Friday, 27 May, 2022
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Topic: US Senate

In historic first, US Senate unanimously passes bill to make lynching a hate crime

Tenzin Zompa -
The 'Emmett Till Antilynching Act' now awaits the final approval from President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

US Senate confirms Indian-American Seema Nanda as solicitor for labour department

PTI -
Nanda also served in the Labour department under the Obama Administration and her office now will play a central role in fighting Covid, climate change and other legal challenges.

Trump’s ‘pardon’ to Crown Prince, and ‘Wild West’ of grades in the UK

Pia Krishnankutty -
The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

First Georgia win leaves Democrats’ Senate bid hanging in the balance

Mark Niquette -
To secure a narrow majority, Democrats need to win both Senate seats, which would split the chamber 50-50 between the 2 caucuses, with VP-elect Kamala Harris casting tie-breaking votes.

What is a runoff election and how the two Georgia races will impact US Senate

Unnati Sharma -
Georgia runoffs will determine whether Democrats or Republicans gain control of the US Senate, which has 100 members elected for a six-year-term.

US should partner with allies in Europe to counter China, senators say

Daniel Flatley -
A US Senate Foreign Relations Committee report said neither the US nor Europe can respond to the challenge created by China alone and the only way forward is to work together.

More Black women ran for Congress in 2020 than ever before, but they still lost ground

Sharon Austin -
In some of the 2020 congressional races, Black women ran against each other – a sign of their strong participation.

Who invented the electoral college in US — the question everyone is asking

Phillip J VanFossen -
In the summer of 1787, the US Constitutional Convention had a big task — deciding how to pick the leader of the United States.

Amazon’s Bezos, Facebook’s Zuckerberg gain billions amid tight Biden-Trump election race

Sophie Alexander -
Across the board, 167 US billionaires gained $57.4 billion Wednesday as investors bid up stocks, capping four years of robust gains for the America’s wealthiest people.

Niraj Antani becomes first Indian-American to be elected to Ohio state Senate

PTI -
Antani, currently the State Representative, defeated Mark Fogel of the Democratic Party on Tuesday and was elected as the state Senator for the Ohio Senate's 6th District.
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Western reading of Shivalingam as phallic symbol is incorrect. For Hindus, Shiva is formless

Avatans Kumar -
For Europeans, shivalingam wasn’t just unique—it was an obscene, morally outrageous superstition. Such misrepresentation stems from the cult of phallic worship.
Illustration by Soham Sen | ThePrint

Indian women in police shouldn’t be restricted to ‘pink squads’. Put uniforms to better use

Gyanvapi Illustration by Manisha Yadav

Here’s the case for restoration of desecrated Hindu temples—and why it loses the debate

Economy

Gautam Adani’s food venture Adani Wilmar is best-performing IPO in Asia

Filipe Pacheco -
The food company has almost tripled since its debut and outperformed 121 Asian initial public offerings worth over $100 million this year.

Defence

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Army accuses Pakistan of ‘deceit under garb of LoC ceasefire’ as infiltration bid is foiled

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Three terrorists were killed Thursday while they were attempting an infiltration into J&K's Keran sector from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

National Interest

Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation

Shekhar Gupta -
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.

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