Tirupati laddu row: SC questions AP CM’s claim, says keep Gods out of politics
30 Sep
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Tirupati laddu row: SC questions AP CM’s claim, says keep Gods out of politics

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Politics tamfitronics HomeNewsNationalUpdated - September 30, 2024 at 03:24 PM.| New DelhiPolitics tamfitronics The bench has posted the matter for further hearing on October 3Observing that at least the Gods should be kept out of politics, the Supreme Court on Monday questioned Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu's claim that animal fat was used in making Tirupati laddus and sought proof of it.A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan noted that the chief minister made the claim on September 18, even though the FIR in the matter was lodged on September 25 and a special investigation team (SIT) was constituted on September 26."It was not appropriate on the part of a higher constitutional functionary to go in public and make a statement which can affect the sentiments of crores of...
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The Scopes Trial and the Two Visions of US Democracy
30 Sep
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The Scopes Trial and the Two Visions of US Democracy

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Politics tamfitronics Books & the Arts / September 30, 2024Politics tamfitronics Trial of the CenturyThe Scopes trial and the battle over religion in US politics.A new history revisits “the Trial of the Century” and its legacy in contemporary politics.Jock the monkey listens in on the Scopes trial, 1923.(Getty Images)Why should we care about “the Trial of the Century” nearly a century after it happened? Many Americans have long understood the 1925 prosecution of John Scopes in Dayton, Tennessee, for breaking a new state law that forbade teaching “the Evolution Theory” in public schools as a conflict of profound simplicity in which religious bigotry clashed with scientific reason. In it, Clarence Darrow, a veteran stalwart of the legal left, skillfully defended Scopes, a biology instructor, while William Jennings Bryan, a thrice-failed nominee for president and...
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The Redistricting Proposal That Could Transform Ohio Politics
30 Sep
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The Redistricting Proposal That Could Transform Ohio Politics

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Politics tamfitronics Politics / StudentNation / September 30, 2024Ohio is considered one of the most gerrymandered states in the country, but Issue 1 could be the way to fix it.Voters casting their ballots at the Alexander High School polling location in Albany, Ohio.(Ty Wright / Getty)A proposed constitutional amendment on Ohio’s 2024 ballot would permanently change how congressional districts in the state are drawn.The proposal, titled Issue 1, would create a 15-member Citizens Redistricting Commission—made up of Democrats, Republicans, and independents—to draw district maps. Current and former politicians, political party officials, and lobbyists would be banned from sitting on the commission, and attempts to draw districts in a way that favor one political party or lawmaker would be made unconstitutional.“Ohioans have lived with partisan gerrymandering for more than 80 years,” said the Rev....
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Saturday Night Live Season 50 Premiere Recap: Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris Sets the Tone in the Cold Open
30 Sep
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Saturday Night Live Season 50 Premiere Recap: Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris Sets the Tone in the Cold Open

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Politics tamfitronics All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission.There’s a sketch from an October 2016 episode of Saturday Night Live that—no matter how you voted in the last two presidential elections, or how you will in this year’s trilogy-conclusion-coded contest—will give you time-traveling goosebumps.The episode aired nine days after the leak of the infamous Access Hollywood tape, in which former president Donald Trump exalted grabbing women “by the pussy.” The sketch is the cold open, the first of the night. The camera settles in on former cast members Cecily Strong and Alex Moffat, both playing journalists moderating a debate between Trump (played, then, by Alec Baldwin) and Hillary Clinton, played by Kate McKinnon. McKinnon’s take on Clinton by this point in the election was...
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