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As many as 58 new COVID-19 trials involving Ayurveda intervention were registered from March 1 to June 25 in the Clinical Trial Registry of India, highlighting the emerging nationwide trend of evidence-based studies in Ayush disciplines, the AYUSH ministry said on Wednesday. News reports in...
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The Muslim community in Ayodhya on Wednesday appeared to accept the Central Bureua of Investigation court verdict in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition conspiracy case in interest of peace in society, hoping that Mathura and Kashi issues will not be raked up after it. Some of...
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An academic from Newnham College at the University of Cambridge, Dr Manali Desai, has made history as the first woman of Indian heritage to take over as the Head of the Sociology Department of the prestigious United Kingdom varsity in its over 800-year history.Desai, a Reader in Comparative and...
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ISRO is scheduled to launch its Venus mission in 2025 and France will participate in it, French space agency CNES said on Wednesday. The VIRAL (Venus Infrared Atmospheric Gases Linker) instrument co-developed with the Russian federal space agency Roscosmos and the LATMOS atmospheres,...
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In a scathing attack on the Yogi Adityanath dispensation in Uttar Pradesh over the Hathras gangrape incident, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said the victim was killed by a ruthless government, its administration and its ignorance. The 19-year-old Dalit woman, who died...
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The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the Union home secretary over rights organisation Amnesty International winding up its operations in the country after alleging witch-hunt by the government, officials said on Wednesday. According to media reports, after the complete...
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said on Wednesday that it has ordered 72,000 vials of the Remdesivir injection for the treatment of critical COVID-19 patients.The city witnessed a single-day highest spike of 2,654 coronavirus cases during the day.It has received the first batch of...
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Calling for exercising patience over the Hathras gang-rape incident, Bharatiya Janatav Party general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday said under the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, a vehicle canoverturn anytime.A 19-year-old Dalit woman was raped in a village in Hathras by...
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Maharashtra legislative assembly on a plea filed by Arnab Goswami, editor-in-chief of Republic TV, challenging a breach of privilege motion moved against him in the House.After issuing the notice, a bench, headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde,...
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India and China on Wednesday held another round of diplomatic dialogue on the border standoff in eastern Ladakh, and emphasised the need to implement the decisions arrived at the last round of military talks to avoid misunderstandings and maintain stability on the ground. After the...
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Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday directed the state home department to withdraw cases registered against protesters last year for opposing felling of trees for a proposed metro car shed inAarey Colony, a prime green lung of the city.The decision was taken at the state...
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday said he has pledged to donate his organs. Bachchan, 77, took to Instagram and posted a picture from the sets of his game show Kaun Banega Crorepati with a green ribbon to mark the gesture. The distinction of the wear of the green...
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The government has said cinema halls, multiplexes, exhibition halls and entertainment parks will be allowed to open with up to 50 per cent of their seating capacity from October 15.Announcing the guidelines for Unlock 5, the government said that schools and colleges will be allowed to reopen from...
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The Maharashtra government on Wednesday extended coronavirus-induced lockdown till October 31, but also said that hotels, restaurants and bars will be allowed to operate from October 5 with restricted capacity.All the trains originating and ending the journey within the state will be restarted...
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The National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government and the state's police chief in connection with the gang rape of a 19-year-old Dalit women in Hathras district, officials said on Wednesday. The woman, who was battling for her life after the assault,...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday sought to scotch speculation about differences with Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party, asserting that all the three National Democratic Alliance partners will fight Bihar assembly polls together. After a long meeting of party...
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Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shyam Singh Rana on Wednesday quit the party over the recently enacted agriculture laws. The former MLA from Radaur in Yamunanagar district submitted his resignation to state BJP chief Om Prakash Dhankar.Rana, who was chief parliamentary secretary in...
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Domestic auto major Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd on Wednesday said it has raised Rs 1.11 crore from online auctioning of the first unit of the all-new version of SUV Thar, which is set to be launched on October 2. Mahindra has matched the amount raised at the auction and the total proceeds of...
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The country received above normal monsoon during the four-month rainfall season, recording the second highest precipitation in the last 30 years, the India Meteorological Department said on Wednesday. The country received 109 per cent rainfall of the Long Period Average with three of four...
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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday spoke to the father of a 19-year-old woman, who died two weeks after she was gang-raped in Hathras, and assured him of stringent action against all the accused, a senior official said here. The CM has spoken to the father of...
18:14
India and China have agreed to continue close consultations at diplomatic and military level. They agreed that the next (7th) round of meeting of Senior Commanders should be held at an early date so that both sides can work towards early and complete disengagement of the troops, the two countries...
