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WASHINGTON : President Biden told congressional Democrats in a letter Monday that he was committed to “running this race to the end," as public and private calls for him to exit from the contest grow louder. In the letter, Biden said he had had “extensive conversations" with party leadership, members and voters over the past 10 days and said he wasn’t blind to the concerns about his age and his candidacy that have emerged since his disastrous debate performance. But he said he was heartened by “rock-solid, steadfast support" from many and wouldn’t continue if he wasn’t confident he could beat former President Donald Trump.

BJP's Kamlesh Shah on Saturday won the bypoll to Amarwara (ST) assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh by a margin of 3,027 votes, defeating his nearest Congress rival Dheeran Shah Invati in a close contest after 21 rounds of counting. Shah polled 83,105 votes while Invati garnered 80,078 votes, a poll official said. This is after 16 years that the BJP has won the Amarwara constituency after BJP's Premnarayan Thakur had trounced GGP's Manmohan Shah Bhati in 2008 by a thin margin of 437 votes. Incidentally, Thakur, like Kamlesh Shah, was also a Congress turncoat.

Biden’s disastrous performance in the first US Presidential Debate, the Democrats are desperately trying to replace him in the upcoming US Presidential Election in November. While he has refused to step down and informed his supporters that his campaign shall continue, there are a growing number of Democrats who point out that the president’s health and his disastrous performance in the first presidential debate are concerns that can no longer be ignored. In such a scenario, the party is building a consensus around Vice-President Kamala Harris. Though she is trailing behind Trump, party insiders point out that she has the ability to defeat him in the months ahead.

The United States, Canada and Finland will work together to build up their icebreaker fleets as they look to bolster their defenses in the Arctic, where Russia is increasingly active

In the former mining town at the heart of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political strategy, her party’s electoral success came as no surprise to hundreds of supporters who gathered to see her victory speech

A national financial advisor and investment management firm has hired an experienced leader to enhance its estate planning capabilities.

Lok Sabha, saying that he mentioned "tumse na ho payega" in his speech when 140 crore Indians had told his government the same thing in the just-concluded general election. Prime Minister Modi mounted a stinging counterattack on Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi as he mocked him as «balak buddhi» (childish mind), accusing him of linking Hindus with violence and making false claims in Lok Sabha. Modi also sought stringent action against Gandhi to protect parliamentary democracy. Replying to nearly 18-hour long discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address in the Lower House, Modi said the Congress and its «ecosystem» are working day and night to impress upon people that the BJP-led NDA has been defeated in the elections despite voters handing his government a historic third-term for stability and continuity. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge slammed Modi for calling the party «parasite» and claimed that the prime minister had used the term for farmers as well in 2021.

revenue secretary Sanjay Malhotra will initiate the process of selection and appointment of judicial and technical members for the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) after the presentation of the budget, officials said. The central government is aiming to make the tribunal functional by the end of November and has already initiated the process of shifting anti-profiteering cases to the GSTAT principal bench from the Competition Commission of India (CCI). «We are putting all efforts to make the principal bench operational by the end of November and the process of selection and appointment will start immediately after the budget,» a senior government official told ET. Separately, a technical team is working on a dedicated online portal for electronic filing of appeals, officials said, adding that the portal will be ready by September.

Keir Starmer, Britain's newly elected prime minister, addressed the issue indirectly while discussing age limits for lawmakers. He held the view that it is up to the Americans to decide their president. Starmer further mentioned that the incumbent 81-year old was in good form when met him.“Obviously in America, it’s for the American people to decide who they want to be their president," Starmer told Jake Tapper in an exclusive interview with CNN.

Joe Biden has come under tremendous pressure to withdraw from the 2024 US Presidential Election because of his old age and cognitive health issues, a natural question looming large over the US political system is what will happen to the funds the US President has collected so far to fight the polls. Joe Biden has so far rejected the calls to pull out of the race for the White House and clarified that he may not be as young and energetic as before, but he knows how to do his duties and he will do so in the next term in office. He also reiterated that he would defeat Republican contender Donald Trump.

