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<ul><li>The <keyword id="22203694" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-electric-two-wheeler-market" source="keywords">Indian electric two-wheeler market</keyword> crossed the 1 lakh sales mark after four months.</li><li><keyword id="19897349" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ola-Electric" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Ola Electric" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Ola Electric">Ola Electric</keyword> has emerged as the market leader with a market share of nearly 40%.</li><li>The Indian government recently extended <keyword id="48070" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="emps" source="Orion">EMPS</keyword> till September 2024.</li></ul> The Indian electric two-wheeler market is finally recovering after months of<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/electric-two-wheeler-sales-crater-in-april-2024-as-prices-increase-amid-reduced-subsidies/articleshow/109806054.cms"> subdued sales</a> after the reduction in <keyword id="21004406" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="FAME-subsidy" source="keywords">FAME subsidy</keyword>. The FAME subsidy scheme was replaced by the Electric Mobility Promotion Scheme (EMPS) 2024, which was been<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/government-extends-ev-subsidy-scheme-till-september-30-increases-outlay/articleshow/112062360.cms"> extended</a> till September 30, 2024. In the month of July 2024, 1,06,949 electric scooters were sold in India, up from 54,616 electric scooters sold in July 2023, recording a 96% year-on-year increase. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="112062360" title="Government extends EV subsidy scheme till September 30, increases outlay" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> This is also significantly higher from June 2024, when 79,868 electric scooters were sold in the country. The electric scooter sales have crossed the 1 lakh mark for the first time in the last four months. <h2>Ola Electric leads the market</h2>Ola Electric, which is currently raising funds through an<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/webstories/ola-electric-ipo-price-band-to-risk-factors-all-you-need-to-know/slidelist/112185870.cms"> initial public offering </a> (IPO) continues to lead the Indian electric two wheeler market with a share of nearly 40%. The company recorded sales of 41,597 electric scooters in July 2024, up from 19,406 scooters sold in July 2023, recording a 114% year-on-year increase in sales. With this, the company recorded a market share of 39%. <h2><keyword id="46156" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="tvs-motor" source="Orion">TVS Motor</keyword> emerges a distant second</h2>TVS Motor has emerged a distant second, selling 19,471 electric scooters in July 2024, up from 10,398 scooters sold in July 2023, recording an increase of 87%. With this, the company commanded a market share of 18% in July 2024. Bajaj Auto is next, having sold 17,642 scooters in July 2024, up from 4,128 electric scooters sold in July 2023, recording a 327% year-on-year increase. The company has a 16% market share. Ather Energy, which recently launched the<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/ather-rizta-electric-scooter-launched-in-india-starting-at-rs-109999/articleshow/109128809.cms"> Rizta</a>, the company’s first electric scooter has been pushed to the fourth spot, with 10,080 scooters sold in July 2024, recording a year-on-year increase of 51%. The company has a 9% market share. Next is Hero MotoCorp, which sold 5,044 electric scooters in July 2024, up from 990 units sold in July 2023, recording a 410% growth. The company recorded a 5% market share. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/indian-stock-market-from-us-recession-fears-to-tensions-in-the-middle-east-heres-why-the-markets-are-falling/articleshow/112281946.cms">Indian stock market – From US recession fears to tensions in the Middle East, here’s why the markets are falling</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/webstories/brainbees-solutions-firstcry-ipo-price-band-to-risk-factors-all-you-need-to-know/slidelist/112278766.cms">Brainbees Solutions (Firstcry) IPO – Price band to risk factors, all you need to know</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/auto/news/maruti-suzuki-tata-motors-hyundai-and-other-automakers-report-a-decline-in-sales-in-july-2024/articleshow/112226500.cms">Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors, Hyundai and other automakers report a decline in sales in July 2024</a>

Electric two-wheeler sales cross the 1 lakh mark after four months, Ola Electric leads the market

