The 40 Lok Sabhas BJP Won in 2019 With Less Than 50,000 Margin
BJP won 77 seats with less than one lakh votes. Close contests in 40 seats include Machhlishahr in UP with just 181 votes. BJP won 303 seats in 2019, and the halfway mark is 272, that is, it crossed the margin by 33 seats only.
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Lessons unheeded
Keen to display a strongman image by making swift and decisive moves, a political leader with an eye on electoral benefits can ratchet up tensions and fuel escalation dynamics, writes Sushant Singh.
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RTI: Several states flagged high EVM failure rate to EC ahead of 2019 LS polls
During the last Parliamentary elections, instances of EVMs breaking down during the polling process led to political uproar.
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India’s Universities Lack the Freedom to Excel
The abrupt resignation of an economics professor from a prestigious private university has highlighted concerns about academic freedom in India. The country will never be a “vishwaguru” (teacher to the world), as Prime Minister Narendra Modi often boasts, unless the government stops silencing dissenting voices.
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Intelligence Bureau at Ashoka University, Wants to Probe ‘Democratic Backsliding’ Paper
IB officials arrived Monday to speak to former faculty member Sabyasachi Das, and unsuccessfully tried to speak to others from the economics department after learning he was not on campus. A second visit was then set for Tuesday.
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IB officials arrived Monday to speak to former faculty member Sabyasachi Das, and unsuccessfully tried to speak to others from the economics department after learning he was not on campus. A second visit was then set for Tuesday.
320 economists from 91 institutions extend support to Prof Das, demand his reinstatement
As many as 320 economists from 91 institutions across the country have extended their support to Prof Sabyasachi Das, whose paper suggesting voter manipulation in the 2019 elections sparked a controversy.
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Ashoka University Departments Unite in Support of Former Professor Amid Academic Freedom Debate
The departments of sociology and anthropology, English, creative writing, political science, philosophy, psychology, and media studies have all voiced their concerns over the university's handling of academic freedom.
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The departments of sociology and anthropology, English, creative writing, political science, philosophy, psychology, and media studies have all voiced their concerns over the university's handling of academic freedom.
Ashoka University faculty sets two conditions before carrying forward teaching obligations
The faculty also asked the management to desist from interfering in academic work.
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Economics Dept Says Ashoka Governing Body ‘Interference’ Forcing Scholars to ‘Operate in Environment of Fear’
Department wants Sabyasachi Das reappointed, sets deadline of August 23; English and Creative Writing Departments also release a statement in solidarity with the economics department, stipulating the same demands.
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Department wants Sabyasachi Das reappointed, sets deadline of August 23; English and Creative Writing Departments also release a statement in solidarity with the economics department, stipulating the same demands.
Ashoka University accepts professor Sabyasachi Das's resignation; another teacher quits
We don't direct or moderate research conducted by faculty and students: Varsity.
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