Supreme Court sets record straight on Form 6
During the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, an additional online declaration section was added. This required first-time voters to link their details to their parents or grandparents, providing ancestral proof of registration in previous SIR cycles. On September 26, the ECI claimed in a press note that this new declaration annexed to Form 6 had been formally "upheld" and approved by the Supreme Court.
Mass voter deletions are deeply alarming
The reported mass deletion of voters across India, running into lakhs and even crores, is deeply alarming. The staggering numbers being reported raise serious questions about the manner in which the electoral revision is being conducted. Reports of notices being issued even to persons of national standing, including former Deputy...
Moscow should share plague facts with world
The planned arrival of Russian charter flights in Goa has collided with growing international concern over a suspected case of pneumonic plague in Siberia. At Dabolim Airport, authorities are reportedly monitoring developments and awaiting formal health directions before introducing additional screening or other measures. The concern stems from the death...
Research or sport: Which career pays more?
A trio comprising American Carl Deisseroth, professor of Bioengineering and Psychiatry and Human Behaviour at Stanford University, and Germans Peter Hegemann, senior professor of Neuroscience at Humboldt University, Berlin, and Georg Nagel, professor of Molecular Plant Physiology at the University of Wurzburg, won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or...
BJP's desperate bid to revive poll fortunes?
The ruling BJP has now launched its “Seva Jyoti Yatra” to counter the Congress-led “Goy Rakhonn Yatra” from October 7, apparently to influence traditional voters, particularly in North Goa, and shore up its image by highlighting the government’s so-called achievements. If the BJP has truly taken everyone along and delivered...
