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Friday, August 1, 2025
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Topic: Democrats

Kamala Harris wins Democrats’ vote unopposed, becomes 1st woman of colour to lead presidential ticket

Over 4,000 delegates voted in the Democratic Convention.

Trump escalates race attack on Kamala Harris, shares photo of her in sari in fresh potshot

The US Vice President, whose father immigrated from Jamaica and mother is of South Indian origin, has long acknowledged both sides of her heritage.

Kamala Harris gets majority support from Democratic delegates, to campaign in Wisconsin

Harris has become the party's presumed nominee after US President Joe Biden withdrew from his re-election campaign Sunday.

Lack of party discipline, first domino fell with Brexit — what went wrong for UK’s Conservatives

Rishi Sunak-led Conservative Party has had its worst showing in UK general elections, winning as few as 121 seats and seeing its vote share drop by 20 percentage points.

Biden says determined to remain in presidential race, but expresses concerns in private, reports NYT

Following a poor debate performance, US President Joe Biden has said he 'understands' that the next few appearances 'must go well'. New polls suggest Trump in the lead in crucial states.

14 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists convicted in subversion trial, 2 acquitted

Verdict comes over 3 years after 47 democrats were arrested. They were charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under a China-imposed national security law.

3 reasons why India must fast-track US drone deal—defence, diplomacy, Democrats

The US State Department has approved the sale of MQ-9B drones to India, but the Modi govt must give it timely attention to push it to the finish line. It’s a political opportunity.

Asian Americans in California are strongly backing the Democratic Party in upcoming elections

Kamala Harris is badly underperforming the generic ballot, which saw a 51–17 percent Democratic advantage over the Republicans

Modi govt critic, member of ‘The Squad’: About Ilhan Omar, Democrat ousted from key US House panel

White House called Somalia-born Congresswoman's removal 'political stunt'. Ilhan Omar has in past accused Biden of being 'reluctant' to criticise Modi govt’s human rights record.

No US ambassador to strategic ally India for nearly 2 yrs. Why Senate’s blocked Biden pick Garcetti

In Eric Garcetti’s case, Senate committee approved his nomination in January but Senate vote not yet held due to concerns expressed by Republican Senators as well as a few Democrats.

On Camera

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.