Lok Sabha Election 2024

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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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PM Modi’s statements about nation’s resources combat brazen appeasement of Congress

April 25, 2024 Vinayak Barot

(Guru Prakash) Over the last couple of days, the political discourse is heating up. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled a statement by former PM Manmohan Singh in which he called for the first right/claim of minorities especially, Muslims, over national resources. From the infamous reversal of the progressive Shah Bano verdict that essentially disenfranchised divorced […]

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Poll funding: If voted back to power, Nirmala hints at reinstating electoral bonds

April 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: If voted back to power after the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the NDA government is likely to reinstate corporate funding to political parties through controversial electoral bonds. According to the media reports, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman hinted at this possibility, stating to bring in a political funding framework acceptable to all […]

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Tesla’s EVs: Elon Musk postpones next week’s India visit to “later this year”

April 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Tesla chief Elon Musk, who was expected to announce an investment of around USD 3 billion to manufacture his electric vehicles and start satellite broadband services in India, has postponed his next week’s visit to the South Asian country to “later this year.” “Unfortunately, very heavy Tesla obligations require that the […]

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Election year: IMF official applauds India for fiscal discipline

April 19, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) official has praised India for maintaining fiscal discipline in an election year, saying the Indian economy is doing well and continues to be the world’s bright spot. “At this point, India’s economy is doing well. Growth at 6.8 percent is very good. Inflation’s coming down. We […]

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Rally at Ramlila Maidan reflects Opposition’s poverty of ideas

April 1, 2024 Vinayak Barot

(Guru Prakash) More than a rally of the Opposition, Sunday’s meeting at the Ramlila ground reminded the people of India of a weekend lunch get-together of the sons and daughters of the political elite at the Delhi Gymkhana Club. There is a growing realisation of the widespread poverty of intelligence in the unstructured speeches and […]

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Roving Periscope: India-EFTA deal on Sunday; likely with the UK after LS polls

March 9, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While India is set to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with a group of four European nations on Sunday (March 10), its much-awaited deal with the United Kingdom is likely to be inked only after the Lok Sabha elections in April-May 2024. India and the European bloc EFTA will sign […]

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Gyanvapi: Allahabad HC rejects Muslims’ plea to stop Hindus’ puja

February 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee, which looks after the affairs of the mosque, challenging the Varanasi district court’s order to allow puja (prayers) in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque in the Kashi Vishwanath Temple complex in Varanasi. […]

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Politics: 36% of RS candidates declared criminal cases against themselves!

February 24, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Are our lawmakers also lawbreakers? Election rights body Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has revealed that 36 percent of Rajya Sabha candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves while the average assets of candidates analyzed stood at Rs 127.81 crore. The ADR and the National Election Watch analyzed the self-sworn […]

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LS polls: AAP, Cong to share seats in Delhi, other states—minus Punjab

February 24, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Taking a U-turn from what it did a decade ago—launching a nationwide agitation to dislodge the “corrupt” Congress-led UPA government—the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced a seat-sharing formula for Delhi and some other states with the same Grand Old Party (GOP) for the coming Lok Sabha elections—but not […]