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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
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Topic: ADR

Simultaneous polls will be like striking at root of Parliamentary democracy, says watchdog

Sanya Dhingra -
ADR, in its submissions to the law panel, also dismisses the argument that repeated enforcement of the model code interferes with governance.

For three years, only 5% of unrecognised parties filed donation reports: ADR

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
Report raises fears of them being used as money laundering fronts or for electoral malpractice, calls for more stringent EC monitoring

BJP donations rose from Rs 76 crore to Rs 532 crore in a year, a 593% jump

Sanya Dhingra -
The surge in BJP donations are in 2016-17, show ADR and New Election Watch reports. The figure is over 10 times the declared amount by the Congress, which is second on the list

Faced with funds crunch, Congress taps Twitter for crowd funding

Kumar Anshuman -
An internal party document shows Congress needs Rs 1,000 crore in the next four months for election campaigns in the year-end state polls. As of 2017, the party’s donations are Rs 225 crore.

AAP yet to submit audit report to EC, donor list still unavailable

Rajgopal Singh -
The ADR report comes two years after AAP removed the list of its donors from the party website.

Karnataka elects more crorepatis and candidates with criminal records this year than 2013

Sankalita Dey -
Among the elected candidates, 54 (24%) are facing serious criminal cases, including kidnapping, rape among others, compared to 39 (17%) in 2013.

The Modi govt’s plan to introduce electoral bonds set to face a legal test

Kumar Anshuman -
NGO to file a PIL in apex court, says the scheme will only increase the opacity around electoral funding
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Where is Skill India money going? It’s a Rs 48,000 crore mystery

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All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

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BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

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New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Defence

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

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New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

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To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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