General Elections 2018
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Opinion: Electoral Bonds Ban Will Do Little When Cash Is King
Cash is the main source of election funding in India. Electoral bonds accounted for just around 10% of the total amount spent by parties and candidates in a single election cycle of five years from 2018 to 2023.
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Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj Cancelled at Netflix
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj is no more. Netflix has cancelled Minhaj’s weekly political talk show after less than two years. Patriot Act had made the news in India after Minhaj tackled general elections here, last year.
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BJP Gets Over 58 Per Cent Vote Share In Rajasthan
The BJP, which won 24 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan where it had lost the 2018 assembly polls to the Congress, saw its vote share increase from 54.94 per cent in 2014 to 58.5 per cent in this general election.
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General Elections 2019: 99.8% Electoral Bonds Sold Were Of Highest Denominations, Says RTI
A whopping 99.8 per cent of donations received by political parties were through electoral bonds of the highest denominations - Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore - between March 2018 and January 24, 2019, according to data obtained by a social worker under the Right to Information Act.
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Political Parties Got 99.8% Donations Through Electoral Bonds: RTI
A whopping 99.8 per cent of donations received by political parties was through electoral bonds of the highest denominations -- Rs 10 lakh and Rs one crore -- between March 2018 and January 24, 2019, revealed data obtained under the RTI Act.
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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows Fall Amid Uncertainty Ahead Of Polls
Inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) dropped 7 per cent to $33.5 billion in the nine months between April and December 2018
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How Facebook Is Tweaking Political Ads Ahead Of Lok Sabha Polls
Facebook India said Thursday it will run disclaimers on political ads and publish details of sponsors to bring transparency in political advertising ahead of a general election due by May.
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At Punjab Rally, Bhagwant Mann Promised Never To Drink Again: AAP
At the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Barnala rally, parliamentarian Bhagwant Mann has resolved never to touch alcohol ever, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and party leader Manish Sisodia said today.
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Rupee To Weaken To 71.50 Against Dollar In A Year: Poll
While the currency (INR vs USD) recovered nearly 6 per cent after touching a record low of 74.485 per dollar on October 11, the January 2-8 poll of more than 65 analysts showed the rupee will weaken again. The rupee rate (forex rate) fell about 9 per cent in 2018.
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Bangladesh Opposition Boycotts Swearing-In Amid Calls To Probe Rigging
Opposition members of Bangladesh's parliament boycotted a swearing-in ceremony, after rejecting results of a general election that they said was rigged to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina her third straight term.
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Says Tried To Ensure Free Election
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Monday her government tried to ensure a free and general election and the opposition lost because it lacked leadership.
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Voters Allege Being Barred From Polling Booths In Bangladesh
At least three voters in southeast Bangladesh, including a journalist, told Reuters on Sunday that they were barred from entering polling booths or were told their ballot papers had already been filled in, hours after voting began in the nation's general election.
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Voting For Bangladesh Elections Ends, 12 Killed In Violence
Polls closed in a Bangladesh general election on Sunday that was marred by the deaths of at least 12 people in vote-related clashes.
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Bangladesh TV Station Taken Off Air For Election Day
Bangladesh Election 2018: A leading Bangladeshi news channel has been taken off the air, officials said on Sunday as the country votes for a new government amid allegations of a media crackdown.
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Bangladesh Votes Amid Clashes, Sheikh Hasina "Certainly Confident" Of Win
At least fivepeople were reportedly killedin election-related clashes in Bangladesh as the country went to the polls amid a weeks-long campaign that saw violence and allegations of a government crackdown on opposition activists.
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Opinion: Electoral Bonds Ban Will Do Little When Cash Is King
Cash is the main source of election funding in India. Electoral bonds accounted for just around 10% of the total amount spent by parties and candidates in a single election cycle of five years from 2018 to 2023.
-
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj Cancelled at Netflix
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj is no more. Netflix has cancelled Minhaj’s weekly political talk show after less than two years. Patriot Act had made the news in India after Minhaj tackled general elections here, last year.
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BJP Gets Over 58 Per Cent Vote Share In Rajasthan
The BJP, which won 24 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan where it had lost the 2018 assembly polls to the Congress, saw its vote share increase from 54.94 per cent in 2014 to 58.5 per cent in this general election.
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General Elections 2019: 99.8% Electoral Bonds Sold Were Of Highest Denominations, Says RTI
A whopping 99.8 per cent of donations received by political parties were through electoral bonds of the highest denominations - Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore - between March 2018 and January 24, 2019, according to data obtained by a social worker under the Right to Information Act.
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Political Parties Got 99.8% Donations Through Electoral Bonds: RTI
A whopping 99.8 per cent of donations received by political parties was through electoral bonds of the highest denominations -- Rs 10 lakh and Rs one crore -- between March 2018 and January 24, 2019, revealed data obtained under the RTI Act.
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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows Fall Amid Uncertainty Ahead Of Polls
Inbound foreign direct investment (FDI) dropped 7 per cent to $33.5 billion in the nine months between April and December 2018
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How Facebook Is Tweaking Political Ads Ahead Of Lok Sabha Polls
Facebook India said Thursday it will run disclaimers on political ads and publish details of sponsors to bring transparency in political advertising ahead of a general election due by May.
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At Punjab Rally, Bhagwant Mann Promised Never To Drink Again: AAP
At the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Barnala rally, parliamentarian Bhagwant Mann has resolved never to touch alcohol ever, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and party leader Manish Sisodia said today.
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Rupee To Weaken To 71.50 Against Dollar In A Year: Poll
While the currency (INR vs USD) recovered nearly 6 per cent after touching a record low of 74.485 per dollar on October 11, the January 2-8 poll of more than 65 analysts showed the rupee will weaken again. The rupee rate (forex rate) fell about 9 per cent in 2018.
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Bangladesh Opposition Boycotts Swearing-In Amid Calls To Probe Rigging
Opposition members of Bangladesh's parliament boycotted a swearing-in ceremony, after rejecting results of a general election that they said was rigged to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina her third straight term.
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Says Tried To Ensure Free Election
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Monday her government tried to ensure a free and general election and the opposition lost because it lacked leadership.
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Voters Allege Being Barred From Polling Booths In Bangladesh
At least three voters in southeast Bangladesh, including a journalist, told Reuters on Sunday that they were barred from entering polling booths or were told their ballot papers had already been filled in, hours after voting began in the nation's general election.
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Voting For Bangladesh Elections Ends, 12 Killed In Violence
Polls closed in a Bangladesh general election on Sunday that was marred by the deaths of at least 12 people in vote-related clashes.
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Bangladesh TV Station Taken Off Air For Election Day
Bangladesh Election 2018: A leading Bangladeshi news channel has been taken off the air, officials said on Sunday as the country votes for a new government amid allegations of a media crackdown.
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Bangladesh Votes Amid Clashes, Sheikh Hasina "Certainly Confident" Of Win
At least fivepeople were reportedly killedin election-related clashes in Bangladesh as the country went to the polls amid a weeks-long campaign that saw violence and allegations of a government crackdown on opposition activists.
