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TREND | 20 Jan 2025

S&P 500 Has Its Best Week Since November Election: Markets Wrap

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Equities soared following the election on bets the new administration will enact pro-growth policies that will boost Corporate America.

Election Commission used power of technology to strengthen people's power: PM Modi

Business Line | 19 Jan 2025

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TREND | 18 Jan 2025

S&P 500 Has Its Best Week Since November Election: Markets Wrap

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Aiding sentiment were headlines that Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed trade, TikTok and fentanyl.

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TREND | 18 Jan 2025

Delhi elections: 1,521 nominations filed by 981 candidates for 70 seats

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These nomination papers have been filed by 981 candidates for 70 seats of the Delhi Assembly, said the office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi

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TREND | 16 Jan 2025

Bigg Boss 18 Voting Trends: 6 finalists set to compete for coveted trophy

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After Shilpa Shirodkar was evicted, six contestants have made it to the Bigg Boss 18 grand finale, which is set for January 19, 2025, only three days away

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TREND | 16 Jan 2025

ECI urges political parties for responsible use of AI in campaigning

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Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has consistently cautioned against the potential of AI and deep fakes

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TREND | 15 Jan 2025

Election rules row: SC seeks govt, poll panel reply on Jairam Ramesh's plea

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre and the poll panel on Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh's plea against the recent amendments, including no public access to CCTV, to the 1961 election rules. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar took note of the submissions of senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Ramesh, and issued notices on the plea. The bench said it would hear the plea in the week commencing March 17. Singhvi said amendments to the 1961 Conduct of Election Rules were made "very cleverly" and barred any access to CCTV footage claiming it would reveal the identity of the voter. He said voting choices were never revealed and the CCTV footage couldn't reveal votes. The senior lawyer urged the bench to ask the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Centre to file their responses before the next date of hearing else they would come and say "reply is needed to be filed" on tha

800 more warehouses required to store EVMs for simultaneous polls: EC

Business Standard | 14 Jan 2025

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TREND | 13 Jan 2025

Ashwini Vaishnaw Calls Out Meta's Mark Zuckerberg For Misinformation On India's 2024 Election

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Mark Zuckerberg sparked controversy when he appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast and made an inaccurate claim about India's 2024 elections. Ashwini Vaishnaw fact-checked Zuckerberg on his X handle.

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TREND | 12 Jan 2025

EC defends model code as vital for a level playing field in elections

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One of the key reasons cited by the government to push for simultaneous polls has been that frequent imposition of model code disrupts development work and normal public life, but the Election Commission has asserted it is a "vital instrumentality" aimed at providing level playing field in polls. According to the bills brought by the government to implement 'one nation, one election', there is an imperative need for holding simultaneous elections for various reasons including polls becoming expensive and time-consuming. The Constitution amendment bill to implement 'one nation, one election' said the imposition of a Model Code of Conduct in poll-bound parts of the country puts on hold the entire development programmes and causes disruption in normal public life. It said that frequent poll code imposition also impacts the functioning of services and diverts the man manpower from their core activities to election duties for prolonged periods. But the poll authority is of the view that

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TREND | 12 Jan 2025

Delhi polls: Cong promises Rs 8,500 to unemployed youth if voted to power

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The Congress on Sunday promised to give Rs 8,500 to educated unemployed youths in Delhi for one year if it comes to power in Delhi. The financial assistance will be provided under a scheme called the 'Yuva Udaan Yojana' and it is not free, AICC general secretary Sachin Pilot said at a press conference. "We will provide financial assistance to youths who can show their skills in a company, factory or organisation. They will get money through these companies. This is not a scheme under which one will get money while sitting at home," Pilot said. "We will try that people are absorbed in those fields where they have received training... so that they can... improve their skill set," he added. On January 6, the Congress announced 'Pyaari Didi Yojana', promising a monthly financial assistance of Rs 2,500 for women if it is voted to power. On January 8, the party announced 'Jeevan Raksha Yojana' under which it promised to provide free health insurance of up to Rs 25 lakh. Polling for the

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TREND | 11 Jan 2025

Next CEC to be appointed per new law; SC to take view on new statute soon

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All eyes are on the Supreme Court which will examine the law on appointing members of the Election Commission as its validity has been challenged for not having the chief justice of India as a member of the selection panel. The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, which came into force in December 2023, was first used to appoint Gyanesh Kumar and S S Sandhu as Election Commissioners in March 2024 to fill up the vacancies created following the resignation of Arun Goel and retirement of Anup Chandra Pandey. With Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar demitting office on February 18 on attaining the age of 65, the law will be applied for the first time to appoint a CEC. Before the new law on the appointment of CEC and ECs came into force, the election commissioners were appointed by the President on the government's recommendation. And as per convention, the senior-most Election Commissioner was...