Tag: US elections
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IN PICTURES: India celebrates Kamala Harris’ win
Kamala Harris has made history as the first female, first black, and first Asian-American US vice-president-elect, and Indians are overjoyed. According to reports, people at Kamala’s ancestral village in southern India, celebrated her victory by bursting crackers, distributing sweets, and offering prayers of gratitude. People hailed her achievement as historic and a “proud moment” for…
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PML-N leader calls Imran Khan ‘Trump junior’
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader Ahsan Iqbal has likened Prime Minister Imran Khan to US President Donald Trump, saying like Trump, Imran was also a “polarising figure” in the politics. In a tweet, Iqbal said it’s time to get rid of Imran Khan, whose politics is based on “hate” like his American counterpart. “Pakistan…
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Trump Jr shares map showing occupied Kashmir as part of Pakistan
The youngest son of the American president, Donald Trump Jr, has shared a world map that showed Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) as Pakistani territory. While the red areas on the map depicted Trump supporters from all around the world, the tweet went viral for other reasons. Trump Jr made more than one critical error in…
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Biden wins California, Trump wins Florida; race close in other battlegrounds
US President Donald Trump has defeated Democratic rival Joe Biden in the vital battleground state of Florida on Tuesday, while other competitive swing states that will help decide the election, including North Carolina, remained up in the air. Florida was widely seen as a must-win state for Trump in his quest for the 270 Electoral…
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It’s here: What to watch on Election Day in US
The US Election Day is finally here. Or at least what is still called Election Day, since nearly 100 million Americans had already cast ballots by Tuesday. That’s the result of an election system that has been reshaped by the worst pandemic in a century, prompting many voters to take advantage of advance voting rather…
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Village in India prays for success of Indian descent Kamala Harris
US vice presidential candidate for the democratic party, Kamala Harris, who is the first US senator of South Asian descent, came from a small south Indian village near the city of Chennai, called Thulasendrapuram. The residents of the village have taken pride in the fact that a person whose family originally hailed from their village will…