Monday, May 16, 2022
Oct 03, 2021 Associated Press (AP) The protests, smaller than those in support of Bolsonaro last Sept. 7, were promoted by leftist parties and some union movements linked to the former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's Worker´s Party.
Feb 15, 2021 Associated Press (AP) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has asked retired Army General to lead an immediate review of the Capitol's security process after Trump was acquitted in second impeachment trial
Senators appeared close to resolving the impeachment trial but that process may be at least temporarily slowed.
Feb 12, 2021 Associated Press (AP) President Joe Biden said he believed 'some minds may be changed' after senators saw chilling security video Wednesday of the deadly insurrection at the Capitol
Trump lost the elections to Joe Biden, who was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on January 20.
Trump's lawyers say the trial should not be held at all because the former president is now a private citizen.
In an early test of the former president's defence, Trump's team lost a crucial bid to halt the trial on constitutional grounds.
The Senate is set to launch the impeachment trial on Tuesday to consider the charge that Trump provoked a mob to storm the Capitol.
Trump is the first US president facing an impeachment trial after he left the presidency.
House Democrats will carry the sole impeachment charge of 'incitement of insurrection' across the Capitol
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday
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Even though the trial won't happen until Trump is already out of office, it could still have the effect of preventing him from running for president again.
'We are bringing in thousands of National Guard members to secure the city and ensure that a transition can occur safely and without incident,' Donald Trump said in an Oval Office video
The House is expected to consider an article of impeachment against Trump today, opening the possibility of Trump becoming the only president in US history to be impeached twice.
Democrats are set to begin debate on Wednesday on a single impeachment charge, 'incitement of insurrection'
According to CNN, some of those conversations happened in recent weeks, and Trump has asked about the legal and political consequences of a self-pardon.
The Republican-majority Senate voted 52-48 to acquit him of abuse of power and 53-47 to acquit him of obstruction of Congress.
Trump is charged with abuse of office and obstruction of Congress but Democrats, who led the three-month House investigation, are threatening to delay sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate until they are reassured the process will be fair.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Jan 15, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Jan 08, 2022 Rakhi Bose 
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
Jan 01, 2022 Saikat Majumdar 
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.
Dec 28, 2021 Tanvir Aeijaz 
