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No systemic risk to BFSI sector; may see short-term slowdown in loan growth: Deepak ParekhIndustry veteran Deepak Parekh stated the banking and financial services sector is not facing major systemic risks from global geopolitical...
How the Middle East crisis may affect Kerala election results 2026Kerala's 2026 assembly elections saw a record 78.27% voter turnout, with exit polls indicating a close contest between the UDF and LDF. Att...
Election loss for Hungarian Prime Minister Orban has ripple effects for Trump, US conservativesThe defeat of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has drawn attention in the U.S. due to his close alignment with Donald Trump and his in...
Kerala enters silence campaigning phase; candidates make last-mile outreachKerala enters a mandatory silence period before the April 9 Assembly polls. Candidates are now focusing on door-to-door visits and personal...
Poor electoral participation of overseas Indian voters in LS polls, 2024: EC dataNearly 1.2 lakh overseas Indians registered as electors for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, with Kerala recording the highest registrations. ...
EC proposal to allow overseas Indian voters use e-postal ballot under discussion with MEA: Govt"The Election Commission of India has taken up a proposal to amend the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 to facilitate electronically-transm...
Government contemplating postal ballot facility for NRIsThe ETPBS facility is so far available only to service voters, including members of the armed forces and central armed police forces posted...
Cannot give postal ballot facility to overseas voters in upcoming assembly polls, says CentreSpeaking at an event last week, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora had said that after the elections to five assemblies are over, the ...
EC may hold workshop for Indian missions in select countries on electronic postal ballotThe Commission would also speak with various NRI associations and ministries which would be involved in the roll-out of the proposed facili...
EC proposes extending postal ballot facility for eligible overseas IndiansFor overseas electors, EC has said the voter will have to intimate the returning officer that he or she wants to use postal ballot. The ret...
25,000 of 1 lakh overseas Indians registered in e-rolls voted in LS polls: ECAn expert committee of the Election Commission, working on the issue, had in 2015 forwarded the legal framework to the Law Ministry to amen...
Fresh bill to allow proxy voting to NRIsThe bill proposes to replace the term 'wife' with 'spouse', thus making the provision gender-neutral.
Two-fold jump in NRIs registering as voters: Govt & EC dataThe figure, however, is far too less when compared to the number of Indians living abroad and entitled to vote here.
Only 24,000 overseas Indians have registered as votersOut of these, 23,556 are from Kerala, 364 from Punjab and 14 from Gujarat, according to the data provided by the Commission.
Homing in: Over 20,000 non-resident Keralites to voteOver 20,000 non-resident Malayalis have registered to vote in the May 16 state polls in Kerala. This is likely the biggest-ever electoral p...
Overseas Gujaratis have no interest in state electionsGlobally placed sizable chunk of Gujaratis apparently have no interest in elections back home, as just five overseas electors have enrolled...
Delhi EC launches process of including NRIs in electoral rollsFor enrolment of names in voters' list, an NRI can go to an ERO in person or send by post his application to the ERO concerned.