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Topic2019 elections

Topic: 2019 elections

Months before elections, Modi govt gave awards to dozens who pushed its pet schemes

The awards helped publicise the Modi government’s flagship schemes, sharpening its political posturing in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Is AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal also guilty of treating Muslims as an unthinking votebank?

Days after Delhi voted in the Lok Sabha elections, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal said the Muslim vote “shifted” to the Congress at the last minute.

Election Commission to count VVPAT slips at the end of counts

Opposition parties had requested the Election Commission to count the paper trail machine slips in the beginning and not at the end.

Lok Sabha election results likely to be delayed Thursday due to matching of VVPAT slips

This election will the be the first time results of EVMs will be matched with slips generated by VVPATs.

Polls put governance on sleep mode because system doesn’t ‘demand’ that IAS officers work

Both IAS officers and govts can use election period to review past work and plan for the future. Instead they mostly ‘wait and watch’.

The 5 constituencies that have always got Lok Sabha poll ‘prediction’ right

In the past five Lok Sabha elections, these 5 constituencies have voted for the party that has gone on to form the government at the centre.  

Animal spirits of Indian economy are reviving as election uncertainty fades

With Lok Sabha elections progressing smoothly, 8 indicators compiled by Bloomberg show early signs of a recovery in April.

Why these 3 Punjab seats bucked state trend and saw high voter turnout

The constituencies of Ferozepur, Bathinda and Sangrur recorded over 70% voter turnout even as polling in the rest of the state was at a 10-year low.

Exit polls show Shiv Sena is losing ground to BJP, will win fewer seats than its ally

Exit polls show Shiv Sena will manage a strike rate between 43.47% and 73.9% against BJP's 76% to 84%. Sena contested 23 seats, while BJP fought on 25.

On Camera

Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.