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PM Narendra Modi becomes most followed active politician on Twitter after Donald Trump account gets banned
Mon, Jan 11, 2021
Adding another feather to the cap, Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the most followed active politician on Twitter. The development comes after Twitter suspended outgoing US president Donald Trump’s account permanently.
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Sonia Gandhi picked Manmohan Singh as PM since he posed no threat to Rahul, says Barack Obama in memoir
Tue, Nov 17, 2020
Barack Obama memoir "A Promised Land" says that India became a more market-based economy in the 1990s, which led to major growth and a rising middle class in the country. "As a chief architect of India's economic transformation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seemed like a fitting emblem of this progress: a member of the tiny, often persecuted Sikh religious minority who'd risen to the highest office in the land, and a self-effacing technocrat who'd won people's trust not by appealing to their passions but by bringing about higher living standards and maintaining a well-earned reputation for not being corrupt".
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Former US president Barack Obama childhood spent listening to Ramayana and Mahabharata
Tue, Nov 17, 2020
Former US President Barack Obama said that he has always held a special place for India due to his childhood years spent in Indonesia listening to the epic Hindu tales of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
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Barack Obama blasts Donald Trump's tweets, track record in 2020 campaign trail debut
Thu, Oct 22, 2020
Former President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday with a blistering attack on Donald Trump with less than two weeks to go before the Republican president`s Election Day face-off with Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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Sara Gideon, Indian-American in US Senate race, gets endorsement from Barack Obama
Fri, Aug 07, 2020
"Together, these candidates will help us redeem our country`s promise by sticking up for working people, restoring fairness and opportunity to our system, and fighting for the good of all Americans ? not just those at the top," he said.
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NO.1 WORLD LEADER! PM Narendra Modi defeats Trump, Obama on Instagram NO.1 WORLD LEADER! PM Narendra Modi defeats Trump, Obama on Instagram
Mon, Oct 14, 2019
After becoming one of the most followed leaders on Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity has also surged on Instagram, way ahead of other global leaders.
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Barack, Michelle Obama sign podcast deal with Spotify
Fri, Jun 07, 2019
Former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama are the latest to get into the podcast business. They recently signed a deal with Spotify to produce a series of podcast. It is being reported that the Obamas are set to develop, produce and even lend their voice to a few of the podcasts based on a wide range of topics. The agreement has been signed with Higher Ground Audio, a new division of the Higher Ground production company that is covering the couple's move into the podcast game. Spotify will distribute the podcasts worldwide to its paid and ad-supported user base. President Obama stated that they have ‘always believed in the value of entertainment & thought-provoking conversation’. The companies, however, didn't reveal any further details on the upcoming projects that the Obamas may be planning for Spotify, including whether the podcasts will have a political focus. Apart from this, the couple also has a multiyear deal with Netflix to produce original scripted, unscripted and documentary series and films.
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U.S. judge scraps Trump order opening Arctic, Atlantic areas to oil leasing
Sun, Mar 31, 2019
Trump’s move to put offshore Arctic and Atlantic areas back into play for oil development came in a 2017 executive order that was part of his “energy dominance” agenda. The order was among a series of actions that jettisoned Obama administration environmental and climate-change initiatives.
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Trump signs order sweeping away Obama-era climate policies
Wed, Mar 29, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to undo a slew of Obama-era climate change regulations that his administration says is hobbling oil drillers and coal miners, a move environmental groups have vowed to take to court.
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Donald Trump sworn in as 45th President of the United States of America
Fri, Jan 20, 2017
Donald Trump has become the 45th president of the United States of America. Donald Trump's swearing-in today was the 58th formal presidential inaugural ceremony since 1789, when US' first president George Washington was inaugurated.
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