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Topic: Sukumar Sen

ECI founder Sukumar Sen was unsung hero of Indian democracy who could make Nehru wait

Anil Maheshwari -
In 'Power of the Ballot', authors Anil and Vipul Maheshwari talk about the contribution of ECI founder Sukumar Sen to the idea of democracy in India.

Guha on ‘harmoniser’ Gandhi, Lavasa calls India’s first elections ‘fateful experiment’

Revathi Krishnan -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

‘Democracy thrives on listening…’ — full text of Pranab Mukherjee speech at Sen lecture

ThePrint Team -
Free, fair, popular and credible elections are life blood of democracy, Pranab Mukherjee said at inaugural Sukumar Sen Memorial Lecture Thursday. Read his full speech.

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

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

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Opinion

Free UPI was a revolution. Now costs are piling up, quality is slipping

Vedika Pandey -
The RBI Governor would do well to reinitiate earlier attempts to create competition for UPI. It would improve quality and security.

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Economy

Over six-fold spike in digital transactions since 2019-20, govt informs Parliament

Udit Bubna -
Govt says digital payments also uplift under-served communities by providing them financial footprint that can be used to assess credit worthiness in absence of traditional documents.

Defence

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

National Interest

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

Shekhar Gupta -
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.

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