The BJP crossed the halfway mark in Rajasthan with its candidates leading in over 100 seats while the Congress was ahead in 77, according to Election Commission trends available on Sunday for the assembly polls in Rajasthan. The Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) is leading on five seats while the CPI (M) and BSP on two each. The Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) were leading on one seat each. Independent candidates are leading in nine constituencies. Chief Minister <keyword id="49103" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ashok-gehlot" source="Orion">Ashok Gehlot</keyword>, ministers Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Tikaram Jully, Shakuntala Rawat, Brijendra Ola, Vishvendra Singh, Mahendra Jeet Singh Malvia are among the Congress candidates who are leading whereas parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal and assembly speaker CP Joshi are trailing. Congress candidate Sachin Pilot is leading on Tonk seat with a margin of 943 votes while BJP leader and former chief minister <keyword id="6361795" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="vasundhara-raje" source="Orion">Vasundhara Raje</keyword> is leading in Jhalrapatan assembly seat with 7,025 votes. BJP rebels Yoonus Khan (Deedwana), Chandrabhan Singh Aakya (Chittorgarh), Ravindra Singh Bhati (Sheo) are among the nine independent candidates who are leading in initial trends. As the trends poured in, BJP candidate from Kota north Prahlad Gunjal said that the BJP is going to form the government. "Rajasthan has given the mandate and the picture will become clear in sometime," he said. When asked who will be the CM, he said, "This will be decided by the party high command. We have big leaders like Vasundhara Raje and we need not bring from outside." Gunjal is contesting against parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal. Elated over the initial trends, Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said people have voted to oust Congress from the government. "People have failed the guarantees of Congress. They have voted to throw corrupt Congress out," Shekhawat told reporters here. He said that the BJP will be forming the state government with a huge mandate. Polling in 199 out of 200 assembly constituencies was held on November 25. The election in Sriganganagar's Karanpur seat was postponed due to the death of Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Koonar. Counting of votes polled in the November 25 assembly elections in Rajasthan got underway at 8 am amid tight security arrangements. A total of 36 counting centres have been set up 199 of the state's 200 assembly constituencies which went to poll. Election to the Sriganganagar's Karanpur seat was postponed due to the death of Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Koonar. As many as 1,862 candidates are in the fray for 199 seats. While 30 election districts have one counting centre, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Nagaur have two centres each. "All District Election Officers, Police Commissioners and Superintendents of Police have been instructed to strictly follow the security protocol at the counting centre," CEO Gupta said. He said that three-tier security arrangements have been ensured at the counting venue and only those with authorised passes would be able to enter. "Separate counting halls have been made for each assembly seat at the counting centre, where as per the instructions of the Commission, tables have been arranged for counting of postal ballots and EVMs," he said. Incumbent Congress and its rival Congress conducted intense poll campaign and are both hopeful of forming a government. While most of pollsters predicted an edge for the BJP, three exit polls in their upper limit forecast a Congress win in the desert state.

Rajasthan assembly polls: BJP surges ahead of Congress to take lead

<ul><li>Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Kapil Mishra has lost in Delhi's Model Town constituency.</li><li>The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Akhilesh Pati Tripathi came out on top with 52.58% of the vote share.</li><li>Congress candidate Akanksha Ola was only able to garner 4.08% vote.</li></ul>Counting day started on a positive note for Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Kapil Mishra leading according to early trends based on postal ballots. However, the tables turned soon after with Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Akhilesh Pati Tripathi racing ahead. Election Commission has now declared Tripathi the winner by a margin of over 10,000 votes. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; width: 468pt; table-layout: fixed;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Candidate Name </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Akhilesh Pati Tripathi </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Kapil Mishra </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Akanksha Ola </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Party </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">AAP </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">BJP </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Congress </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Status </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">56.4%</td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">37.4%</td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">3.89%</td></tr></tbody></table>Source: Election Commission Just as Chandi Chowk’s Alka Lamba defected from AAP and returned to Congress, Kapil Mishra defected to join the BJP. According to Mishra, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal knows that he’s losing the election, which is why he’s questioning the Election Commission over the delay in poll turnout figures. 
	
	
	
	
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 “The people’s mandate is with the BJP. We know the reality as we have worked on the ground. I must say, there is nothing to be surprised about if Kejriwal gets defeated from the New Delhi constituency ” he said. In 2020, there are 1.7 lakh eligible voters in Model Town — 93,009 male and 75,300 female. Among the electorate, 2,86 voters are first-time voters. According to Election Commission data, the voter turnout in the constituency was at 59.35%. 
	
