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The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

Pavan K. Varma | After A Year Of Confusion, India Faces Hard Decisions

The way in which the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise was carried out in Bihar, and now in the whole country,...

3 Jan 2026 11:18 PM IST

Anita Katyal | BJP Happy With Rise Of Priyanka? Digvijaya Issues Warning To Cong

Anita Katyal | BJP Happy With Rise Of Priyanka? Digvijaya Issues...

The BJP will obviously be hoping that the “Priyanka lao” demand in the Congress will create confusion in its rank and...

3 Jan 2026 11:03 PM IST

Shashi Warrier | A New Year’s Party That Ended Too Soon

Shashi Warrier | A New Year’s Party That Ended Too Soon

“We’ve realised the damage a serious general hangover can do on a working day,” said Raghavan, “so now we make it a...

3 Jan 2026 9:51 PM IST

Dev 360 | Reasons For Despair & Reasons For Hope | Patralekha Chatterjee

Dev 360 | Reasons For Despair & Reasons For Hope | Patralekha...

At school, children are told to celebrate India’s diversity. On the street, diversity is butchered with monotonous...

2 Jan 2026 11:10 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of The Nigerian Lottery & Other Scams On Web To Clean You Out | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Of The Nigerian Lottery & Other Scams On Web...

Tir’s investigation began with an interview with the parents of a blackmailed young man who had taken his own life. She...

2 Jan 2026 10:26 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Trust Seasoned Hands, Not Sound Bites, To Smooth Delhi-Dhaka Ties

Dilip Cherian | Trust Seasoned Hands, Not Sound Bites, To Smooth...

Look at the depth of institutional memory India possesses. Former R&AW hands such as Amitabh Mathur, Amar Bhushan, Ravi...

2 Jan 2026 12:32 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Post-Trump India, World Must Rethink Key Policies

K.C. Singh | Post-Trump India, World Must Rethink Key Policies

Popular protests by young people displaced governments in Nepal, Bangladesh and earlier in Sri Lanka

2 Jan 2026 12:17 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Heralding Dawn of the Age of Robots in 2026!

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Heralding Dawn of the Age of Robots in 2026!

As humanoid robots rise, geopolitics fractures and the promise of progress turns unsettling

31 Dec 2025 10:11 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Looking Ahead to 2026: Fears, Hopes and Uncertainties

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Looking Ahead to 2026: Fears, Hopes and...

Economic complacency, regional tensions, and domestic discontent shadow Modi’s optimism

31 Dec 2025 9:50 PM IST

Vishnu Deo Sai | In 2 Years, Chhattisgarh Set on Future-Ready Path

Vishnu Deo Sai | In 2 Years, Chhattisgarh Set on Future-Ready Path

Backed by a new industrial policy, a green energy push and rising investments, Chhattisgarh is demonstrating how social...

31 Dec 2025 3:02 PM IST

M.P. Nathanael | Can Corruption In India Be Weeded Out, Or At Least Curtailed, In The Near Future?

M.P. Nathanael | Can Corruption In India Be Weeded Out, Or At Least...

There are instances of overlap in the duties of the anti-corruption bureau and the vigilance department and at times...

30 Dec 2025 11:13 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | 2025: Conflicts Unresolved Amidst Global Security Drift

Syed Ata Hasnain | 2025: Conflicts Unresolved Amidst Global Security...

One of the clearest lessons of 2025 was that having military power is not enough. What matters is when it is used, where...

30 Dec 2025 10:56 PM IST