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Merits and Demerits of Direct and Indirect Elections

In direct elections, people directly vote for the candidates and elect their representatives. The following are examples of direct elections in which people over the age of 18...

March 27, 2016

Restriction on Number of Seats to Contest in Elections in India

Section 33(7) of the RPA permits a candidate to contest any election (parliamentary, assembly, biennial council, or bye-elections) from up to two constituencies, presumably to accord greater flexibility...

March 27, 2016

NOTA Versus Right to Reject

The proposal to introduce negative voting to reject all the candidates if voters found them unsuitable was first discussed by the Law Commission in its 170th Report in...

March 27, 2016

Compulsory Voting In India: Issues and Analysis

The idea of making voting compulsory in response to declining voter turnout in elections have been debated for many years. This section attempts to cover the issue of...

March 27, 2016

Line of Sight

Line of sight is a type of propagation that can only exchange data when the transmitting and receiving ends do not have any geographical obstacle between them. The...

March 27, 2016

LAMP

LAMP is the short form for Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP is an open-source Web platform. LAMP has become a de facto web development standard.

March 27, 2016

LEO

Low Earth Orbits are satellite systems which orbit up to 2,000 km above earth’s surface. They are used for telecommunication and move at high speeds transmitting data.

March 27, 2016

Dribbleware

Dribbleware refers to software packages or products that are released without proper testing and will need frequent updates, fixes, patches and little releases in the future.

March 27, 2016

LaTeX

LaTeX is a typesetting system that is commonly used in the field of mathematics to create high-quality, professional-looking documents. It is especially useful for writing complex mathematical equations...

March 27, 2016

Opinion Polls in India and ECI Guidelines

Pre-election opinion polls and exit polls have become a regular feature in the last one and half decades within the Indian electoral landscape. Opinion polls are conducted by...

March 27, 2016

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