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Georgia delivers US Senate to Democrats with double win, says report

Raphael Warnock, a Baptist preacher from Martin Luther King Jr.'s former church, beat Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler to become the first Black senator in the deep South state's history

Gold eases as dollar gains on 'knife-edge' Georgia runoffs outcomes

Gold edged lower as the dollar firmed with investors tracking two closely contested US Senate runoff races in Georgia that will likely determine President-elect Biden administration's fiscal policy

With Senate and Biden's agenda at stake, Georgians vote in runoff elections

Republican senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler faced Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff, a documentary filmmaker, and the Reverend Raphael Warnock, a pastor at a Black church in Atlanta

Hope Mike Pence 'comes through for us', says Trump at Georgia rally

Trump said he hoped Vice President Pence "comes through for us" as he discussed efforts to overturn the election results, hinting at Pence's role overseeing the certification of the vote count

Jaishankar discusses bilateral cooperation with Georgian counterpart

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia David Zalkaliani on Monday held a virtual discussion on bilateral cooperation

Chances narrow of Trump overturning Biden's win after Georgia loss

Biden is the first Democrat to carry Georgia since 1992

US election 2020: Biden wins Georgia recount as Trump setbacks mount

The Trump campaign asked Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger of Georgia, a Republican, for a full hand recount one week after Election Day

US votes recount: Georgia counties prepare for tally of presidential race

As Georgia counties prepare for a hand tally of the presidential race, the state's top elections official planned to quarantine after his wife tested positive for the coronavirus

Georgia's ruling party claims victory in parliamentary elections

Central Election Commission chairperson Tamar Zhvania said about 97% of votes have been counted and the total turnout was over 56%

US polls: Georgia sees huge turnout, long lines on 1st day of early voting

The chance to cast ballots on Georgia's first day of in-person early voting Monday had thousands of people waiting for hours to make their voices heard. Eager voters endured waits of six hours or more in Cobb County, which was once solidly Republican but has voted for Democrats in recent elections, and joined lines that wrapped around polling places in solidly Democratic DeKalb County. They also turned out in big numbers in north Georgia's Floyd County, where support for President Donald Trump is strong. With record turnout expected for this year's presidential election and fears about exposure to the coronavirus, election officials and advocacy groups have been encouraging people to vote early, either in person or by absentee ballot. Many answered the call on Monday, showing up in numbers that overwhelmed some locations. Kai Uchimura, 25, waited more than two hours to cast his ballot at a DeKalb County election site in metro Atlanta, but he said he was heartened by the turnout an

India contained Covid-19 spread to a large extent: President Kovind

In a telephonic conversation with Georgia's President Salome Zourabichvili, Kovind said India has also been at the forefront in mobilising international efforts against the pandemic

Ruling party wins Georgia vote, opposition alleges fraud

The voting percentages that have so far been released are for a proportional ballot that will decide 77 of the 150 seats in the legislature