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Thursday, May 9, 2024
TopicJoe Biden

Topic: Joe Biden

Christophe Jaffrelot on crisis in agriculture, follow the Korean model, says Kirit Parikh

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Kirit Parekh, N. Madhavan, Deepak Nayyar and many others.

Bernie Sanders drops out of US presidential race, makes way for Joe Biden as party nominee

Sanders’s move came after a string of losses in recent weeks as he lost voters across regions and demographic groups that cemented Biden's lead

Joe Biden says no need to postpone US presidential elections due to coronavirus

The former US Vice-President said the US has held elections through World War I and II, and even civil war, and hence saw no reason to postpone the November elections.

Johnson’s controversial coronavirus approach, and why toilet paper is running out

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

Joe Biden is (almost certainly) the Democratic nominee for US presidential race

Going forward, Biden, a mainstream liberal, will need to find a way to satisfy the left side of the party. But for now, he deserves a victory lap.

How Joe Biden rebounded to become leading Democratic contender

The party actors waited until Bernie Sanders won big in Nevada and then there wasn’t any more, so they converged on Biden in the run-up to South Carolina and even more afterward.

Joe Biden wins seven early states in Super Tuesday comeback

The decisive results of Super Tuesday primaries are a remarkable turnabout for former vice president Biden whose candidacy was on the ropes.

Why today, ‘Super Tuesday’, is most crucial for US Democratic presidential hopefuls

Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Mike Bloomberg’s fortunes will be on the line as 14 US states and one territory hold primaries today.

Pete Buttigieg drops out of US Democratic presidential race

Pete Buttigieg, a newcomer, outlasted several senators & governors in a crowded Democratic field but got little support from non-white voters.

Why age doesn’t matter for Trump, Sanders, Bloomberg, Biden

According to Social Security Administration’s life expectancy tables, once an American man has made it to 78 years & 5 months, he can expect to live to 88.

On Camera

If the Congress were truly a democratic party, Sam Pitroda would be a nobody

It is obscene that a man so detached from India should occupy such a powerful position in a party that governed India for most of its republican history.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Three Indian Navy ships deployed to South China Sea

Deployment comes at a time when Yuan Wang 03, a Chinese missile and satellite tracking vessel, has entered Indian Ocean Region.

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

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.