NOVEMBER 12, 2020
The awards were given out by Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Minister of State Rattan Lal Kataria.
In 2019, the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board received the ‘Best Swachh Iconic Place’ award under the Centre’s Swachh Bharat Mission. (File)
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has bagged the first prize for water conservation management in the...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Pets miss the outdoors as much as we do and there’s no doubt about it. They need constant attention and care that makes them feel important. They also miss their evening stroll, meeting their friends from the neighborhood and witnessing the outside world on their daily walks. There are several challenges that pets might face while being...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
In a new interview with 60 Minutes, former President Barack Obama is commenting on President Donald Trump's unfounded claims of voter fraud.
"They appear to be motivated, in part, because the president doesn't like to lose and never admits loss," Mr. Obama told Scott Pelley in a clip from the interview that aired on "CBS Evening News."
Moreover, the...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del., on Nov. 10. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
President-elect Joe Biden began fielding congratulatory phone calls from world leaders this week.
The conversations, traditional courtesies after U.S. elections, have been complicated by an overarching factor: President Trump’s refusal to concede.
In a break from tradition, the State Department has not provided a secure government line or...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
Outdoor diners in New York City. - Michael loccisano
If you were to find yourself in a group of ten people in the US capital Washington today, the risk that one person has Covid-19 would be 18 percent. The equivalent figure in Paris is 32 percent.
That's according to a dashboard developed by a team of US scientists that...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
The Trump campaign promised evidence of misconduct in Detroit, but the affidavits filed turned out to be largely a grab bag of complaints by Republican poll watchers. - Brittany Greeson/NY Times
Almost from the moment the election ended, President Trump and his allies have relentlessly attacked the integrity of both the voting and vote counting, a narrative they...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
US President Donald Trump arrives to speak during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020. - MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump is refusing to concede the 2020 election to President-elect Joe Biden, but once Trump moves to the acceptance stage of his defeat, the urgent...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
A view of the White House as President Trump continues to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election Nov. 10 in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
When the dust settles, President-elect Joe Biden’s margin of victory in the 2020 election will exceed Ronald Reagan’s defeat of Jimmy Carter in 1980 and may surpass Barack Obama’s margin in 2012....
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden spoke Thursday morning with Pope Francis, adding to the list of world leaders who have acknowledged the incoming administration.
The call between Biden and the pope comes as the Trump campaign questions the integrity of the presidential election with a series of legal actions across battleground states.
Biden will become the second Roman...
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
President Trump turns away in the rain after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday. Media covering him this week are struggling with how to warn about worst-case outcomes without giving unwarranted credence to pathetic, last-gasp flailings. - Carlos Barria/Reuters
President Trump lost. The nation knows it. The world...
