Day: November 7, 2020

Will get COVID-19 under control by listening to experts: Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris: The inspiring story of many firsts

11:58 pm November 7, 2020

Washington: Known as the “female Obama”, first time Senator Kamala Devi Harris has scripted history by becoming first woman, Black and Indian-American vice president of the United States. Harris was picked by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as his running mate in August, months after she suspended her own presidential dreams, saying she lacked the financial resources to continue her campaign. A fierce critic-turned ally of her […]

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Air bag fragments kill Volvo driver, touching off recall

11:54 pm November 7, 2020

Detroit: Metal fragments from an exploding airbag inflator killed the driver of an older Volvo, touching off a U.S. recall of up to 54,000 cars, regulators said Saturday. The inflator was made by auto parts supplier ZF/TRW, but U.S. government documents show the devices perform similarly to deadly inflators made by Takata. The U.S. National […]

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Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Trump rages at ‘bad things’ in counting rooms, claims he ‘won this election by a lot’

11:50 pm November 7, 2020

Washington: Donald Trump on Saturday declared himself as the winner of the November 3 presidential election, even as major American media outlets projected his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, as next president of the United States. “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!” tweeted Trump as major American media outlets declared that he has lost the […]

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Joe Biden administration promises focus on environmental justice

Joe Biden: From being one of the youngest Senators to oldest president

11:45 pm November 7, 2020

Washington: Third time lucky is an apt phrase to describe the remarkable rise of Joe Biden, a veteran in US politics for around five decades, from being one of the youngest senators in history to the oldest American president. The 77-year-old six-term Democratic senator, who triumphed over incumbent Republican President Donald Trump in Tuesday’s presidential election, ran twice unsuccessfully for president – in 1988 and […]

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Joe Biden elected US President; Kamala Harris becomes vice-president-elect

11:41 pm November 7, 2020

Washington: Democrat Joe Biden on Saturday defeated incumbent Republican US President Donald Trump in the closely-fought presidential election, according to American media projections. The 77-year-old former US vice president will become the 46th president of the United States, CNN reported, after a victory in Pennsylvania, the state where he was born put him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win. With Pennsylvania’s […]

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