	
	
	
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 <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; width: 468pt; table-layout: fixed;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Party </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2020 Elections </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2015 Elections </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">AAP </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">52.58% </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">52.38% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">BJP </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">41.46% </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">28.26% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Congress </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">4.08% </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">8.62% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Others </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">1.88%</td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">10.74% </td></tr></tbody></table> Mishra was forced to resign from AAP after he accused chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of corruption. Since joining the BJP, he’s made headlines for being one of the biggest critics of the AAP.

Kapil Mishra loses to AAP's Akhilesh Patil Tripathi by more than 10,000 votes in Model Town

Model Town Delhi assembly election candidate names of all parties

<ul><li>As many as 672 candidates are contesting across 70 constituencies. But, only 79 of them are women. </li><li>According to the <keyword id="404563" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Association-for-Democratic-Reforms">Association for Democratic Reforms</keyword> (ADR) report, women represent merely 11.8% of the total candidates fielding the elections. </li><li>Of the total women fielding elections, 17 are independent candidates.</li></ul>As Delhi goes to polls on February 8, as many as 672 candidates are contesting across 70 constituencies. But, only 79 of them are women candidates. The <a href="https://adrindia.org/content/delhi-assembly-elections-2020-analysis-criminal-background-financial-education-gender-and-0">Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report</a> reflects a stark difference in gender participation among all contesting parties. According to the report, women represent merely 11.8% of the total candidates fielding the elections. However, women participation has increased as compared to the 2015 assembly elections when Delhi sent 66 women candidates — accounting for 10% of the total participants. The key contesting parties — <keyword id="6354944" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="aam-aadmi-party">Aam Aadmi Party</keyword> (AAP), <keyword id="190679" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-National-Congress">Indian National Congress</keyword> (INC) and the <keyword id="58687" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bharatiya-Janata-Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</keyword> (BJP) — have fielded 9, 10 and 6 women for the upcoming assembly elections. While 17 of the contesting women are independent candidates. Congress has sent the maximum number of women candidates to polls. "Congress has tried strengthening the female participation by giving more women the chance to bring a change. Our female candidature is comparatively higher than other major parties. However, I believe that the scenario is changing and we're witnessing more women stepping out and paving their way in the world of politics,” <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/24-in-2020-19-in-2015-more-women-contesting-delhi-assembly-election-year-1639642-2020-01-24">said</a> Akansha Ola of model town constituency. This is even as political parties have been focusing on women-centered issues to woo voters. From triple talaq to schemes promoting women, the government has been stressing on concerns relating to women over the last few years. "Female representation is indeed required to bring a change. The count, however, must increase but the party is also expected to give chance to those who are eligible enough. The time is changing and the representation [of women] has increased this time, which is a positive point," BJP candidate Shikha Rai, contesting from Greater Kailash constituency <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/24-in-2020-19-in-2015-more-women-contesting-delhi-assembly-election-year-1639642-2020-01-24">told </a>India Today. In the last 20 years, over 15 political parties have had women-oriented agendas, as per the Election Commission of India (ECI). The United Women Front (UWF), a political party founded in 2007 had planned to send women for all 72 seats in the Delhi assembly elections of 2008 — but ended up fielding only one. The results of Delhi assembly elections shall be declared on February 11, 2020. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/delhi-election-2020-atishi-an-oxford-graduate-and-rhodes-scholar-is-drawing-up-aaps-agenda-in-the-national-capital/articleshow/73186471.cms">Delhi Election 2020: Atishi, an Oxford graduate and Rhodes scholar is drawing up AAP’s agenda in the national capital</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/bjp-releases-list-of-40-star-campaigners-including-hema-malini-nirhua-and-gautam-gambhir-in-delhi-assembly-election-2020/articleshow/73516552.cms">Delhi Election 2020: BJP releases list of 40 star campaigners including Hema Malini, Nirahua and Gautam Gambhir</a>

Delhi Election 2020: Only 79 women are contesting and most of them are independents

The Maharashtra government has off lately faced a lot of pressure from taxi and auto rickshaw unions for curbing Ola and Uber, the app-based taxi aggregators in Mumbai city, owing to which the government might soon take some action. 
 
The reason, some say, is that the government doesn’t want to offending such a large number of taxi and auto rickshaw drivers, looking at the political cost that it might have to pay for this later. 
 
