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Topic: Polling

One Nation, One Election could free 26 lakh teachers from poll duty—PM advisory council paper

PM's Economic Advisory Council says simultaneous Lok Sabha & assembly elections would reduce polling personnel deployment by 28 per cent, saving 1.04 crore polling personnel-days over five years.

WhatsApp University PhD in ‘Mangal Gyaan’ & maths isn’t EC, you know

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

Elon Musk launches poll on whether he should quit as Twitter CEO

Musk launched the poll Sunday, adding that he would abide by the poll results. This comes after Twitter's policy latest update, banning accounts promoting rival social media platforms.

Is this India’s ‘Amrit Kal’? As state polls go on, we must trace Representation of People Act

The elections in UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur are also ‘a mid-point referendum’ on the Narendra Modi government.

Three simple things Election Commission must fix urgently, before solving larger problems

There is more EC can do to assuage fears and problems of voters than arrange for ‘hackathons’.

UP’s 1.3 lakh polling booths: What affects voter turnout on election day

EC’s voter education programme has exhausted its limit as data shows two booth-level factors can affect participation on polling day.

Dear opinion pollsters: In Karnataka, there was an utter disregard for basic standards

Political science departments can contribute a lot by introducing graduate level courses on research methods. This will help understand the findings of a poll. Dear...

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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.