“The poll body had last released official aggregate voting figures of 62.34% till 9 p.m. on April 19 when the first phase of polling was held, and is yet to release the final aggregate figures.”
Why is the ECI not releasing the final figures for April 19 polls?

Good morning and happy very long elections to everyone except the good citizens of Surat, who will not be voting this year for reasons that seem more and more fascinating. +

Israeli strikes on Rafah kill 18, as Gaza death toll tops 34,000
Attacks come hours after U.S.

House passed $26.3 billion in aid to Israel. politico.eu/article/israel…

All the stuff in the news about protests on US universities keeps reminding me that Israel blew up every single university in Gaza, and most of it's schools too.

On its homepage, the The New York Times website currently has four (4) prominently-displayed pieces about American college protests and zero (0) pieces about the nearly 300 bodies (some with their hands and feet bound) found in a mass grave at a hospital in southern Gaza.

In this detailed piece, Neel Madhav and I write about the Election Commission's Technical Expert Committee.

The committee, which certifies India’s Electronic Voting Machines, is plagued by potential conflict of interest

Do read
thenewsminute.com/long-form/ques…

Fresh investments slowdown:

By the private sector fell by 15%
By foreign investors fell by almost a third
Most visible in manufacturing where proposed outlays fell by an alarming 40%

For the first time ever India’s three biggest software services exporters reported a full-year decline in headcount numbers. They also reported a sequential decline in attrition rate.

Worrying job trends from one of India’s most aspirational sectors

livemint.com/companies/comp…

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So the 4 'independent experts' who certify the EVM is secure and unhackable are also the people who invented the VVPAT.

One is bed ridden, another says they didn't invent it, and one, seeminly the main guy, suddenly got a ton of directorships in last 6 months, mostly in Gujarat!

Scamdev senior and Scamdev junior, owners of pride of India, Patanjali Ayurveda, has issued what 'they' consider a public apology for decades of anti-science promotions and defrauding Indian public through misleading advertisements of their absolutely worthless Ayurvedic herbal

The guy who designs the EVMs is also the guy who certifies them as unbreakable. This is a story of how Election Commission's Technical Expert Committee is broken by design. This is why I say, when it comes to tech in India, it is all claims with no proofs.
thenewsminute.com/long-form/ques…

Fwiw: The Congress manifesto doesn’t mention Muslims even once. It doesn’t promise wealth redistribution to Muslims, or to anyone. The PM’s statement is built entirely on a bed of lies.

BJP won Surat Lok Sabha polling 75% votes in 2014 and 74% votes in 2019 elections. It could have easily won the seat with similar numbers again, as it remain a traditional stronghold. BUT that is not the case. Any 'unopposed' election is basically against the concept and spirit

The election commission has declined to comment on questions about whether it will act on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign speech in which he refers to Muslims as ‘infiltrators’ and ‘those who have many children’. bbc.com/news/world-asi…

The Election Commission is like my blue tick.

Hai magar dikhta nahi hai.

This is mafia stuff. The proposers of the Congress candidate (pure formality, can be ANY voter in the constituency) suddenly saying they didn't sign. EIGHT other candidates SUDDENLY dropping out. If you are not a deranged bhakt, you will see this for the undemocratic sham it is.

Sudden death due to saccharine artificial sweetener?

Again, as expected, like clockwork, the Indian news media never misses an opportunity to demonize artificial sweeteners and report without insight, with complete absence of critical thinking.

Tragically, a young girl died

FSSAI initiates action against Nestle for possible violations of high sugar content in Baby food cerelac: Sources to CNBC TV18

Glaciers melting at unprecedented rates in Indian Himalayan region: Isro timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/glaciers…