A statement conveying that war must end as it’s harming women and children and causing chaos would have projected Harris as an international leader wanting to end conflicts.
Donald Trump won 295 electoral college votes as against 226 of Vice-President Kamala Harris. He also won the popular vote. He got 74 mn popular votes, while Harris received 70 mn.
We saw a CNN versus Fox News contest: While everyone at CNN, barring the Republican panelists, looked as if they had just lost the election, Fox News was laughing all over.
In her speech at Howard University, Harris committed to fight for women’s rights, people's dignity and opposed gun violence as she acknowledged President-elect Trump's victory.
Harris, in her capacity as president of Senate, will not be the first vice president to declare their rival the winner. Al Gore, Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon also had to do it.
First was Grover Cleveland 130 years ago, from 1885 to 1889 & 1893 to 1897. Harris tried to make history too, aiming to be 2nd sitting VP to win a presidential election in a century.
As devastated farmers begin to come to terms with the fallout, 4 lakh hectares of land under paddy cultivation across state is flooded. Punjab is among the biggest contributors to PDS.
Private firm had earlier bagged contracts to supply nearly $50 mn worth of ammunition from multiple friendly countries, the deliveries of which have been completed.
In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?
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