"There are 1lakh auto rickshaw drivers in the city and about 30,000 taxi drivers, so if each driver has a family of three, then the number comes to around 5 lakh people. So you are antagonising five lakh voters during the civic elections in Mumbai and Thane," a government official told <a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/maharashtra-may-put-curbs-on-app-based-taxi-aggregators-ola-uber/articleshow/53409989.cms">ET</a>. "We are working on a plan where taxi and autos also operate like Uber and Ola with flexible fare structures," he added. 
 It was because of an assurance from the government that one of these unions called off a strike that was scheduled from yesterday. However, needless to say, executives from Uber and Ola were also not going to sit quietly, because of which they have sought an appointment with CM <keyword id="6355042" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Devendra-Fadnavis">Devendra Fadnavis</keyword>. 
 
<a href="http://d152j5tfobgaot.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/yourstory-mumbai-taxi.png">Image source</a>

Maharashta might limit Ola and Uber operations in Mumbai

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6355838" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="new-york">New York</keyword> held presidential and congressional primaries the week of June 23. </li><li>There are competitive Democratic primaries still yet to be called, including in New York's 15th district, an open seat, and the race in the 12th district between Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Suraj Patel. </li><li>New York allowed all voters to vote absentee without an excuse. Because clerks cannot start counting absentee ballots until days after the election, many races won't be called until next week. </li></ul>Absentee ballots that are postmarked by June 23 will be accepted at election offices through June 30, meaning that many of these elections will not be called until this week. As <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/us/politics/nyc-vote-by-mail.html">The New York Times notes</a>, prevailing New York law only permits county clerks to begin counting absentee ballots until eight days after the election and after all in-person votes have been tabulated. The current results, those released on Tuesday after the polls closed, only include in-person early and election day votes. <h2><div type="image" title="Jamaal Bowman" height="1000" width="2000" msid="76534438" hostid="261"></div></h2><h2>The stakes:</h2>New York's Democratic presidential primary was put officially back on after a judge ruled against the New York Board of Elections' attempt to cancel it, citing COVID-19 concerns, after Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race.New York District Judge Analisa Torres rejected the BOE's claim that continuing to hold the presidential primary would jeopardize public health and ordered the state <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/judge-orders-bernie-sanders-to-be-restored-ny-primary-ballot-2020-5">to conduct a full presidential primary with all qualifying candidates on the ballot. </a>Former VP Joe Biden has been the presumptive Democratic nominee since April 8 and now has officially earned the required number of delegates to formally clinch the nomination. But Sanders is staying on the ballot and continuing to earn delegates in the remaining presidential primary states for his campaign to have representation on key Democratic National Convention committees. There were also several competitive House primaries and elections occurring this week.In New York's 27th congressional district, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/22/nyregion/ny-27-special-election.html">there was be a special election</a> to replace former Rep. Chris Collins, who resigned after pleading guilty to federal insider trading charges. The Republican nominee Chris Jacobs defeated Democrat Nate McMurray in the district, which Trump carried by nearly 25 points in 2016. In the Greater New York City area, there are several notable Democratic primaries <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-running-in-new-york-9-15-16-17-district-democratic-primaries-2020-6">in four safe Democratic-held seats.</a> Rep. Eliot Engel, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/longtime-ny-congressman-tries-to-fend-off-challenger-from-left-and-avoid-an-ocasio-cortez-style-upset/2020/06/20/96b56550-b241-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html">lost in an upset</a> against primary challenger Jamaal Bowman, a former middle school principal.In New York's 9th district, which includes several neighborhoods in Central Brooklyn, <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-yvette-clarke-congress-brooklyn-20200622-qyrakn4fkbfcrj2gnbgwhmkby4-story.html">Rep. Yvette Clarke</a> defeated primary challenger Adem Bunkedddeko, who won 47% of the vote against in her 2018, and a challenge from the center from Councilman Chaim Deutsch. There are also two competitive primaries for open seats held by Democrats. In New York's South Bronx-based <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/nyregion/ruben-diaz-bronx-congress.html">15th district</a>, held by retiring Rep. Jose Serrano, New York City Councilmembers Ruben Diaz Sr. and Ritchie Torres are the frontrunners in the Democratic primary. Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, Assemblyman Michael Blake, former City Council President Melissa Mark-Viverito, and affordable housing advocate Samelys Lopez are also vying for the seat.In <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/campaign-chronicles/campaigning-during-the-coronavirus-the-race-for-new-yorks-seventeenth-congressional-district">New York's 17th district, which is based in the Hudson Valley</a> and includes Rockland and parts of Westchester Counties, attorney and activist <a href="https://www.advocate.com/election/2020/6/22/mondaire-jones-could-be-nations-first-black-gay-congressman">Mondaire Jones</a> defeated crowded field of candidates are competing to replace retiring Rep. Nita Lowey. State Senator David Carlucci, former State Department advisor Evelyn Farkas, State Representative David Buchwald, and former federal prosecutor Adam Schleifer all ran in the primary. Rep. Jerry Nadler, whose district includes most of Manhattan's West Side and parts of Brooklyn, defeated long-<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_10th_Congressional_District_election,_2020">shot primary challenges</a> from Lindsey Boylan and Jonathan Herzog. Rep. Carolyn Maloney <a href="https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/nyc-primary-election-2020-maloney-defends-ny-12-congress-seat">of New York's 12th district</a>, which includes much of the East Side of Manhattan and parts of Queens, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/carolyn-maloney-suraj-patel-new-york-12-primary-live-results-2020-6">is facing a re-match against primary challenger Suraj Patel</a>, who won 40% of the vote in 2018.Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who won her seat in New York's 14th congressional district in a historic upset over longtime incumbent Joe Crowley in 2018, easily beat a primary challenger from the center <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/aocs-democratic-challenger-lived-in-trump-tower-before-moving-queens-2020-4">launched by former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera</a>, who had significant <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-wall-street-donations-to-democrat-rival-2020-6">backing from Wall Street donors. </a>There are also competitive Republican primaries in competitive House seats that Democrats won back from the GOP in the 2018 midterms. In <a href="https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2020/06/22/gop-hopes-to-flip-back-two-trump-friendly-districts-in-ny/">New York's 11th district</a>, which includes all of Staten Island and some of Brooklyn, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis beat former prosecutor Joe Caldarera for the Republican nomination to take on Democratic Rep. Max Rose this November. Upstate, former GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_22nd_Congressional_District_election,_2020_(June_23_Republican_primary)">won the Republican primary</a> for her old seat in New York's Syracuse-based 22nd district, which Democratic Rep. Anthony Brindisi won back from her in 2018. In the Hudson Valley, attorney <a href="https://www.kyleforny19.com/">Kyle Van De Water</a> and fashion designer <a href="https://riverreporter.com/stories/ola-hawatmeh-is-running-for-the-republican-primary-in-the-19th-district,37757">Ola Hawatmeh</a> are competing neck-and-neck in the Republican primary to face Democratic Rep. Antonio Delgado, who won back New York's 19th congressional district for the Democrats in 2018. In <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_2nd_Congressional_District_election,_2020">New York's 2nd district</a>, based in Long Island, there are competitive Democratic and Republican primaries to replace retiring GOP Rep. Peter King. <a href="https://jackiegordonforcongress.com/meet-jackie">Jackie Gordon,</a> a US Army veteran, former high school counselor, and Babylon Town Council member is competing against attorney and Suffolk County Democratic Committee member <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VOTEMAHER/">Patricia Maher.</a>Two New York State Assemblymen, <a href="https://www.garbarinoforny.com/">Andrew Garbarino</a> and <a href="https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Michael-LiPetri/bio/">Michael LiPetri</a>, are competing for the Republican nomination to succeed King.

