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Amit Shah on Friday flagged off BJP's Parivartan Yatra in Jharkhand ahead of the assembly elections. The party will launch six yatras from six regions of the state which will culminate on October 2 in Ranchi, when the party will organise a rally. These yatras will cover all the 81 assembly segments in 24 districts. Several national and state level leaders will participate in the different phases of the yatra. Speaking at a public meeting in Sahibganj, Shah attacked the Hemant Soren government over corruption and appealed to the people of Jharkhand to vote for the BJP. «The change is not just about bringing the BJP government in place of JMM and Congress. The change is to remove this corrupt government and bring a government that will stop corruption.» Shah emphasised that the state needs a BJP government which can work for the welfare of farmers and generate employment in the state so that tribal people are not forced to go outside to get a job.

Donald Trump are in close contests, according to a poll by Emerson College and The Hill. Following the presidential debate, Trump and Harris are tied in swing states: poll | Vargas Reports According to a Washington Post poll, Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are tied statistically in Pennsylvania, a state that many observers believe will decide the winner of the presidential contest. A week following a debate that Pennsylvanians overwhelmingly believe Harris won, she is supported by 48% of likely voters and registered voters, compared to 47% of both groups for Trump. Also Read: Black Mirror Season 7: Expected release date, new cast and plot details revealed

Scientific American has only twice received presidential endorsements. After receiving a presidential endorsement, a prestigious science magazine, only the second in its 179-year history, has entered the political arena. On Monday, Scientific American announced its official endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris with the headline, ‘Vote for Kamala Harris to Support Science, Health, and the Environment.’ After supporting President Joe Biden in the 2020 election, Harris is Scientific American's second-ever presidential endorsement in the publication's history. The editors pushed a candidate who offers the country better prospects, relying on science, solid evidence, and the willingness to learn from experience, writing that the US faces two futures. In the other future, the new president puts public health and safety in jeopardy and rejects evidence, preferring instead absurd conspiracy theories. Also Read: Is US Secret Service probing Elon Musk over Donald Trump assassination attempt tweet?

Election Commission of India's assessments. The maximum polling stations termed 'critical' — over 250 of them — are located in Gurugram district. Hisar, Sonipat and Ambala have over 200 polling stations that are critical. Sirsa, Fatehabad and Kaithal are also seen as sensitive.

Congress Committee chief Tariq Hamid Karra on Friday said BJP is touchy and exploitative about Article 370 and this is why Congress is focusing on restoration of statehood with all the rights for locals over land, jobs and admissions to educational institutions. Karra said the sole focus of Congress is to get absolute majority and keep BJP out of government. Congress and National Conference have entered into a pre-poll seat-sharing arrangement in the 90-seat assembly, under which NC is contesting 51 seats and Congress 32 seats. Five seats will see a friendly contest, and two seats have been reserved for CPIM in Kashmir and Panthers Party in Jammu.

Donald Trump by two percentage points, according to a recent nationwide poll conducted by Fox News. According to the survey, registered voters' opinions of the presidential candidates for 2024 have changed by three points since August. Trump was ahead by one point the previous month, but Harris is currently ahead by two points. In the Fox survey, the Democratic candidate had a 50% favorability rating while her opponent had 48% of the vote. 72% of Trump's followers say they approve of his record and policies. Nearly 20% of respondents claim to simply dislike Harris. Supporters of Harris are somewhat more divided: 42% of them support her because they appreciate her record and policies, 24% because they think she is a good person, and 33% because they detest Trump. The latest survey is the result of several incidents that might have given Harris more backing. August saw the Democratic National Convention. Kennedy's name was taken off of several ballots around the nation when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew from the presidential contest and announced his support for Donald Trump. Politicians like former Representative Liz Cheney and Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter, as well as celebrities like Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift, have endorsed Harris. There seems to have been another attempt on Trump's life. Based on Fox polls, the largest shifts are coming from independent and Hispanic voters. Independent voters preferred Trump by eight points in August. Harris is currently in the lead by 12 points.

Donald Trump in the national poll average by nearly three full percentage points, 48.9% to 46%, according to data released by prognosticator Nate Silver on Tuesday. Silver's electoral college forecast indicates that, despite Harris's three-point national lead, there is nearly a 25% chance that Harris will win the popular vote but lose the electoral college vote. Former President Trump has a 56.2% chance of winning the electoral college as of Tuesday, according to Silver's prediction, while Harris has a 43.5% chance. Silver's projections differ from other election forecasts, particularly those from Silver's former company FiveThirtyEight, which as of Tuesday gave Harris a 61% chance of winning the Electoral College, a nearly 18-point difference between the two forecasters.

Earth's moon will have company for almost two months: a second moon. According to a study published in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, 2024 PT5, an asteroid from the Arjuna asteroid belt, will technically be caught in the Earth's gravitational pull rather than a second moon. This is the number of mini-moons that form. When an object in space experiences Earth's gravitational pull, it can turn into an orbiter by fully rotating around the planet, or it can be called a flyby if it only partially rotates around the planet, as 2024 PT5 is currently doing. The horseshoe-shaped trajectory of 2024 PT5, which was discovered on August 7, indicates that it will complete a semi-orbit of Earth before resuming its regular orbit around the sun. The mini-moon, according to researchers, will occur between September 29 and November 25. Also Read :U.S Elections: Kamala Harris leading in all polls? No, Trump's ratings peak since she entered Presidential race

Taylor Swift's drive to encourage her followers to cast ballots in this year's election. However, this percentage is down 15 points from February due to a conspiracy theory involving the possibility of a rigged Super Bowl. According to a recent Monmouth University survey, 53% of respondents support Swift's efforts to encourage her followers to cast ballots, while 35% disagree. One in twelve respondents claimed not to know. Swift gave Vice President Harris her support following last week's debate between former President Trump and Harris. Besides attending the team's Super Bowl matchup in Las Vegas against the San Francisco 49ers, Swift is dating Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs. There was conjecture at the time that the Chiefs might have rigged the game to gain as much publicity as possible in exchange for President Biden's immediate endorsement. Swift did not support this plot at the time, and there was no proof of it either. Monmouth, however, pointed out that since the conspiracy theory, support for Swift's initiatives has sharply declined.

