American political campaigns have long operated on the principle that if you cannot convince voters that you are the best person for the job, you must at least persuade them that your opponent is a terrible human being. Vivek Ramaswamy, the Indian-American running for governor of Ohio, has presented a particularly grim illustration of that practice. The Republican Trump surrogate has embraced a $4 million campaign ad featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent,

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More than 400 Indian-origin students, researchers and alumni from universities in 27 countries have issued a joint statement condemning the ongoing protests against the Election Commission of India (ECI), describing them as a “plan to sow seeds of doubt in India’s democracy”. Titled “Spare India from Anarchy”, the statement criticises the protests against the poll body. "An unconscionable and devious plan of sowing seeds of doubt in Indian democracy has been hatched by weapo