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- Indian Express
‘EC made me grandma': First-time voter Minta Devi shown as 124 years old in Bihar electoral rolls
The Election Commission has made me a grandma, said Minta Devi, suppressing a laugh, on a day opposition MPs led by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra staged a demonstration in the national capital with her name and photo printed on their shirts. If the draft electoral rolls in Bihar were to be believed, the 'first time' voter, at '124 years', could well be the oldest in the state, where more than 7 crore electors will be exercising their franchise in a couple of months. 'How can I be blamed for the goof-up? I had filled up my enumeration form online, after having waited in vain for a visit by the booth-level officer,' said the 35-year-old, whose name is now trending on social media. However, the Siwan district administration has issued a statement, claiming that the would-be voter of the Daraunda assembly segment has been contacted and remedial steps were taken well before the anomaly made headlines. According to a statement issued by the collectorate of Siwan, 'An application was obtained from Minta Devi on August 10 for rectifying the error, to which her attention was drawn by the BLO. It will be dealt with during the claims and objections phase (of special intensive revision of electoral rolls)'. The matter has come to light at a time when parties opposed to the ruling NDA are assailing the special intensive revision (SIR), in the Parliament as well as the Supreme Court. Minta Devi, however, is enjoying a good laugh. 'I am thrilled that, finally, at the age of 35, I may get a chance to cast my vote. Many polls have passed since I became eligible but somehow my name never made it to the voters' list. If the EC has made me a grandma (daadi bana diya) in the process, it is fine with me. I have nothing to fear. I had stated my year of birth as 1990, the same as in my Aadhar card. I cannot help it if in the draft rolls 1990 has been made 1900,' she told reporters. Meanwhile, social media was left abuzz with users raising doubts over two centenarians, both women, figuring in the voters' list for another assembly constituency. The election officials were left coming out with statements asserting that Farzana Khatun and Asha Devi, both voters of Pirpainti assembly segment in Bhagalpur district, were, in fact, 120 years old. The EC, however, did not respond to the claim, in a section of the media that the two centenarians were also registered as 'first-time voters'.
Time of India
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- Time of India
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India Today
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- India Today
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India and Singapore are looking at finalising nearly 10 memorandums of understanding in areas such as advanced technology, connectivity, skilling and digitisation during a meeting of their top ministers on Wednesday, people familiar with the matter two sides are also in the process of finalising an ambitious proposal to lay an undersea cable to carry solar energy from India to Singapore that will also provide data connectivity, they new initiatives are set to be firmed up at the third India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR) to be held here on ISMR is also expected to make preparations for Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's likely visit to India next month, the people Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will hold the ISMR with six Singaporean Singaporean delegation will be led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong, and it will comprise National Security and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Digital Development and Information Minister Josephine Teo, Minister for Manpower Tan See Leng and Acting Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow."Envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ISMR is a unique mechanism for setting a new agenda for India-Singapore cooperation," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) inaugural ISMR was held in New Delhi in September 2022, and the second meeting was held in Singapore in August 2024."India and Singapore share a comprehensive strategic partnership. The third round of ISMR will identify avenues to further broaden and deepen our bilateral relations," the MEA said in a people cited above said export of green ammonia and green hydrogen from India to Singapore is another proposal that the two sides are looking at as part of an overall approach to further expand the bilateral new initiatives are being firmed up ahead of Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's likely visit to India next month, the people relations were elevated to comprehensive strategic partnership during PM Modi's visit to the country in September last two sides are looking at the possibility of exporting solar energy from India to Singapore via an underwater cable, which could also be used for data connectivity, the people cited above said.A feasibility study carried out on the proposed project indicated some challenges in laying the cable in view of the Andaman part of the proposal for data connectivity, the two sides have created a financial data regulatory "sandbox" at Gift City in Gujarat, the people two sides are also expected to deliberate on pacts that will focus on collaboration in skill development in areas such as aviation, semiconductors and advanced ISMR may also deliberate on the impact of Washington's tariff policy and ways to navigate sides are working on a plan with an aim to impart skill development training to around 1,00,000 Indians a year, the people is learnt that the ISMR will also explore ways to increase investments by Singaporean companies in inaugural ISMR took place on September 17, 2022, in New Delhi. Four senior Singaporean ministers travelled to India for the meeting. The second ISMR was held in Singapore on August 26 last overall trade between the two countries is likely to be one of the focus areas of the upcoming is India's largest trading partner in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations). It is the leading source of FDI, among the largest sources of external commercial borrowings and foreign portfolio was India's sixth-largest trading partner in the financial year 2024-25. India's imports from Singapore in 2024-25 were USD 21.2 billion, while the volume of exports to the country was USD 14.4 the past 10 years, Singapore's annual investments in India ranged between USD 10 billion and USD 15 billion- Ends advertisement
