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Voting for the presidential election in which NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu is pitted against joint Opposition pick Yashwant Sinha concluded at 5 p.m. on July 18. Polling began at 10 a.m. and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to cast his vote. The presidential poll has been conducted peacefully and cordially everywhere; the total turnout at Parliament is 99.18%, said Chief Returning Officer P.C. Mody. According to the Returning Officer, out of 736 electors (727 MPs, nine MLAs) permitted by EC to vote in Parliament in the presidential poll, 730 (721 MPs, nine MLAs) votes. Ballot boxes to arrive in Parliament from across country by this (July 18) evening. The boxes to reach Delhi via road and air; Assistant Returning Officers to accompany them. Track all latest updates here Maharashtra Ailing BJP MLA arrives on wheelchair to vote, two jailed NCP lawmakers skip poll Ailing BJP MLA from Maharashtra’s Pune city Mukta Tilak travelled to Mumbai to take part in the Presidential poll and arrived at the election venue on a wheelchair to cast her vote. Two MLAs of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) — Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik — could not vote because they are in jail under various charges, including money-laundering. Ms. Tilak, a first-time MLA, has been unwell for a long time. However, despite her poor health, she travelled from Pune, around 200KM from Mumabi, and then arrived at the Central Hall in Vidhan Bhavan in south Mumbai on a wheelchair to cast her vote i...

Show Less Narendra Modi, in full Narendra Damodardas Modi, (born September 17, 1950, Vadnagar, India), Indian politician and government official who rose to become a senior leader of the Early life and political career Modi was raised in a small town in northern Gujarat, and he completed an M.A. degree in Modi joined the BJP in 1987, and a year later he was made the general secretary of the Gujarat branch of the party. He was instrumental in greatly strengthening the party’s presence in the state in succeeding years. In 1990 Modi was one of the BJP members who participated in a Political ascent and term as chief minister of Gujarat In 1995 Modi was made the secretary of the BJP’s national organization in Keshubhai Patel, after Patel had been held responsible for the state government’s poor response in the aftermath of the massive Modi’s political career thereafter remained a mixture of deep controversy and self-promoted achievements. His role as chief minister during communal riots that engulfed Gujarat in 2002 was particularly questioned. He was accused of Modi’s repeated political success in Gujarat, however, made him an indispensable leader within the BJP hierarchy and led to his reintegration into the political mainstream. Under his leadership, the BJP secured a significant victory in the December 2002 legislative assembly elections, winning 127 of the 182 seats in the chamber (including a seat for Modi). Projecting a

NEW DELHI, Dec 2 (Reuters) - India began its year-long WHAT IS THE G20? Formed in the wake of the financial crisis that swept through Southeast Asian economies in the late 1990s as a forum for finance ministers and central bank governors, the G20 was upgraded in 2007 to include heads of state and governments. During and after the 2008 global financial crisis, the G20's coordinated efforts helped tamp down panic and restore economic growth. The grouping comprises 19 countries cutting across continents and the European Union, representing around 85% of the world's GDP. The G20 also invites non-member countries, including Bangladesh, Singapore, Spain and Nigeria, besides international organisations such as the United Nations, World Health Organization, the World Bank and the IMF. WHAT DOES G20 PRESIDENCY ENTAIL? The G20 does not have a permanent secretariat, and one member takes over the presidency each year to steer the grouping's agenda that is split into two tracks - one led by finance ministers and another by emissaries of leaders of member countries. After India, Brazil will take over the presidency of the G20, followed by South Africa in 2025. During its term, India will hold more than 200 meetings across some 50 cities involving ministers, officials and civil society, leading up to a marquee summit in the capital New Delhi in September 2023. The summit will be attended by around 30 heads of state and government, from G20 members and invited countries. WHAT IS G20'S UPC...