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SIR omissions and errors of commissionRecent Indian state elections saw surprising outcomes. However, electoral roll changes, especially in West Bengal, raise serious questions....
What's in a SIRname Anyway?A routine voter-list verification over a “logical discrepancy” in a surname opens up a larger, deeply Indian paradox: names that refuse to ...
H-1B fee hike risks; PhonePe's losses shrinkThe H-1B visa fee hike threatens education lenders with riskier loans. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
Congress MP Gogoi files motion to discuss verification of Electors' Photo Identity Cards in Lok SabhaCongress MP Gaurav Gogoi moved an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha to discuss electoral reforms, focusing on the verification of Elector...
Why are Democrats having such a hard time beating Trump?Despite initial expectations, efforts by Democrats face significant challenges due to national discontent, resulting in Trump remaining a s...
Nervous about falling behind the GOP, Democrats are wrestling with how to use AIStill smarting from being outmaneuvered on social media by Donald Trump and his allies in 2016, Democratic strategists said they are nevert...
Meet Ashley, the world's first AI-powered political campaign callerAshley is one of the first examples of how generative AI is ushering in a new era of political campaigning in which candidates use technolo...
Defang AI, or make it toothless?The far-reaching jurisdictional scope of the AI Act, set to take effect no sooner than 2025, imposes obligations on both providers and depl...
Pulling the plug on TikTok will be harder than it looksMaking TikTok safe from Chinese exploitation - as a tool for Chinese officials to surveil Americans' tastes and whereabouts, as an entry po...
Govt platform coming up for auto-updating docs via Aadhaar; Good Glamm hikes stake in The Moms CoThe government is developing a platform to help citizens who store their documents in DigiLocker to auto-update their address and other dem...
'Too little, too late': Social media has a Covid vaccine misinformation problem. Here's what experts suggestA serious threat in online settings is that fake news spreads faster than verified and validated news from credible sources.
Those who can should pay for the vaccine: Naresh Trehan, MD Medanta HospitalDr Naresh Trehan, cardiovascular surgeon and chairman and MD of Medanta, tells ET in an interview over the phone that the government should...
India needs Facebook, Twitter anti-fake toolsTrump and allies flooded social media on Wednesday with false claims of victory and unsupported allegations of voter fraud, testing Twitter...
In Telangana, the eyes have it: How the state is redefining data-driven governanceWith nearly 64% of India's CCTV cameras, and facial recognition for traffic, law and order, pensions, and elections, Telangana is redefinin...
How the mobile phone is shaping to be BJP's most important weapon in electionsET sits down with ruling party data crunchers to understand the new strategy.
Why relying on big data analytics for strategies is a risky move for political partiesGartner estimated that 60% of big data projects fail. According to an analyst, this was 'too conservative', with the failure rate probably ...
Bengaluru emerges as a hub for political entrepreneurshipAcross social and other media, they have been influencers, as well facilitators, in ways that non-Delhi cities haven’t quite been in the pa...
Nandan Nilekani's tech team now helping politicians discover technology tools beyond social mediaWhile Shah, 24, is a computer scientist who used to develop technology for Aadhaar payment systems, Pugalia was a public policy analyst at ...