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By the 2004 Lok Sabha election, EVMs had completely replaced ballot papers at all 543 seats.

This is the latest among a clutch of studies on glacial lakes that have highlighted the risks of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), and their impact on infrastructure and settlements downstream of such lakes.

Symbol Loading Units ensure EVMs can be used for voting. Underlining the sanctity of the election process, the SC has tightened norms for their use

Antonio Oliveira Salazar ruled Portugal from 1932 to 1968, but the regime lasted for a another six years under his successor Marcelo Caetano, finally crumbling on April 25, 1974.

The case currently before the SC arose out of a challenge to the 1986 amendment to the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976 (MHADA) by owners of ‘cessed’ properties in Mumbai.

The shared Punjabi identity has been invoked on several occasions by politicians on both sides of the border to advocate closer bilateral ties. Where is Punjabiyat (literally, Punjabiness) placed in the relationship between the two countries?

The shared Punjabi identity has been invoked on several occasions by politicians on both sides of the border to advocate closer bilateral ties, most recently by Maryam Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Pakistan’ Punjab province in a speech at Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib.

In 2002, in Rupa Hurra v Ashok Hurra, the SC allowed curative writs as the last resort to correct judgments that are “oppressive to judicial conscience and would cause perpetuation of irremediable injustice.”

The Govt has announced a scheme to support efforts to test the viability of green hydrogen as a fuel for cars and heavy vehicles. Green hydrogen presents both a big opportunity and some major challenges

Dr T V Ramachandra, Coordinator, Energy and Wetlands Research Group in Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science, was asked about this comparison in a recent interview with The Indian Express.