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Democratic National Convention: Chicago event to have President Biden, Obama, Hillary and Bill Clinton as speakers

News August 18, 2024 indica

The Democratic National Convention (DNC) will kick off Monday, August 19, in Chicago, one month after Republicans held their convention in Milwaukee. American President Joe Biden will speak on the first day of the convention during prime time, as he passes the torch to his deputy Kamala Harris.

Nearly 50,000 visitors are expected to attend the convention, including approximately 4,000 delegates. The theme of the convention is “For the People, For Our Future”. While the official schedule has not yet been released, DNC officials have confirmed that President Biden and FLOTUS Jill Biden will speak Monday.

VP Kamala Harris starts Presidential campaign with fiery speech against Trump

News July 22, 2024 indica

Hours after receiving endorsement from President Joe Biden, who stepped out of the Presidential race Sunday, July 21, Vice-President Kamala Harris kicked off her White House bid with a fiery speech, in which she attacked Donald Trump, the Republican Presidential nominee.

Harris said she is aware of “Donald Trump’s type” from dealing with cheats, fraudsters and abusers of women in her previous career as a public prosecutor.

‘Together, we will win’: Kamala Harris says after Biden quits Presidential race, endorses her for Democrat nomination

News July 21, 2024 indica

US Vice-President Kamala Harris said Sunday, July 21, that she was honoured to get President Joe Biden’s endorsement and said it was the intention to “earn and win” the nomination of the Democratic party to run for the President. Biden withdrew his bid to run for the White House amid growing pressure from fellow Democrats, who questioned his age and congitive ability to run the country for another four years.

Relinquishing his bid, the US President said he made the move in the “best interest” of his party and country. “Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year,” Biden said.

How did world leaders react to Joe Biden’s decision to quit Presidential race?

News July 21, 2024 indica

Leaders from around the world have reacted to President Joe Biden’s announcement that he would not seek re-election this year, endorsing Vice-President Kamala Harris to run in the race for the White House, media reports said.

US allies largely offered tributes to Biden’s work over decades of government service, discussing his work as a partner in international security, without addressing the tense political debate still unfolding in the country, The Guardian reported.

Biden completes fourth dose of Paxlovid, COVID-19 symptoms have “improved meaningfully”, says President’s physician

News July 19, 2024 indica

US President Joe Biden, who tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, has completed his fourth dose of Paxlovid, his physician said Friday, July 19.

Biden continues to face primary symptoms like a loose, non-productive cough and hoarseness. However, his symptoms have “improved meaningfully” since Thursday, Biden’s doctor Kevin C O’Connor stated.

Covid-19 infection adds to President Biden’s re-election woes

News July 17, 2024 indica

President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 as his bid for re-election faced fresh opposition from within his own Democratic party.

“Earlier today following his first event in Las Vegas, President Biden tested positive for Covid-19,” Karine Jean Pierre, the White House Press Secretary said in a statement Wednesday, July 17.

“In America, we resolve differences at ballot box, not with bullets”: Biden says at Oval Office after assassination attempt on Trump

News July 14, 2024 indica

Following the assassination attempt on former POTUS Donald Trump, US President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Sunday, stating that violence cannot be normalized at any cost. Biden also said that differences in America are “resolved at ballot boxes, not with bullets”.

“We debate and disagree, we compare and contrast the character of the candidates, the records, the issues, the agenda, the vision for America. But in America, we resolve our differences at the ballot box, that’s how we do it, at the ballot box, not with bullets,” Biden said.

President Biden is willing to undergo neurological exam if doctors recommend

News July 11, 2024 indica

Amid the mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to end his re-election campaign, US President Joe Biden has indicated willingness to undergo a neurological exam to address concerns about his mental fitness for office, but only if his doctors recommend it, CNN reported.

“I am not opposed. If my doctors tell me I should have another neurological exam, I’ll do it,” he said at a solo news conference Thursday at the conclusion of the NATO Summit.

Donald Trump calls for ‘no holds barred’ debate as President Biden tries to undo damage from the first

News July 5, 2024 indica

Donald Trump, the former President and presumptive Republican nominee, has called for a “no holds barred” debate with President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, as the latter sits down for a widely anticipated interview he is doing to allay concerns about his health and ability to serve another four years, following an underwhelming performance in the first debate last week.

“I have the answer to the Crooked Joe Biden Incompetence Puzzle”, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

Indian-origin Kamala Harris emerges top contender for Biden’s White House ticket if he quits

News July 3, 2024 indica

Kamala Harris, the Indian American Vice President, is emerging as a leading choice for Democrats to take over from President Joe Biden should he step aside, bowing to growing calls from within the party, following his disastrous performance in the first presidential debate of the 2024 cycle last week.

A new poll shows she is within striking distance of former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, in a head-to-head matchup.

Biden, Trump square off in first presidential debate, trade insults

News June 27, 2024 indica

President Biden and former POTUS Donald Trump locked horns in the first presidential debate on Thursday night. The 90-minute affair saw the two share their take on the economy, abortion, the Middle East, the Jan. 6 attack, Trump’s recent criminal conviction and more.

The debate was hosted by CNN in Atlanta. Anchors Dana Bash and Jake Tapper served as moderators. The show, which did not allow any studio audience, used high-tech microphones. These microphones allowed the speakers to know when it was their time to speak by turning on a green light. Similarly, the microphone was turned off when it was not the candidate’s turn to speak.

Days after Biden’s announcement, Trump woos voters with Green Card promise

News June 21, 2024 indica

Just days after President Biden announced that undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens residing in the country for at least a decade can apply for expedited citizenship, a move that is likely to benefit the Indian diaspora, ex-POTUS Donald Trump — presumptive Republican presidential nominee for the upcoming elections in November — has stated that if re-elected, his administration will pursue a program to automatically grant Green Cards to foreign students upon graduation from American colleges and universities.

Students from India, the second-largest source country for foreign students, could be among the largest beneficiaries, if Trump is re-elected and implements this policy. Together with students from China, the top source country, they account for 53 percent of all foreign students enrolled in 2023.

NSA Jake Sullivan to visit India Monday for iCET initiative, meet PM Modi

News June 16, 2024 indica

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will be in India for the second meeting of the initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) Monday, June 17. This is the first trip to India by a senior American official after the Narendra Modi-led government came to power for the third consecutive term.

Sullivan was scheduled to visit New Delhi earlier in February, but the annual review meeting was rescheduled for June 17-18 due to other pressing commitments in the US.

Modi Meets Biden, other global leaders at G7 Outreach Session

News June 14, 2024 indica

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with several world leaders, including President Joe Biden, after the conclusion of the G7 Summit’s Outreach Session in Italy’s Borgo Egnazia Friday, June 14.

“It’s always a pleasure to meet POTUS Joe Biden. India and the USA will keep working together to further global good,” Modi posted on X along with pictures of his meeting with the US President.

UPDATE: Biden takes Texas; Sanders leads in California count

News March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 indica

indica News Bureau- Former Vice President Joe Biden wins Texas, while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-described Democratic Socialist and independent, leads in early results in delegate-rich California in Super Tuesday Democratic primaries, according to projections by news organizations. California with 415 delegates, and Texas, 228 delegates, were states with the top two delegate counts […]

Biden scores big win in South Carolina primary

News February 29, 2020 indica

Arul Louis- Former US Vice President Joe Biden has scored a runaway victory in the Democratic primary in South Carolina for the party’s presidential nomination resetting his campaign after bad losses in three states. “We are very much alive,” Biden told his supporters on Saturday night after TV networks declared him the winner based on […]