EVM an aggregator of votes, can't be used in presidential, vice presidential electionsElectronic Voting Machines or EVMs are unsuitable for certain Indian elections. These include presidential, vice presidential, Rajya Sabha,...
08 Sep, 2025, 01.00 PM IST
Crypto investors shift focus to these new altcoins as Bitcoin price takes a dipSmart investors are taking advantage of the crypto downturn to buy promising new projects at low costs. Solaxy, Bitcoin Bull, and Best Wall...
31 Mar, 2025, 06.12 PM IST
India's election management - A global public good opportunityIndia's robust election management system, from Himalayan hamlets to the Sundarbans, is a model for the world. Its scale, integrity, and tr...
20 Dec, 2024, 11.29 PM IST
'Indian EVMs are different': IIT professors who helped design the voting machinesElon Musk's recent comments on EVMs have reignited concerns about their reliability, with Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders urging ...
19 Jun, 2024, 12.19 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections: Opposition to discuss counting norms with ECI todayThe opposition alliance demanded that the Election Commission of India (ECI) follow the laid out procedure, including counting postal ballo...
01 Jun, 2024, 11.49 PM IST
View: In EVM-VVPAT we trustIndia's EVMs, introduced in the 1990s, were initially met with scepticism. But they have evolved, incorporating state-of-the-art technology...
15 Feb, 2024, 11.32 PM IST
If EVMs not 'fixed' before Lok Sabha polls, BJP can win over 400 seats: Sam PitrodaOn Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's upcoming Manipur-to-Mumbai Bharat Nyay Yatra ahead of the polls, Pitroda said, "The next election is abou...
28 Dec, 2023, 02.57 PM IST
Selecting poll officials: Contestants won't stop levelling allegationsThe Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service, and Term of Office) Bill, 2023, has b...
23 Dec, 2023, 11.02 PM IST
Allen acquires edtech startup Doubtnut in fire sale; Spotify’s latest layoffsAllen Career Institute has bought edtech startup Doubtnut in a slump sale. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
04 Dec, 2023, 09.07 PM IST
View: Every pollster tells a storyEven most exit polls couldn’t see the BJP getting near 300 seats. Some attributed the party as few as 155-160 seats. Similarly, most pollst...
08 Mar, 2022, 11.58 PM IST
View: The legitimacy of the demand for regulating digital domain by privacy lawsIn 2016, the Cambridge Analytica incident exposed a non-commercial concern — the ability of big data to influence voter preference.
31 May, 2021, 09.52 AM IST
UP grand alliance a result of frustration of its members: Yogi AdityanathYogi Adityanath alleged that the alliance members are resorting to telling lies instead of raising real issues like riots and lawlessness d...
08 Apr, 2019, 06.51 PM IST
View: Ghosts in the machine? The thing about EVMs you probably had no idea aboutEvery engineer knows there is no such thing as a secure or error-free electronics system, or a computer program that can't be broken into.
31 May, 2018, 07.44 AM IST
What is the difference between bitcoin and ethereum?Both offer anonymous transactions, and neither of the two is controlled or regulated by a centralised body.
20 Dec, 2017, 02.11 PM IST
Election Commission: AAP hacked 'look-alike' gadget, not our EVMParticipating in a discussion on EVM tampering issue, AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj dramatically claimed a voting machine can be manipulated by ...
10 May, 2017, 01.54 AM IST
EC should be more vocal on defending EVMs: S Y QuraishiQuraishi was in the city to deliver the keynote address at the 13th Annual India Business Conference at the prestigious Columbia Business S...
13 Apr, 2017, 03.05 PM IST
ISRO embraces private sector, outsources satellite manufactureThe Indian space establishment has crossed a new threshold, engaging for the first time a private sector industry to make a full multi-cror...
02 Apr, 2017, 11.54 AM IST