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India should keep lines open to the Joe Biden camp

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kamala harris | Joe Biden | Narendra Modi

The Democratic National Convention, nominally located in Milwaukee but mostly virtual, began on Monday to officially elect Joe Biden, 77, and his part-Indian origin running mate Kamala Harris, 55, as the party’s presidential candidate in this November’s elections. This event represents the business end of a long election cycle when the party platform is formally articulated.

Much attention has been focused on Ms Harris and her non-White origins but the policy stances laid out by Mr Biden in recent weeks raise the real prospect of change. Many of the issues he has articulated ...

First Published: Mon, August 17 2020. 23:44 IST