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Saturday, May 18, 2024
TopicUS presidential elections

Topic: US presidential elections

India-US 2+2 talks tomorrow as both look to achieve ‘shared diplomatic & security objectives’

Washington and New Delhi are set to discuss India-China border standoff and sign a key defence pact a week before the US goes to vote.

China’s ‘aggressive behaviour’ should push like-minded countries to work together, says US

Ahead of the 2+2 ministerial meet in Delhi next week, the Trump administration says Quad is neither an alliance nor an exclusive grouping.

‘Look at India, it’s filthy, the air is filthy’ — Trump, once again, at presidential debate

Trump had made a similar remark during the first debate on 29 September when he said India, China and Russia contribute to global pollution.

Because of Kamala Harris, more Indian Americans are likely to vote in US polls, survey shows

The Kamala Harris effect is significant because a narrative is emerging that the Modi-Trump partnership will push Indian Americans to abandon the Democratic Party in droves.

Americans lose their appetite to travel during presidential elections. Here’s why

The fiscal uncertainty surrounding presidential elections cost some travel companies billions of dollars in lost revenues.

Trump’s Covid diagnosis ‘bracing reminder’ that US needs to take virus seriously, says Biden

Joe Biden’s team pulled all negative ads criticising Trump, while Biden said Americans need to take science seriously and do better in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic.

Who is Hope Hicks, from whom US President Trump & First Lady Melania contracted Covid

Hope Hicks' association with the Trump family goes back to 2012. Just a few days ago, she travelled with Donald Trump for the first presidential debate of 2020, held in Cleveland, Ohio.

Trump’s nasty fight with Biden risks pushing away his independent, moderate voters

Polls show Trump can’t win with his base alone, needs to reverse his fortunes at least around the margins with college-educated, suburban voters dismayed by his first term controversies.

‘No straight count’ on Covid, sends ‘dirt up into air’ — what Trump said about India in debate

During first presidential debate, US President Donald Trump bracketed India with China and Russia and said they don't give a ‘straight count’ of Covid deaths & contribute to climate crisis.

‘That was a shit show’ — CNN reporter breaks language rule after Trump-Biden debate

In response to CNN anchor Jake Tapper, who said the Trump-Biden debate didn't go down well, chief political correspondent Dana Bash made a comment that has now gone viral.

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Mamata’s ‘outside support’ push has many meanings. Does she want INDIA to pick TMC over Left?

TMC should worry about minority voters and how they view her ‘outside support’. Minorities are with the TMC but they have also watched Rahul Gandhi march across the country.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

Spain denies port call to vessel carrying shipment of ‘arms to Israel from India’

The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.