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People who have had a bout of seasonal or common cold in the past may get some protection from Covid-19, according to a study which suggests that immunity to the disease is likely to last a long time -- maybe even a lifetime. The study, published in the journal mBio, is the first to show...
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The central public sector enterprises (PSEs) have got back to 90 per cent of their production capacity, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday, while releasing a compendium on the contribution of the PSEs amidst Covid-19.The central public sector enterprises are the pride of India as...
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Senior lawyer and member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board Zafaryab Jilani on Wednesday said the verdict of a special court acquitting all the 32 accused in the Babri mosque demolition case would be challenged in the high court. There were hundreds of statements by the witnesses and...
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The powerful explosion that occured in Paris on Wednesday was caused by a fighter jet crossing the sound barrier, Sputnik reported.Informing about the source of the explosion, the prefecture said in a tweet, A very loud sound was heard in Paris and the Paris region. There was no explosion, this...
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The Congress on Wednesday said a special CBI court's decision to acquit all the accused in the Babri Masjid case runs counter to constitutional spirit and the 2019 Supreme Court judgement that described the demolition of the structure as an egregious violation of the rule of law. Congress'...
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The Delhi government will work with Pusa Research Institute from October 5 to make an agri mix using a technique developed by it to reduce the need for stubble-burning in farms, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Wednesday. In an online briefing, he said that the work on creating the agri mix...
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The Shiv Sena on Wednesday questioned the silence of dalit leaders and social media 'activists' on the gang-rape and brutal murder of a woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras. Speaking to reporters, Sena MP Sanjay Raut questioned the hue and cry generated by certain sections over the demolition of a...
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Former Maharashtra CM and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis appointed party's Bihar in-charge, ahead of Bihar Legislative Assembly elections. Fadnavis has been roped in by the party leadership for the poll preparedness and attended a Bihar core committee meeting through...
16:07
Serena Williams, the 23-time major champion, hands Tsvetana Pironkova, a walkover into the third round. The American Grand Slam champion cited an Achilles injury.
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Virtual meeting on Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination between India and China underway.
15:52
The media and entertainment (M&E) sector should recover from its current levels and post a 33 per cent growth in FY22 (following a contraction of 20 per cent in FY21), which still implies a loss of around two years of growth, KPMG in India said in its latest report here on Wednesday.KPMG in...
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Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said that he has recovered from COVID-19. I am very happy to tell all of you that on the strength of all your blessings and good wishes, I have recovered from Corona. Thank you for your affection, Gadkari tweeted.The...
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The CBI will decide on filing an appeal against the special court verdict acquitting all 32 accused in the Babri Masjid demolition case after consulting the legal department, its counsel said on Wednesday. After a copy of today's verdict is received, it would be sent to the CBI headquarters...
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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, who has tested positive for Covid-19, on Wednesday thanked the vice president of Maldives for his message wishing him speedy recovery, and said he appreciates his spontaneous response and sincere concern. Responding to a message from Vice President Faisal...
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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said the Babri masjid demolition case lost its relevance after the supreme court settled the Ram Janmabhoomi title suit in 2019. Speaking about the special CBI court's verdict to acquit all accused in the Babri case, Raut told reporters the case in the...
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Congress and Bhim Army workers held demonstrations in Lucknow and Hathras over the gang-rape of a 19-year-old Dalit woman a fortnight ago, and demanded stern punishment for the culprits. The woman died in a Delhi hospital on Tuesday and was cremated in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras in the early hours...
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Iqbal Ansari, the main litigant in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute, welcomed a special CBI court's decision acquitting all the accused in the mosque demolition case on Wednesday and appealed to all Muslims to honour it. It is good that all have been acquitted. Whatever had to...
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The government has extended the deadline for filing GST annual return and audit report for 2018-19 fiscal year by a month till October 31. After obtaining due clearances from the Election Commission in view of the Model Code of Conduct, Government has extended due date for furnishing Annual...
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The Maharashtra government is seriously considering the resumption of normal local train services in Mumbai by October 15, Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana said on Wednesday quoting state minister Aaditya Thackeray. According to the Sena publication, Thackeray, who is the environment and...
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The Mumbai police have issued summons to filmmaker Anurag Kashyap in connection with a rape case filed against him by actress Payal Ghosh, an official said on Wednesday. Kashyap has been asked to appear before the Versova police on Thursday for further probe into the case registered...
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BJP stalwart LK Advani, acquitted of conspiracy charges in the 1992 Babri mosque demolition, said today that the judgment vindicated his and the BJP's belief and commitment towards the Ram temple movement. He also said he had chanted Jai Shri Ram after the verdict, describing it as a moment...
