TRUMP COULD BE HEADING BACK TO WHITE HOUSE
The Morning Standard|October 25, 2024
Less than a fortnight before the election, Donald Trump seems to be inching ahead in his race against Kamala Harris. It has left politicos and pundits hedging their bets.
MK BHADRAKUMAR
TRUMP COULD BE HEADING BACK TO WHITE HOUSE

A common refrain is that the race in the US presidential election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is a 'toss-up', that it hangs on a 'knife's edge', and could 'go either way'. All that is true, insofar as both candidates still have possible paths to 270 electoral college votes out of the total 538 distributed among the states. That said, there's good reason to anticipate the unthinkable that Trump might be on track for a landslide electoral college victory and a national mandate.

Trump has managed to stem the tide of the race in his favour. His ratings are growing, although not yet significantly ahead of Harris's. He is strengthening his position in both the key states and nationally. This trend has steadily accrued through the past six weeks or so, and seems sustainable in the 10-day period ahead for the poll on November 5.

On the other hand, for two weeks in a row, while Trump's ratings have kept up a strong momentum, Harris's began losing ground both nationally and in key states. The rating aggregator RealClearPolitics still gives Harris an advantage of 1.3 points (as against 2.2 percentage points a week earlier), but that is a shaky lead within the margin of error.

Remember, at this point in the presidential race in 2000, Joe Biden was ahead of Trump by 8.9 percentage points.

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Going with the flow

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THE FLAVOURS OF CEYLON
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THE FLAVOURS OF CEYLON

After all the rules and regulations that the government imposed on residents of Delhi NCR to curb the pollution levels from rising even further, the greys seem to be giving way to the blues, slowly.

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November 28, 2024
GIEVE PATEL AND THE ART OF FRIENDSHIP
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GIEVE PATEL AND THE ART OF FRIENDSHIP

Poet, painter, playwright Gieve Patel died a year ago. At a special exhibition and discussion dedicated to his memory in Delhi, some of the veteran artists of India, his friends, sat around a table talking Gieve, man and art.

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November 28, 2024
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Urvil hits record T20 hundred

GUJARAT'S wicketkeeper-batter Urvil Patel slammed the fastest T20 century by an Indian during his team's Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Tripura in Indore on Wednesday, reaching the three-figure mark in just 28 balls.

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November 28, 2024
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Klaus one of the experts for AFI's new workshops

DOUBLE Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra's former coach Klaus Bartonietz will be one of the experts imparting lessons or sharing expertise with other coaches in the country.

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November 28, 2024
Ten simultaneous games, Gelfand shows mastery
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Ten simultaneous games, Gelfand shows mastery

OUTSIDE the usual fanzone inside the playing venue for the ongoing chess World Championship, there was an unmistakable buzz.

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November 28, 2024
City blow three-goal lead, Bayern beat PSG
The Morning Standard

City blow three-goal lead, Bayern beat PSG

MANCHESTER City's struggles continued as Pep Guardiola's side remarkably blew a three-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Feyenoord in the Champions League on Tuesday, while Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain to leave the French club in danger of elimination.

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November 28, 2024
GUKESH SEIZES MOMENT
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GUKESH SEIZES MOMENT

India GM beats Liren in Game 3 to level scores, next game on Friday

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November 28, 2024
Still expect it to be a one-sided event
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Still expect it to be a one-sided event

VEN though I do not believe as highly as I did in September that the World Championship between China's Ding Liren and teammate D Gukesh will be a massacre, I still think that it will be a one-sided event.

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November 28, 2024
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RSPB-WFI rift behind Railway grapplers missing Sr Nat'ls?

AMAN Sehrawat, the Paris Olympics bronze medallist, and many other famed international wrestlers from Railways, will be deprived of a chance to compete at the Senior Wrestling Championship scheduled to commence in Bengaluru on December 6.

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November 28, 2024