Announcement was made during exhibition cricket match organised between Indian Deaf Cricket Association (IDCA) Team and Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) team.
Poll body issued orders for the removal of home secretaries in Gujarat, UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Himachal and Uttarakhand. It has also removed the West Bengal DGP.
EC also promptly announced bypolls in Haryana, Maharashtra & Jharkhand, after having delayed bypolls in 4 seats of Pune, Ambala, Ghazipur & Chandrapur for over a yr despite HC's direction.
Data made public by the Election Commission lists each company that purchased electoral bonds individually. However, when their underlying links are found, the true picture emerges.
SBI files affidavit saying it has furnished all details of electoral bonds to EC as ordered by SC. Top court had scrapped 7-year-old electoral funding scheme on 15 February.
LS polls round the corner, CEC Rajiv Kumar now sole member of EC after Arun Goel resigned. SC had upheld constitutionality of single-member commission in TN Seshan & SS Dhanoa cases.
Striking down the bond scheme on 15 February, the court had ordered the bank to furnish details of purchasers and redeemers by 6 March. The bank wanted time till 30 June.
Two vacancies of election commissioners have arisen following the resignation of Arun Goel and Anup Chandra Pandey’s retirement. Plea filed by Congress leader Jaya Thakur
Three-member EC panel now comprises only CEC Rajiv Kumar, following retirement of Anup Pandey in February and resignation of Arun Goel, who was due to retire in 2027.
After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.
WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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