ETMarkets Smart Talk| F&O STT, UPI charges and trading costs: Sandeep Neema on the hidden drag on retail returnsIn this segment of ETMarkets Smart Talk, we speak with Sandeep Neema, Director and Fund Manager at PL Asset Management, about the real risk...
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New Zealand election 2026: How the MMP voting system works and why smaller parties could decide who forms governmentWith New Zealand's 54th Parliament preparing to close its doors for the upcoming elections on November 7, the unique Mixed Member Proportio...
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'SIR really means 'Shah Instigated Removal' of voters: Congress leader Jairam RameshThe Congress party has alleged that the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is a "Shah Instigated Rem...
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The origin of DUSU: From a 1947 proposal to a campus political forceDelhi University Students Union began its journey just before India's independence. Early years saw financial and administrative challenges...
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India’s cheap-urea model faces an expensive reckoningIndia faces rising fertilizer costs, prompting a review of its subsidy system. Global supply chain issues and war have doubled procurement ...
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- Israel elections 2026: The system, the rivals, and what's at stake
Israelis are scheduled to hold a national election on October 27. Polls indicate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a clear defeat in ...
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RSP to pursue 'development diplomacy' to boost Nepal-India ties: Chairman LamichhaneRastriya Swatantra Party Chairman Rabi Lamichhane aims to boost Nepal-India relations through development diplomacy. He thanked Prime Minis...
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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,...
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Nepal Prime Minister Deuba elected leader of Nepali Congress parliamentary partyThe win means that Deuba, 76, will possibly lead the next government after the Nepali Congress emerged as the single-largest party in the g...
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Presidential poll 2022: Electoral fate of Draupadi Murmu, Yashwant Sinha to be stored in ballot boxes, not EVMsVoters press the button against the name of the candidate of their choice and the one who bags the maximum number of votes is declared elec...
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EVMs not designed for presidential poll voting systemBut the election of the President is held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote...
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Sweden inspires India for simultaneous electionsSweden held its most recent national referendum in 2003, which was about whether Sweden should replace the Swedish krona with the euro. A m...
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Ex-CEC JM Lyngdoh bats for doing away with candidates fighting pollsJ M Lyngdoh has instead advocated the concept of proportional representation for political parties based on the percentage of votes they wi...
25 Jan, 2015, 10.12 AM IST
No plan to introduce proportional representation system in Lok Sabha: GovernmentRavi Shankar Prasad said elections to the office of the President and to Rajya Sabha are held in accordance with the system of proportional...
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Nepali Congress maintains lead over CPN-UML in pollsThe Nepali Congress headed by Sushil Koirala has secured 2.4 million votes out of the total 9.4 million votes counted so far.
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Nepal's Election Commission announces schedule for the November 22 polls.
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