Microsoft is restarting the Nuclear Power Plant of Three Mile Island again and it has got in to a deal or agreement with the huge technological giant Microsoft so that Microsoft can get the adequate power it requires for its upcoming projects. Joe Biden and his administration has always wanted to bring a positive impact in the sphere of dangerous climate changes happening around US by replacing all sorts of usage of greenhouse gases by the nuclear power. Following this stance, Constellation has planned to restart the Nuclear Power Plant of Three Mile Island with a roadmap of primarily 20 years in the beginning, reported Associated Press. Also Read: Fans not listening? Taylor Swift's efforts to push her fans to vote in U.S. elections have dropped significantly

Donald Trump was curious about a twist that a woman was performing better than US president Joe Biden in the presidential race. This curiosity throw light on the dynamic variation on the electoral landscape and it also raises a question based on the dynamic breakthrough of gender in politics.

Maharashtra Assembly elections, veteran leader Sharad Pawar led faction moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking that both factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) be given new poll symbols. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan listed the plea for hearing on September 25 after senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Sharad Pawar faction submitted that they want urgent listing of the matter in view of the assembly elections in Maharashtra. Singhvi said that till the matter is finally decided, both the groups should be given new symbols ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Sharad Pawar has moved the apex court against the February 6 order of the Election Commission recognising Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar-led group as the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump has a decisive edge with the public on the economy, turning an issue that was once a clear strength for Trump into the equivalent of a political jump ball. About 4 in 10 registered voters say Republican Trump would do a better job handling the economy, while a similar number say that about the Democratic vice president, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About 1 in 10 voters don't trust either candidate, and a similar share has equal faith in them. The finding is a warning sign for Trump, who has tried to link Harris to President Joe Biden's economic track record. The new poll suggests that Harris may be escaping some of the president's baggage on the issue, undercutting what was previously one of Trump's major advantages.

Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea against the anti-defection law (Tenth Schedule) of the Constitution. The law brought in 1985 by the 52nd constitutional amendment deals with situations of defection in Parliament or state legislatures by members of a political party, independent members and nominated members, and lays the grounds for disqualification of the members. Members of Parliament or Legislative Assembly are disqualified if they are found to have defected from their original party on whose ticket they were elected.

With both the federal NDP and B.C.’s NDP government backing away from support for the carbon tax, it is time to pronounce the tax politically dead in Canada, with precise funeral arrangements to be made after the next federal election. Conservative governments across Canada have long opposed a carbon tax, and federal leader Pierre Poilievre is anxious to fight the next election on the issue. But now even Liberal support is flagging, with Newfoundland’s Liberal government attacking the tax as too costly for households. The federal Liberals themselves acknowledged the tax was a problem when they provided a carve-out for home heating oil, which is heavily used in Atlantic Canada.

Amit Shah on Friday lashed out at the JMM-led coalition in Jharkhand for allegedly encouraging «rampant infiltration» and cautioned that if not checked, illegal immigrants will become a majority in the state in the next 25-30 years. He also alleged that infiltrators were «destroying the tribal culture and identity» and promised to chase them out of the state. Shah claimed that the BJP would form the government in the state with a two-third majority in the upcoming assembly elections.

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Jammu and Kashmir recorded 61.38 per cent votes in phase one of polling, the Election Commission of India announced on Friday. While the total male turnout stood at 63.75 per cent, total female turnout, data showed was at 58.96 per cent. Third gender turnout was recorded at 40 per cent, ECI data showed.

Amit Shah on Friday criticised the JMM-led government in Jharkhand for «vote bank» politics and vowed if the BJP comes to power, it would chase «each» illegal immigrant out of the state. He promised Rs 10 lakh free health cover to poor people aged 75 and above in the state. Shah claimed that the ruling JMM was «patronising infiltration» for «vote bank» and the tribal population in Santhal Pargana reduced to 28 per cent from 44 per cent earlier. «Infiltrators are vote banks of RJD, Congress and JMM. I promise to drive out illegal immigrants. The time has come to show the corrupt JMM-dispensation exit door...We want to change Jharkhand,» Shah said at a rally after flagging off BJP's 'Parivartan Yatra' from Police Line Ground in Sahibganj.

SpaceX, billionaire Elon Musk's space venture, to buy two brick ranch houses she owns near the mouth of the Rio Grande. The properties are nestled amid the South Texas scrubland where SpaceX established an ever-expanding facility for the production and launch of its rockets. For decades, they've served as a home for the former social worker and a source of retirement income from beachgoers who once rented one of the houses, a short walk from the Gulf of Mexico. SpaceX's breakneck development, and fast-changing local regulations that facilitated it, disrupted her quiet retirement and halted much of the beach traffic. It also raised her property taxes, inflated by soaring values all around her as neighbors sold land to SpaceX.

Betting on elections remains on hold after a federal appeals court did not issue a decision Thursday in a case involving whether such bets should be allowed