halt on ads could defend against misleading election-related content spreading as people prepare to vote.

Trump’s reelection campaign is in crisis

William A. Galston -
As of 26 June, President Trump was averaging 41.4% of the vote in head-to-head contests with Joe Biden, just 0.8% higher than his job approval.

Trump as ‘contaminator-in-chief’, and China’s ‘outward flexing’ pose

Unnati Sharma -
The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Trump likely to face re-election with jobless rate over 10%

Tony Czuczka -
Experts predict that people’s fear of contracting the virus and the absence of a vaccine are likely to weigh on the economy well into the second half of the year.

China’s virus response shows it’ll do anything to see me lose elections, Trump says

John Harney -
Trump said he was considering various ways to punish the Chinese government, which he has blamed for allowing coronavirus to spread across the world.

Does Donald Trump have the authority to cancel or postpone 2020 US presidential election?

Cass Sunstein -
If the president could set the time of his own election, he could specify a date that is favorable to him – or postpone a specified date until the conditions are just right.
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Manusmriti in a London church? 18th-century Britain’s Indomania loved everything Hindu

Krishnokoli Hazra -
Sir William Jones’ monument with Hindu religious imagery was accommodated in a Christian church as independently validated proof of the truth of Christianity.

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Economy

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

Defence

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

Snehesh Alex Philip -
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.

National Interest

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

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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