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Topic: EVM

BJP ally TDP writes to EC—Special Intensive Revision shouldn’t be confused with citizenship verification

Amaravati: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) submitted a detailed representation to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday, proposing a series of reforms...

Trump’s support for paper ballots in Modi’s presence gives ammunition to Opposition

Trump expressed support for paper ballots in joint press conference with Modi. In India, Congress has been demanding return to paper ballots, saying EVMs are susceptible to manipulation.

Can’t just blame EVMs when poll results aren’t what you want them to be—Omar on Congress’s EVM stand

The J&K CM, whose National Conference is an INDIA bloc ally of Congress, said parties should not contest polls if they do not trust voting mechanism, and praised Central Vista project.

Misuse of power, money to control entire election mechanism seen in Maharashtra, says Sharad Pawar

The NCP (SP) chief made the statement when he visited senior activist Dr Baba Adhav, who is protesting against alleged misuse of EVMs in the just concluded state polls.

Consensus key to run govt, Modi says at NDA meet. Naidu, Nitish bat for ‘regional aspirations’

Modi called NDA an 'organic' alliance which has not come together for power but works on principle of 'nation first'. He asked MPs to be cautious of those promising cabinet berths.

BlockDAG’s Keynote 2 Launch Nears $42M in Presale, Surpassing SEI & Solana Price Rise

The launch of BlockDAG's X1 Miner Beta app, a pioneering tool that enables cryptocurrency mining through smartphones, has substantially widened its community of users.

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...

‘Repeated doubts can create distrust’: What SC said as it rejected pleas for 100% EVM-VVPAT verification

Top court however allowed LS candidates placed 2nd or 3rd in election results to get 5% of EVMs checked by engineers' team from manufacturers' side to check tampering or manipulation.

EVM VVPAT case: SC rejects pleas seeking 100% verification of EVM votes

Bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta delivered a unanimous verdict with three directions.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.