US Polls 2024: Trump To Be The Next US President, Claims Media

by Shambhu Datta Mishra

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

Trump who lost the state in the 2020 elections to President Biden is projected to return to the White House after four years with Fox News projecting Trump winning 277 electoral votes while Kamala Harris has 226 votes

Trump is expected to address supporters West Palm Beach Convention Center after US media polls predicted a return to the White House for him after a tightly contested election against Vice President Kamala Harris

Washington DC, Nov 6: Republican candidate and former US President Donald Trump has won state of Pennsylvania that gives him 19 electoral votes, together with wins in two of the other battleground states- Georgia (16 votes) and North Carolina (16 votes) according to projection by Decision Desk HQ.

A candidate needs at least 270 electoral votes out of 538 to win the presidency.

As per CBS news projections the Republicans are also poised to take control of the Senate, with wins in Ohio and West Virginia. Results of House results are yet too close to call.

With this Trump who is 78 years old is set to become the oldest president to be elected to the White House. President Joe Biden was previously the oldest president to be elected at 77. It marks a comeback for Trump who is facing multiple federal convictions and scandals.

Meanwhile, polls closed at 1 a.m. Eastern in Alaska, the last state where they remained open.

Harris, who entered the poll fray in July this year was clutching on to a narrow hope even after US news outlets projected victory for her Republican rival in North Carolina and Georgia after elections closed on Tuesday night. Her campaign said she was not out of the race yet.

She has projected wins in Democratic strongholds like California. Trump managed to flip Georgia back to the Republican side, held North Carolina and shattered the so called "blue wall" of the Democrats.

The Republican candidate has won Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Wyoming, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, West Virginia, Montana, Idaho and Utah.

As per an analysis in The Hill news daily, Trump is only the second president in U.S. history to win two nonconsecutive terms as president, with a loss sandwiched between the victories.

The first to do so was Grover Cleveland, who served as the 22nd and 24th president, from 1885-1889 and 1893-1897. He was unsuccessful in his first attempt at re-election in 1888, losing to Republican Benjamin Harrison, before coming back to beat Harrison four years later, as per the US news outlet.

(ANI)

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Union Cabinet Okays PM-Vidyalaxmi Scheme To Provide Financial Aid To Meritorious Students

by Hemanta Pande

New Delhi, Nov 6: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the PM-Vidyalaxmi scheme to provide financial support to meritorious students in a mission mode.

The mechanism will facilitate and drive the extension of education loans to meritorious students who get admission in the top 860 quality higher educational institutions of the nation, translating to covering more than 22 lakh students every year.

These students will be eligible to get collateral-free, guarantor-free loans from banks and financial institutions to cover the full amount of tuition fees and other expenses related to the course.

According to the Cabinet, for loan amounts up to Rs 7.5 lakh, the student will also be eligible for a credit guarantee of 75 per cent of outstanding default.

"This will give support to banks in making education loans available to students under the scheme," it said.

In addition, for students having an annual family income of up to Rs 8 lakh, and not eligible for benefits under any other government scholarship or interest subvention schemes, 3 per cent interest subvention for loans up to Rs 10 lakh will also be provided during the moratorium period.

"The interest subvention support will be given to one lakh students every year. Preference will be given to students who are from government institutions and have opted for technical/ professional courses," according to a Cabinet note.

An outlay of Rs 3,600 crore has been made from 2024-25 to 2030-31, and seven lakh fresh students are expected to get the benefit of this interest subvention during the period. This is in addition to the full interest subvention already being offered to students with up to Rs 4.5 lakh annual family income.

PM-Vidyalaxmi is another key initiative stemming from the National Education Policy, 2020, which had recommended that financial assistance should be made available to meritorious students through various measures in both public and private higher education institutions (HEIs).

The scheme will be applicable to the top quality higher educational institutions of the nation, as determined by the NIRF rankings - including all HEIs, government and private, that are ranked within the top 100 in NIRF in overall, category-specific and domain-specific rankings; state government HEIs ranked in 101-200 in NIRF, and all Central government governed institutions.

The Department of Higher Education will have a unified portal “PM-Vidyalaxmi” on which students will be able to apply for the education loan as well as interest subvention, through a simplified application process to be used by all banks. Payment of interest subvention will be made through E-vouchers and Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) wallets.

--IANS

US Polls 2024: Trump To Be The Next US President, Claims Media

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