Social media platform X on April 16 said that it had restrained certain posts in India featuring political content from elected officials, political parties, and candidates for office following directives from the country’s Election Commission. These included posts from AAP, YSRCP, Chandrababu Naidu, and others.
19 Apr 2024The Election Commission of India had recently announced the holding of Assembly elections in Bihar and by-elections in eleven States for Assembly and parliamentary constituencies
1 min read8 Oct 2020The Election Commission of India will conduct by-elections for two vacant Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and Kerala on August 24
1 min read30 Jul 2020ECI said that before deciding the timing, the Commission takes into consideration all the relevant factorsSuch statements are ’virtually tantamount to interfering with the Constitutional mandate of Election Commission’, the poll body said
1 min read28 Jul 2020According to one study, e-cigarette customers risk inhaling a chemistry lab’s value of heavy metals, with hyperlinks to most cancers and lung illnessE-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that produce aerosol by heating nicotine, an addictive substance in combustible cigarettes
2 min read30 Sep 2019E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that produce aerosol by heating a solution containing nicotine, which is the addictive substance in combustible cigarettesThese include all forms of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, Heat Not Burn Products, e-Hookah and the like devices
4 min read28 Sep 2019Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a series of steps to boost export and revive growth. Sitharaman had announced the first set last month and promised to be back with another round of initiatives to address sector-specific solutions and targets. The finance minister said that the Export Credit Guarantee Corp will expand scope of ECIS and offer higher insurance cover to banks lending working capital for exports. The move will cost Rs 1700 crore per annum to the government, Sitharaman added.
14 Sep 2019Seventy-six per cent of these bonds, worth ₹4,444.32 crore, were bought in the sale of last three tranchesAs per the Union government’s Electoral Bond Scheme 2018, only 29 branches of the SBI were authorised to issue and encash these bonds in ten phases
1 min read16 Jun 2019During the 2018 assembly elections, mass deletion of voter names was reported on voting dayAccording to data from the CEO’s office, there were 28.1 million voters during the 2014 general (and state) elections in Telangana
2 min read25 Feb 2019Google to disclose names of those purchasing election ads on its platforms and how much money is being spentGoogle has also updated election ads policy for India which will require advertisers that are running election ads
1 min read23 Jan 2019The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared