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Friday, August 29, 2025
TopicElectronic Voting Machines

Topic: Electronic Voting Machines

Fact Check: Video of January anti-EVM protest in Delhi circulated as from Maharashtra post polls

In Maharashtra, the opposition has been questioning the integrity of EVMs after its defeat, with calls for returning to the use of ballot paper.

Whoever invented the EVM was a genius, mainly for what they did not do

EVMs or Electronic Voting Machines are a favourite topic in the Indian media. Here is my take, submitted with a great deal of humility...

Estonia to India—e-voting resulted in efficient elections, faster counting. But how safe is it

Drawbacks of e-voting can include risks of cyber-attacks or software errors. Identifying and verifying online votes can also be difficult.

EVMs being used as a football in a motivated slugfest: CEC Sunil Arora

Arora asserted that the Election Commission will not go back to ballot papers.

On Camera

Mohan Bhagwat’s U-turn on ‘retire at 75’ is a Hindu succession problem

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.