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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Topic: EVM

As EVMs are debated, this is how the ballot box was made for India’s first 1952 election

It took over 50 specimens and prototypes to reach that one technically acceptable and economically viable version of a ballot box. 

Bankruptcy code ruling by Supreme Court is a good move

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The anarchy to follow Modi and his swift switch to Vivek Oberoi

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

EVMs were introduced in India in 1982, and taken to court on debut

As the 'EVM hackathon' brings the machine into focus once again, ThePrint looks at its history in India.

Poll rigging: EC wants police to hunt for ‘EVM designer’, employer says he doesn’t exist

The EC looks to file FIR, ECIL denies that 'cyber-security expert' was an employee as BJP targets Congress over Kapil Sibal's presence at press conference.

Kapil Sibal’s defence — all allegations of EVM hacking can be verified, so let’s do that

Mired in controversy for attending the ‘EVM hacking’ event in London, Congress leader Kapil Sibal calls Law Minister R.S. Prasad’s allegations ‘mindless’.

Kapil Sibal on shaky moral high ground and the wounds of resort MLAs

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Can Modi afford to skip Davos in election year?

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Kapil Sibal has made a habit of embarrassing the Congress

BJP has used Kapil Sibal’s presence at the ‘EVM hacking’ press conference in London Monday to attack the Congress for orchestrating the event.

Every Indian election since 2014 has been rigged, claims masked ‘US-based cyber expert’

Syed Shuja accuses BJP IT cell of using ‘military-grade’ tech to tamper with EVMs but fails to hack EVM himself.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.