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Saturday, November 2, 2024
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Topic: EVMs

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Your daily news capsule.

This election, EC has failed the litmus test of appearing to be fair: Yogendra Yadav

The Election Commission may have surrendered its moral authority as a neutral and no-nonsense referee in the political slugfest.

Opposition wants Supreme Court to direct EC to verify VVPAT slips for 50% EVMs

Opposition parties Sunday met to discuss issue of EVM malfunctioning where Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi said they will plan a nationwide campaign to bring this to light.

Chandrababu Naidu says EC works at Narendra Modi’s behest after reports of EVM malfunction

Naidu expresses dissatisfaction with EC reply after meeting over EVM malfunction, says 'best for India to have elections with paper ballot'.

7 new finds on India’s elections: Why Prannoy Roy’s book is the definitive take on 2019

From portion of rural women to Muslim voters, anti-incumbency to landslide victories, The Verdict offers insights into India's changing election scene.

Opposition leaders meet election panel & demand EVMs cross-checked in 2019 polls

The leaders demanded the poll panel ensure that 50% of EVM results are matched and cross-checked with VVPATs before declaration of results in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Are those in Parliament representing the people, questions former CEC Navin Chawla

Expressing concern over the election process, Navin Chawla called for greater public participation, especially women, but said citizens should trust the system.

EVM hackathon in London organised by Congress, claims Ravi Shankar Prasad

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the Congress sponsored the event where a cyber expert claimed EVMs were rigged to favour BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Chief Election Commissioner claims EVMs are tamper proof

CEC Sunil Arora dismissed apprehensions related to the EVMs' functioning, and said there was no reason to doubt them. 

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.