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The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to postpone UPSC civil services preliminary exam, to be held on October 4, because of COVID-19 pandemic and floods in several parts of the country. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar, B R Gavai and Krishna Murari asked the Centre to...
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BJP senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi reacts to the Babri Masjid demolition verdict which acquitted him and all the 31 other accused in the case. It's a historic decision by the court. This proves that no conspiracy was hatched for December 6 incident in Ayodhya. Our program and rallies were not...
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Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad arrives at the residence of senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani who, along with 31 other accused, was acquitted in the Babri Masjid demolition case by the Special CBI Court in Lucknow today.
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Update: The Babri mosque demolition was not planned, Judge SK Yadav, said while announcing the verdict at the Special CBI court in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. All 32 accused including BJP leaders LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti, have been acquitted. The court observed: Babri mosque...
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All 32 accused in Babri Masjid demolition case acquitted by Special CBI Court in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Accused Sadhvi Ritambhara, Sakshi Maharaj, Vinay Katiyar and Champat Rai Bansal are in court. Three key accused BJP leaders have skipped court, and are attending hearing through...
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Kalyan Singh, Uma Bharti, Satish Pradhan and Mahant Nritya Gopal Das attend proceedings via video conferencing, as court is set to announce verdict in Babri Masjid demolition case.
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CBI judge Surendra Kumar Yadav has begun reading the 2,000-page order in 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case with accused Sadhvi Ritambhara, Sakshi Maharaj, Vinay Katiyar and Champat Rai Bansal in court. Three key accused BJP leaders have skipped hearing, and are likely to attend it through...
12:16
The Supreme Court had extended the tenure of Allahabad trial court judge SK Yadav, directing him to complete the trial and deliver the verdict in Babri Masjid demolition case. The 60-year-old judge was to retire in 2019, but he has been given extensions by the top court to hear the high- profile...
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The Delhi Police Wednesday said they will keep a strict vigil in the national capital in view of the judgement in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case which is slated to be announced during the day. We will keep a watch on the security aspect across the city, a senior police officer said. The...
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Total six accused including Advani, Joshi and Uma Bharti will not appear physically in the court for the hearing today. They may appear through video-conferencing though to hear the verdict. They will also give undertakings before the special judge to abide with every order of the...
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As the special CBI court readies to deliver verdict in 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case, three key accused BJP leaders will skip hearing. While Uma Bharti has tested positive for coronavirus, LK Adavni and Murli Manohar Joshi have excused themselves on grounds of health and age.Shiv Sena...
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A special court in Lucknow will today announce the verdict in the 28-year-old case involving the demolition of Babri Masjid, which stood at the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya. BJP's founder-members LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi are accused in the 1992 demolition that had cost...
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Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath forms a three-member SIT to investigate the Hathras gangrape incident. The CM has ordered that the SIT submit its report within 7 days. Yogi Adityanath has also directed for the trial of the case in a fast-track court.Meanwhile, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi...
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Protests against the Farm Laws at India Gate yesterday
Reacting to the recent farm laws enacted by the Centre, Maharashtra Cooperation Minister Balasaheb Patil on Tuesday said the State government will take decisions that are in favour of farmers.Addressing the media here Patil said, The way Centre has the right to make laws same way State can also...
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Relatives of the victim mourn her death. Pic: ANI
NDTV reports: The 20-year-old woman, who died on Tuesday in Delhi two weeks after she was gang-raped and tortured in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, was cremated by policemen last night, allegedly as her family and relatives were locked up in their homes. A disturbing sequence of events...
09:34
Kangana Ranaut shares this throwback picture of her sartorial tastes. When I was a little girl I decorated myself with pearls, cut my own hair, wore thigh high socks and heels. People laughed at me. From being a village clown to attending front rows of London, Paris, New York Fashion weeks I...
09:24
India's Covid-19 tally crosses the 62-lakh mark with a spike of 80,472 new cases and 1,179 deaths reported in last 24 hours. Total case tally stands at 62,25,764 including 9,40,441 active cases, 51,87,826 cured/discharged/migrated and 97,497 deaths: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.US...
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US-based private equity firm General Atlantic will invest Rs 3,675 crore for a 0.84 per cent stake in Reliance Retail, the Indian firm said on Wednesday. This investment values Reliance Retail at a pre-money equity value of Rs 4.285 lakh crore. General Atlantic's investment will translate...
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A special CBI court will today deliver its verdict in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case involving 32 accused, including BJP veterans LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti and Vinay Katiyar after 27 years.But none of the four high-profile accused will be present in court. Advani, 92,...
