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Saturday, August 16, 2025
TopicBarack Obama

Topic: Barack Obama

Covid protection, the Air India way — enjoy refreshments, but keep masks & face shields on

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

US adversaries had seen a weakened country even before election results, Barack Obama says

Obama says the 'humouring' of Trump’s position by Republican officials 'is one more step in delegitimising not just the incoming Biden administration, but democracy generally.'

Diwali amid Covid, unemployment and a ‘sad’ Rahul Gandhi

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

Obama’s appraisal of Rahul is no revelation, Congressmen’s outrage phoney and self-serving

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Rahul Gandhi lacks ‘either aptitude or passion to master subject’, says Obama in new memoir

Former US president Barack Obama writes that Rahul Gandhi had ‘a nervous, unformed quality about him’ and describes Manmohan Singh as having ‘impassive integrity’.

Joe Biden needs a smooth transition for a strong start

President-elect Joe Biden now has work to do in dealing with a likely divided Congress and bringing together the American people as a whole.

How Biden could avoid Obama’s biggest Iran mistake

Resistance to nuclear deal with Iran runs deep in American politics. Ignoring that reality brought us to this sorry pass. That mistake should not be repeated.

New book says Trump hired Black man to play Obama, ‘belittled and fired him’ in video

In Disloyal: A Memoir, Michael Cohen has described Donald Trump as 'a cheat, a liar, a fraud' & a person interested in using the presidency 'exclusively for his personal financial benefit'.

America isn’t really a middle-class nation, but Clinton to Obama, all relied on the myth

In ‘The Sinking Middle Class’, David Roediger writes about how Democrats and Republicans praise the middle-class as America’s heart. But numbers tell a different story.

Biden gets boost from Michelle Obama as Democrats showcase unity

The Democratic National convention, which opened Monday, showcased affirmations for the party's presidential nominee Joe Biden from progressives, centrists and even Republicans.

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Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

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?