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How did different demographics vote?

The Presidential Election saw a huge voter turnout in decades even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the country. The voter turnout rate (estimated) was around 66.4%, the highest since 1990 and much higher than that recorded in 2016 (60.1%). In fact, Biden received more than 75 million votes,...

How did the swing states vote?

Swing or battleground states in the United States election refer to highly competitive states which historically “swing” between voting for different political parties in presidential elections. Out of the 50 states in the US, 38 vote consistently for the same party (2000-2016). In the United States unlike other countries where...

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PM Modi to inaugurate multi-storeyed flats for MPs

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the multi-storeyed flats for Members of Parliament on Monday at 11 am via video conferencing. The Speaker of Lok Sabha Om Birla will also be present on the occasion. According to an official release, these flats are located at Dr B.D. Marg...

Kerala clears 5-year jail for offensive social media posts

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday clarified that the new amendment made to the Kerala Police Act “will in no way be used to curtail free speech or impartial journalism”. His comments came a day after Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan signed the Police Amendment Act ordinance. As per...

India’s Covid final trials may end in 2 months: Health Minister

NEW DELHI: Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said India’s own Covid-19 vaccine candidate could complete its final trials in a month or two. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and privately-held Bharat Biotech this month started third-stage trials of COVAXIN, in a process that would involve 26,000...

IAS couple, Tina Dabi and Athar Amir, files for divorce

Jaipur: Well-known civil servant couple Tina Dabi, topper of UPSC civil service examination in 2015, and Athar Amir, a UPSC topper from Kashmir, recently filed for divorce in Jaipur. The two, who married in 2018, are officers of the Rajasthan cadre. The duo had earlier said that they had fallen...

Marriage between first cousins illegal: Punjab & Haryana HC

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that marriage between first cousins is illegal. The court said that marriage which the petitioner (man) wants to perform with a girl, who is his first cousin, was also per se illegal. “The submission in the present petition that as and...

Contempt proceedings against Kunal Kamra allowed

New Delhi: Attorney General K.K. Venugopal on Friday gave consent for contempt proceedings against comedian Kunal Kamra for his 18 November tweet, saying it was “grossly vulgar and obnoxious” and tended to lower the authority of the Supreme Court. The top law officer last week allowed contempt proceedings against Kamra...