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    • Clashes erupt outside Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus’s residence ahead of elections

      With six days until Bangladesh’s general election, government employees clashed with police outside Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’s residence, demanding implementation of the Ninth National Pay Scale amid rising political tensions.

    • Market to stabilise in couple of days, sector rotation to come into play, says Rohit Srivastava

      After their bull run in the past year, PSU stocks may see a near-term cool down as they come off extremely overbought zones. In such times, other sectors like banking, information technology and others may take the lead to lift the market, said Rohit Srivastava of Indiacharts.com.

    • In seats with significant Lingayat votes, Congress takes the lead with 5 wins, BJP takes 4

      In the assembly polls last year, Congress won several of the Lingayat seats in the north Karnataka region

    • BJP wins big in all 3 Coastal Karnataka seats despite setbacks in north

      Congress had made some inroads in the region during the assembly polls, but the trend of voting for BJP in the general elections continued in the state even though its overall seat tally came down

    • South African general election results start coming in, trends show ANC losing ground

      Analysts emphasised that it was still too early to confirm whether this would be a trend to support widespread predictions that the African National Congress (ANC) would lose the majority it has held since Nelson Mandela became the country's first democratically president 30 years ago after the end of the apartheid regime.

    • Diamond West Bengal Harbour Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Voting date, results, candidates, main parties and schedule

      In this Diamond West Bengal Harbour Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Diamond Harbour comprises seven Assembly seats, namely Falta, Satgachhia, Bishnupur, Maheshtala, Budge Budge, Metiabruz, and Diamond Harbour itself.

    • Chris Wood predicts market correction on 'surprisingly bad outcome' for BJP, probable capital gains tax changes

      A repeat of the shock BJP defeat in 2004 remains unlikely in the extreme, said Chris Wood. At that time, the Sensex corrected by 17 percent in the two days after the election results. In GREED & fear’s view there would be an even worse outcome in the event of a repeat of such a shock result.

    • Companies launch voter initiatives for Lok Sabha Election 2024

      Among the strategies being implemented are voter registration drives, where employees are provided with information and assistance to get on the electoral roll

    • 'Outright' win for Modi’s BJP highly likely, will trigger positive reaction in stocks: Nomura

      An outright election win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP has a ‘high likelihood’, and will trigger a positive reaction in Indian equities, said Nomura in a note.

    • Colleges directed to organise programmes to increase voting turnout among youths 

      Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan directed all higher education institutions to conduct comprehensive voter awareness activities at their campuses to increasing youths' participation in electoral processes

    • PM Modi to inaugurate 4 thermal power plants in Odisha on Feb 3

      Moneycontrol was the first to break the news on January 29 about PM Modi's plan to launch projects worth nearly Rs 69,000 crore in Odisha in February, of which at least Rs 58,000 crore will be for coal and power projects alone.

    • Delhi EC issues clarification on 2024 Lok Sabha poll date

      April 16 was mentioned as the tentative date in an internal circular issued by Delhi poll panel office

    • Bangladesh to hold general elections on Sunday; PM Hasina poised to win 4th consecutive term

      Bangladesh prepares for polls on Sunday, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina poised for a fourth consecutive term. The main Opposition BNP initiates a 48-hour nationwide strike in protest against the "illegal government," marked by sporadic violence.

    • PM Modi invites G20 delegates to witness 'festival of democracy' during 2024 general elections

      A recorded message from Modi was played at the inaugural session of the G20 Tourism Ministerial Meeting in Goa on Wednesday.

    • Only four IPOs in March quarter but India leads in share sale by large corporates: EY

      In contrast, the SME market witnessed higher activity, having raised $82 million via 38 IPOs

    • Malaysia to go to polls on November 19

      Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob dissolved parliament on October 10th and called for snap polls, saying an election would end years of political instability.

    • Iraqis vote in general election, a test for democratic system

      The election is being held several months early under a new law designed to help independent candidates – a response to mass anti-government protests two years ago. But the established, armed and Shi’ite Islamist-dominated ruling elite is expected to sweep the vote.

    • Instagram going to be a game-changer in 2019 Lok Sabha elections: Social media strategist Naresh Arora

      Choice of platforms is common in India — first is Facebook, then is WhatsApp and third is Youtube. However, it is Instagram that'll be the game-changer this time

    • Opinion | PM’s Independence Day speech is an election report card, lacks punch

      The Independence Day speech had shades of an election campaign. Modi largely chose to look back at what has been achieved, rather than focus on what can be achieved

    • Big data firm Cambridge Analytica in talks with Indian opposition party for 2019 polls: Sources

      Cambridge Analytica, the international data mining and analysis company helped United States President Donald Trump win the elections through a targeted communication campaign.

    • Britain braces for election in wake of terror attacks

      Prime Minister Theresa May was riding high when she called a snap election on April 18, having kicked off Brexit proceedings and boasting a double-digit lead over the rival Labour party.

    • Greece heads to the polls (again): Why it matters

      With the latest general election results due on Sunday, and polls suggesting a tight race to govern the struggling euro zone economy, CNBC looks at why this could be an important vote for the country – and the single currency.

    • Lanka hopes to set terms of eco pact with India by year end

      Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, visiting New Delhi on his first visit abroad since winning a general election last month, said voters had given his government of national unity a mandate for trade and investment with India.

    • Nitin Gadkari promises to add 2% points to growth

      Fifteen months after taking power, Modi's credibility as an economic manager is on the line, with economic growth faltering and social tensions erupting in his home state of Gujarat over a lack of job opportunities.

    • Indian economy offers hope as China struggles

      The median estimate from a Reuters poll of economists put GDP annual growth at 7.4 percent in the quarter, just below 7.5 percent in January-March

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