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Saturday, August 30, 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

Mohan Bhagwat’s U-turn on ‘retire at 75’ is a Hindu succession problem

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.