Top news of the day: Joe Biden launches 2024 re-election bid; first batch of stranded Indians leaves Sudan in Navy ship, and more
The Hindu
Top news updates from The Hindu on April 25, 2023
Joe Biden launches 2024 re-election bid
Mr. Biden, who would be 86 at the end of a second term, is betting his first-term legislative achievements and more than 50 years of experience in Washington will count for more than concerns over his age. He faces a smooth path to winning his party’s nomination, with no serious Democratic rivals. But he’s still set for a hard-fought struggle to retain the presidency in a bitterly divided nation.
Biden and I look forward to finishing the job, says Kamala Harris
“For two years we have made transformational investments to build a nation in which everyone can be safe and healthy, find a good job, and retire with dignity. In response, extremists have intensified attacks on basic, foundational freedoms and rights,” Ms. Harris said in a statement soon after Mr. Biden in a video message announced his 2024 presidential bid.
‘Operation Kaveri’ | First batch of stranded Indians leaves Sudan
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said 278 people onboard the ship departed Port Sudan for the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah.
Supreme Court issues notice to Delhi government on plea of 7 women wrestlers
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.