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SC Upheld EVM – VVPAT Polling System, Rejects Return to Ballot Paper Plea

April 26, 2024 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 26: The present voting system on Friday received a big thumbs up from the Supreme Court which upheld the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) system of polling and refused a plea to revive paper ballots, saying “blind distrust” of an institution or a system breeds unwarranted scepticism and impedes progress. A […]

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Football: Marta to retire from Brazil’s national team

April 26, 2024 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, April 26: Marta Vieira da Silva, 38, announced her retirement from Brazil’s national football team at the end of 2024, the media reported on Friday. A two-time Olympic silver medallist, she revealed that she is in the last stage of her career. “There’s a moment when we have to understand that the time […]

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Olympics: British long jumper Jazmin Sawyers to miss the 2024 Games

April 26, 2024 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi, April 26: British track and field athlete Jazmin Sawyers will not be able to compete at the Olympics Games 2024 in Paris because of a serious injury she received during training, the media reported on Wednesday Jazmin,29, suffered Achilles on her right leg and has been forced to undergo a surgery. “It’s devastating to […]

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Roving Periscope: As in India, professional protestors bring US varsities to a halt

April 26, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Crowds seldom mean supporters. Many do not even know why they are part of a protest—wily professional protest managers selectively exploit and coax the media and the people, to support and join a protest, any protest, even without a cause. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has aptly called them “Aandolanjeevi” (professional […]

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First in Asia: With the IMF nod, Sri Lankan law to seize proceeds from crime

April 26, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Limping back to normalcy after the 2022 socio-political-economic upheaval, a cautious Sri Lanka has approved a new law backed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), allowing the state to seize any proceeds from criminal activities. The Proceeds Of Crime Act (POCA) was proposed as part of efforts under the IMF program […]

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Democracy: At Rs. 1,400 per vote, the LS 2024 election to cost Rs. 1.35 trillion

April 26, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The festival of democracy comes with a cost and is often seen as an expensive exercise to keep an elected government in power. The ongoing Lok Sabha 2024 elections in India, spread over 45 days and seven phases between April and June to elect 543 representatives, will be the most expensive […]

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Attacker on Indian High Commission Building in London Held

April 25, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 25: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested a key accused in the violent attack on the High Commission of India in London in March, last year, and unlawful actions during the subsequent protests. Inderpal Singh Gaba, a resident of Hounslow, has been arrested for carrying out unlawful activities during the […]

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India Rejects US Human Rights Report to be “Deeply Biased”

April 25, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 25: India on Thursday termed the US State Department’s annual human rights report on India “deeply biased” and stated that it showed a “poor understanding” of the country. The annual human rights assessment report by the State Department highlighted “significant” abuses in the north-eastern state of Manipur where an ethnic conflict broke […]

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CBI Files First FIR in Sandeshkhali Land Grab, Sexual Assault Case

April 25, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 25: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered the first case in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali related to the land grab and sexual assault allegations against five influential people there, officials said on Thursday. The case pertains to a land dispute where women of the victim’s family had to allegedly face sexual […]

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Congress Launches Counterattack on Modi for Misleading Addresses

April 25, 2024 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 25: The Congress has launched a major counterattack on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clear the doubts in the minds of the voters created by his distorted version of the Congress manifesto and has demanded him either to prove his charges against the Congress or submit an unconditional apology […]