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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicUS presidential debate

Topic: US presidential debate

90 mins is a long time in politics. Trump-Biden debate may be the push Democratic Party needed

The first 2024 presidential debate summed up the choice before US voters – a candidate who could not complete his sentences and a convicted felon with an inclination to lie most of the time.

India denies visas to ‘thousands’ of Chinese tech workers & Biden falters in debate with Trump

Reports also discuss low-income Indians' 'unhappiness' with Modi, the absence of laws against marital rape, and why charges were brought against Arundhati Roy.

Biden couldn’t answer that single burning question in the debate. It’ll cost the Democrats

The trouble for the Democrats is that their choices are bad. Even Biden’s Vice President, Kamala Harris, admitted that he had a slow start. The calls for him to step aside will only grow.

Will Biden step down? Panic grips Democrats as debate gives Trump leg-up in US presidential race

One senior Democratic strategist said it would be unprecedented for the incumbent to pull out this late in the election cycle, but there would be calls for Biden to do just that.

Gloves are off as US presidential candidates slug it out — from ‘disaster Biden’ to ‘whiner Trump’

The televised 90-minute clash on CNN took place far earlier than any modern presidential debate, more than four months before the November 5 Election Day.

‘They are both horrible candidates’ — Biden-Trump debate stumps polarised American voters

Biden and Trump were under pressure to display their command of issues and avoid verbal gaffes as they sought a breakout moment in a race that has been deadlocked for months.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.