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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicPresidential elections

Topic: Presidential elections

Droupadi Murmu rise brings back tussle between Santali scholars and Ol Chiki govt lobby

After being written in Roman, Bengali, Devanagari, Assamese, Nepali scripts for a long time, Santali got its own indigenous one—Ol Chiki.

Yashwant Sinha is the Opposition’s unanimous pick for next President

Many Opposition parties met in Delhi Tuesday to pick its candidate after previous choices Sharad Pawar, Farooq Abdullah and Gopalkrishna Gandhi declined.

Eye on consensus President pick, Rajnath ‘reached out’ to Mamata, Pawar & Kharge before oppn meet

Defence minister also reached out to Nitish Kumar, Naveen Patnaik, SP & BSP, according to BJP leaders, who say Modi govt is keen on having consensus candidate.

Biden re-orients presidential campaign after Trump tests positive for Covid-19

With US Presidential elections a month away, Joe Biden spoke about his economic plan to Michigan's union workers, while Trump got pulled out of campaign trail with future events cancelled.

Trump is considering spending $100 million of his own money to fund re-election

Though Trump personally contributed $66 million to his 2016 campaign, it would be unprecedented for an incumbent president to put his own money toward winning a second term.

‘Puppet, Fascist, Trojan Horse for Socialism’ – Trump throws the kitchen sink at Biden

During a string of mini-rallies to counter the Democrats’ convention, Trump painted Biden as an existential threat to the US and made a series of misleading claims to make his point.

Trump’s re-election campaign chief sees him recovering as Covid briefings are revived

Campaign manager Bill Stepien says anytime Trump steps behind a podium, it’s a ‘needle mover’, and the 'hidden Trump vote' will propel the president’s re-election.

Ruthless Rajapaksas back in power, they’ll go after Sri Lankan NGOs, Tamils & institutions

Gotabaya Rajapaksa as President and brother Mahinda as PM will try to undermine fragile democratic gains Sri Lanka has made in recent years.

From Rajendra Prasad to Ram Nath Kovind, a look back at every presidential election ever

NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind may have finally won the presidential election pretty easily against opposition candidate Meira Kumar. But here's a look back...

On Camera

New HAL CMD doesn’t have to be an ‘insider’. Let merit decide

India’s premier defence public sector undertaking, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, will have a new Chairman and Managing Director in May 2026. The selection process has...

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.