The ballooning debt in East Africa’s economic hub of Kenya is expected to grow even more after deadly protests forced the rejection of a finance bill that President William Ruto said was needed to raise revenue

Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife, Kamlesh Thakur, on Saturday won the Dehra assembly seat, beating her nearest rival and BJP candidate Hoshiyar Singh with a margin of over 9000 votes, according to Election Commission. «The party leaders and workers worked day and night for this day… I will give all credit to the people who stood by the party throughout… I am proud of the people of Dehra,» said Kamlesh Thakur after winning the bypolls. Read More: Rupauli bypoll results: Who is independent candidate Shankar Singh leading over JD(U)'s Kaladhar Prasad Mandal

The presidential residence of Gabriel Boric, the leftist millennial leader of Chile, shares a street in Santiago, the capital, with a homeless shelter that’s now at full capacity

The Biden administration says it’s providing $244 million to expand and update the federal government’s registered apprenticeship program

K Armstrong, Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President K Annamalai stated on Saturday that the safety of common citizens is not assured under the DMK rule. «Yesterday, a party leader was hacked to death. There is no guarantee for a common man's life in this DMK-led state government,» Annamalai said at the BJP's state executive committee meeting. The Tamil Nadu Chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was hacked to death by a mob of unidentified men near his residence in Perambur, Chennai.

Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance in second and the far right in third. The lack of majority for any single alliance threatened to plunge France into political and economic turmoil. Final results are not expected until late Sunday or early Monday in the highly volatile snap election, which was called just four weeks ago in a huge gamble for Macron. It does not appear to have paid off for the deeply unpopular president, whose alliance has lost control of parliament, according to the projections. Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally greatly increased the number of seats it holds, meanwhile, but fell far short of expectations. Far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon urged Macron to invite the leftist New Popular Front coalition to form a government, given projections that put it in the lead. The alliance, he said, «is ready to govern.»

Joe Biden, what may further shock him is that this opposition is from several of his close advisors and even members of his campaign team. NBC News has reported that three members who are part of his campaign team feel in private that he has to step down. Many have felt that he has been unable to improve his performance and increase his popularity after the first presidential debate. This opposition from even his campaign team has come at a time when Donald Trump continues to attack the president and increase his campaign across the country and more specifically in the swing states.

President Joe Biden has proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace

Dmitry Medvedev said that the US believed it had won the cold war but in reality, had failed to do so. Further, he said that the US is now one step away from losing it completely. In the past, he has threatened Russia’s opponents that the county will use its nuclear arsenal. He was largely seen as liberal in the western circles in comparison to President Vladimir Putin, but his stance changed after the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war. He is presently the deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council. This has been reported by the Business Insider.

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has amended the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019 enhancing some powers of the Lieutenant Governor of the erstwhile state. President Droupadi Murmu has given her approval to the amendments in the rule exercising the powers conferred by section 55 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, (34 of 2019) read with the Proclamation dated 31st October 2019 issued under section 73 of the Act, a notification issued by the MHA mentions. The President made the rules further to amend the Transaction of Business of the Government of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Rules, 2019.

IIM Shillong and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand with an aim to foster collaboration between the two institutions, enhancing academic and cultural exchanges through mutual support, specifically focusing on teaching and research endeavour. The signing ceremony was attended by Prof. D.P. Goyal, Director of IIM Shillong, and Prof. Nitin K. Tripathi, Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs at AIT. Other dignitaries from IIM Shillong included Prof. Naliniprabha Tripathy, Dean of External Relations, and Dr. Teidorlang Lyngdoh, Chair of External Relations. AIT was represented by Dr. Roger Levermore, Vice President for Development and Dean of the School of Management (SOM); Dr. Sumana Shrestha, Director of International Affairs at the Office of International and Public Affairs (OIPA); Sanjeet Amatya, Director of Public Affairs at OIPA; and Zia Islam, Executive Assistant to the Dean and Coordinator at the Dean’s Office, SOM.