January 13, 2022
Comments Off on Leftist 35-year-old Gabriel Boric wins election as Chile’s next president
Aleftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile’s next president Sunday after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump. With 56 per cent of the votes, Gabriel Boric handily defeated by more than 10 points lawmaker José Antonio Kast, who tried unsuccessfully to scare voters that his young, inexperienced opponent would upend Chile’s vaunted ... Read More »
May 25, 2019
Comments Off on [Weekly funding roundup] Investments in startups down 76pc this week as India prepared for election results
Startup funding activity saw a significant slowdown in the fourth week of May ahead of the announcement of results for the Lok Sabha polls. Votes were counted on Thursday, and the incumbent Bhartiya Janata Party-led government returned to power with a strong majority. The week to Friday saw only $45.6 million raised across nine deals, down 76 percent from the previous week, when ... Read More »
January 16, 2019
Comments Off on Facebook advertising rules to become stricter for Lok Sabha election
San Francisco: Facebook Inc told Reuters on Tuesday that it would extend some of its political advertising rules and tools for curbing election interference to India, Nigeria, Ukraine and the European Union before significant votes in the next few months. As the largest social media service in nearly every big country, Facebook since 2016 has become a means for politicians and ... Read More »
December 15, 2018
Comments Off on Election Results LIVE updates: Congress single largest in MP, wins Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh
Results out for Madhya Pradesh, Congress the single largest party The results for Madhya Pradesh assembly are finally declared after 24 hours of counting. The Congress with 114 seats has emerged as the single largest party, but has missed the majority mark by 2 seats. The BJP has won 109 seats, BSP 2, Samajwadi Party 1 and others have bagged ... Read More »
April 5, 2017
Comments Off on Patriot power: How France’s alt-right seeks to sway election
France, despite its reputation as a beacon of progressive liberalism, has been at the forefront of a burgeoning pan-European far-right movement. Marine Le Pen, an anti-immigration Eurosceptic who may well top the first round of France’s presidential election on 23 April, is riding a populist insurgency that has been growing over the past 15 years. Its themes are familiar in ... Read More »
March 16, 2016
Comments Off on Twitter, Election Commission Partner on Awareness Campaign in Tamil Nadu
Popular social media platform Twitter will collaborate with Election Commission of India in its awareness campaign on striving for 100 percent voting for the May 16 Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rajesh Lakhoni held discussions with Raheel Khursheed, Head, News, Politics and Government at Twitter India in Chennai. Later, speaking to reporters, Khurhseed said ... Read More »
March 10, 2016
Comments Off on Election Commission Addressing Poll Grievances via Mobile App
Ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls, the Election Commission is addressing public grievances related to voter lists and voter ID cards in a tech-savvy manner with the help of a mobile app ‘Samadhan’, officials said. “It is now very easy for any voter to lodge a complaint with us with the help of this mobile app which is available ... Read More »
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