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And with that the first US presidential debate has come to an end.
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The final portion is on election integrity, and Biden focused his answer on encouraging Americans to vote. Biden referenced Trumps attacks on voting by mail, which the president has claimed (without evidence) will be vulnerable to widespread fraud. Biden noted Trump himself has voted by...
08:03
The debate has shifted toward climate change, with moderator Chris Wallace asking the two candidates about the recent devastating wildfires along the west coast.Trump echoed past comments blaming the fires on poor forest management, even though climate experts say the fires are primarily driven...
07:53
Making a general pitch for his candidacy, Biden argued the country had become weaker, sicker and more divided since Trump took office.Biden also described the US president as Putins puppy, echoing a similar line from Hillary Clinton four years ago.
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Can't handle the interruptions between candidates? Neither can the moderator.After about an hour of debate -- featuring bickering, cross-talk and insults between candidates -- Chris Wallace pleaded with Trump and Biden to rein it in, breaking into a brief shout in the process.Gentleman! I...
07:44
Biden called on Trump to denounce white supremacist violence, weeks after two anti-racist protesters were shot and killed in Kenosha, Wisconsin.Trump responded by telling the far-right group Proud Boys to stand back and stand by.
07:29
Trump was pressed on the New York Times story about his tax returns, which showed he paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017.The US president claimed he had paid millions' in income taxes. Biden responded by repeatedly pressing Trump to release his tax returns, and the...
07:26
This has to be spoke of.. During the debate, Trump mocks Biden for wearing a mask. More than 200,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 and US President Trump is still casting doubt about the effectiveness of wearing a mask -- and mocking Democratic nominee Joe Biden for doing so himself.I...
07:21
After going at each other over the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the two candidates are now debating over the economy. Obviously, the topic rounds off on Trump's taxes.Chris Wallace asks Trump directly: Is it true that you paid $750 in federal income taxes those two years.Trump...
07:16
Believe it or not, Joe Biden is leading slightly in speaking time with more than 13 minutes.After the first half hour of a contentious debate, Biden has spoken for 13.10 minutes, while US President Donald Trump has spoken to 12.52 minute
07:06
After Biden criticised Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic, the US president replied by insulting his opponent's intelligence.There's nothing smart about you, Joe,' Trump said.
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Trump once again tried to equate the coronavirus pandemic to the 2009 swine flu pandemic, accusing the Obama administration of mishandling the response to that pandemic.Biden replied by noting the death toll from swing flu was about 14,000, while more than 200,000 Americans...
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So far the debate has been pretty rough around the edges, with Trump, Biden and Wallace often taking turns to talk over each other. Trump is behaving like a child. Biden, however, cannot let him continue controlling this debate. He needs to make HIS case, despite Trump's antics.--...
06:57
The debate has shifted to coronavirus after a largely unproductive segment on the supreme court that was defined by crosstalk and insults.Biden criticised Trumps response to the coronavirus pandemic, noting the country is still recording roughly 40,000 new cases a day.Referencing Trumps comments...
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It seems Donald Trump is getting under Biden's skin. He told the US president, JUST SHUT UP, MAN.
06:49
Biden takes issue with Amy Coney Barretts past writings about the Affordable Care Act, but he avoided launching any personal attacks against the supreme court nominee.Im not opposed to the justice. She seems like a very fine person, Biden said.Trump justified advancing the nomination of Barrett...
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The first question of the night goes to Trump, and moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News asked about the supreme court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.Wallace noted Republicans have been criticized for trying to get Barrett confirmed before the election.Trump justified advancing the nomination by...
06:36
Here we go!US President Donald Trump and former US vice president Joe Biden go up against one another in Cleveland, Ohio, for their first face-off of this election cycle.The Supreme Court, coronavirus, the economy, race and violence, their records and the integrity of the election will be...
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Trump family members, including Ivanka Trump, and Jill Biden have now taken their seats in the Samson Pavilion, with the first question just moments away. Image: Ivanka Trump at the US presidential debate. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images
06:24
The host of the US presidential debate is Chris Wallace, and the 72-year-old is not just any Fox News anchor. He's made a name for himself for being precisely not the Trump-cheerleader that some of his other high-profile colleagues are often accused of being.Instead, he's seen as a...
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There will be no handshake, but venom to spare when US President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden meet in Cleveland for the first of three televised debates that could shake up an already volatile race for the White House.Covid-19 restrictions will give the debate moderated by Fox News star...
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Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the Hathras gangrape incident, the Congress on Tuesday questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and women leaders of his party and alleged that Uttar Pradesh under the Yogi Adityanath government has become the country's crime...