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Democrat nominee Kamala Harris has extended her lead over Republican Donald Trump in the race to win the November 5 US presidential election, according to various polls conducted after the September 10 televised debate between the two candidates.  Harris, widely perceived as having outperformed Trump in the debate, now leads her Republican rival 47% to 42% in a September 11-19 Reuters/Ipsos poll. According to the latest Economist/YouGov poll, the 59-year-old leads the White House race by four percentage points among registered US voters. This is reportedly the largest lead any presidential candidate has registered in any weekly Economist/YouGov poll in nearly a year, since US President Joe Biden led Trump by 45% to 40% in… Read More »Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump: Who Leads The Race To White House After Debate

Elon Musk’s X social media platform went back offline in Brazil Thursday, a day after it resumed service in contravention of a judicial ban, internet providers said. Brazil’s Supreme Court had earlier in the day ordered X to suspend access to the platform, finding the company had “unlawfully, persistently and intentionally” flouted judicial rulings and would risk a daily fine of more than $900,000 for non-compliance. The former Twitter was banned last month in Latin America’s largest nation, but access to the phone app returned Wednesday in what the government slammed as a deliberate violation of the suspension. X said the return of its service was “inadvertent and temporary.” On Thursday, the ABRINT association of… Read More »After Court Order, X Goes Offline Again In Brazil

The CBI on Thursday interrogated TMC youth leader Ashish Pandey, who is also a house staff at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in connection with the rape and murder of the doctor, an officer said. Mr Pandey was questioned for hours at the CBI’s CGO Complex office before he left late in the night, he said. “Pandey’s phone number was found in the call lists of several persons. He had checked in at a hotel in Salt Lake with a woman friend on the day the trainee doctor’s body was found. We are trying to ascertain his activities on that day,” the CBI officer said. The CBI also summoned the hotel authorities for details… Read More »CBI Interrogates Trinamool Congress Youth Leader In RG Kar Hospital Case

The CBI on Thursday interrogated TMC youth leader Ashish Pandey, who is also a house staff at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in connection with the rape and murder of the doctor, an officer said. Mr Pandey was questioned for hours at the CBI’s CGO Complex office before he left late in the night, he said. “Pandey’s phone number was found in the call lists of several persons. He had checked in at a hotel in Salt Lake with a woman friend on the day the trainee doctor’s body was found. We are trying to ascertain his activities on that day,” the CBI officer said. The CBI also summoned the hotel authorities for details… Read More »CBI Interrogates Trinamool Congress Youth Leader In RG Kar Hospital Case

Professor James Hegarty, an academic in Sanskrit and Indian Religions, who currently heads the School of History, Archaeology, and Religion at Cardiff University said that the West cannot confine India into a single narrative. Prof. Hegarty shared his journey with IANS and spoke on Indian religious studies, his academic interests, and how engaging with Sanskrit and Hinduism shaped his career and perspective on life. When asked about the characters that intrigued him the most, Prof. Hegarty spoke with admiration about Krishna: “The description of Krishna as both man and god is fascinating. He is a layered character, and the stories about him in the Mahabharata are compelling. I started studying Sanskrit for academic purposes, but… Read More »West Can’t Confine India Into One Narrative: UK Based Sanskrit Scholar