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Topic: Presidential polls

Florida, Nebraska & South Dakota defy trend & vote down abortion rights

Voters approved most of the referendums expanding the right to abortion in U.S. states on Tuesday, while Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota rejected such...

1st tribal woman President — Urdu press hails Murmu win, decries failed attempt at oppn unity

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

India gets its 1st tribal woman President as Droupadi Murmu beats Yashwant Sinha

Murmu, the NDA candidate, got 2824 votes, compared to opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha's 1877. She will be sworn in on 25 July, a day after President Ram Nath Kovind's term ends.

‘1st tribal president’ — Jharkhand ex-governor Droupadi Murmu is NDA pick for presidential poll

Murmu hails from Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. She started off as a teacher before entering state politics. She was sworn in as the first woman governor of Jharkhand in 2015.

ED questioning of Rahul Gandhi has breathed new life into Congress — in Urdu press this week

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

As Pawar & Abdullah say no, opposition to continue hunt for presidential pick at next meet

18 opposition parties that met in Delhi Wednesday couldn’t reach an agreement on one candidate. AAP, TRS, BJD and Pawan Chamling's Sikkim Democratic Front give meeting a miss.

When BJP leader got a lesson on sanskaar from a fellow party CM

When Mamata Banerjee called for an opposition meet, Uddhav Thackeray refused to join, and Congress took a dig at the proposal.

On Camera

Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.