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The USD 143 billion primarily export-driven IT/ITeS sector is currently going through a fundamental shift due to increasing commoditization of traditional services, changing the geopolitical discourse on globalization, start-up firings, and adoption of automation technologies that may negatively impact low skilled jobs in the short to medium term. 
 <keyword id="824043" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Business-Insider">Business Insider</keyword> got in touch with Abhishek Sen, Director &amp; Industry Lead IT &amp; ITeS, <keyword id="6462982" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Aon-Hewitt">Aon Hewitt</keyword> and he said,“The Indian Tech and BPO industry has a significant dependency on the US market for its service export revenue. The current changes in the <keyword id="48028" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="US-government">US Government</keyword> and the proposed changes to the immigration policy could have an impact on the <keyword id="1645574" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-technology-services">Indian Technology Services</keyword> business especially due to a proposed increase of salaries for certain categories of visa holders. This has created a cautious sentiment in the industry. However, this is not the only reason for organizations taking a relook at talent strategies. With digital and automation becoming a strong need in businesses going forward, talent-heavy service delivery models are being rethought and a push to reskill talent has started in India. All these aspects, together with slow moving and changing Industry demand has driven organizations to rethink people strategies and people cost.” 
 With protectionist <keyword id="6354862" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Trump">Trump</keyword> administration going bullish on fulfilling their election promise about producing locally and creating jobs, the Indian IT and ITeS industries, which draw a major part of their earnings 60% and upwards from the US market, will suffer if US companies reduce their outsourcing spends. 
 
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According to Aon Hewitt’s 21st India Annual Salary Increase Survey, the IT-BPM industry’s growth projections for 2016-17 has seen a markdown to 8-10% from its earlier projections of 10-12%. Hiring in this sector is projected to see a drop by 20% in 2017 in continuation with the downward hiring trend since 2016. 
 
In India, the growth forecast for the current (2016–17) and next fiscal year was trimmed down to 6.6 percentage point and 7.2 percentage point, respectively, primarily due to the temporary negative consumption shock induced by cash shortages and payment disruptions associated with the recent currency note withdrawal and exchange initiative. 
 
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 The <keyword id="4128387" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Union-Budget-2017">Union Budget 2017</keyword> had specifically looked into the demand from the IT-BPM sector with tax deducted at source (TDS) on payments to call centers have been reduced from 10% to 2%. This will improve the working capital situation and potentially support the all <keyword id="54324" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="india-business">India Business</keyword> process outsourcing (BPO) Support scheme of the Government, where cos are setting up in Tier 2/3 locations. Unfortunately, all other software transactions continue to be subject to 10% TDS, despite Industry demand for lower TDS. 
 
Key Talent &amp; Reward trends 
The actual overall salary increase for 2016 is at 10.2% and the 2017 projections have seen a dip to 9.9% in this period of uncertainty. Riding on this wave, the 2017 projections have seen a downward trend across all sub-industries with KPO’s at 11.5%, Third Party Service Providers at 8.5%, BFSI and other captives at 10.0%. 
 
The top to average performer salary differentiation is 1.75X. The overall attrition is at 17.2% for ITES with BFSI Captives being the lowest at 14.1% and Third Party Service Providers facing the highest attrition at 23.7%. 
 
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As the global story unfolds, ITES industry is in midst of a Digital transformation wave. It is largely about the opportunity to transform customer experiences and business models and less about the technology. Indeed, as the toolset for digital transformation expands beyond the original set of social, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC) technologies to include artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cognitive computing, success will be increasingly about the integrated deployment of several technologies as opposed to simply deploying one tool. Of equal importance is the increasing recognition that digital transformation has to embrace more than just cost reduction and requires a focus on breaking down silos. Consequently, it is expected that organizations with higher levels of process maturity will be more likely to succeed with digital transformation.

The Indian IT and ITeS industries’ salaries will suffer due to US Gov’s trade policies this year

Trends show that MP PC Mohan is set for a comeback as he is leading in <keyword id="6355033" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="bangalore">Bangalore</keyword> central, D.V. Sadananda Gowda from <keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword> is leading in Bangalore North while <keyword id="3947389" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="tejaswi-surya">Tejaswi Surya</keyword> is leading in Bangalore South. Meanwhile, independent candidate from Bangalore Central actor Prakash Raj saw his votes trailing way behind incumbent MP PC Mohan. Prakash Raj tweeted about the failure saying "a SOLID SLAP on my face ..as More ABUSE..TROLL..and HUMILIATION come my way..I WILL STAND MY GROUND ..My RESOLVE to FIGHT for SECULAR INDIA will continue..A TOUGH JOURNEY AHEAD HAS JUST BEGUN ..THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO WERE WITH ME IN THIS JOURNEY. .... JAI HIND" <keyword id="6354321" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</keyword> which voted on phase 2 of the Indian general elections is home to three seats out of the total 28 Lok Sabha seats – Bangalore North, Bangalore Central and Bangalore South. In the exit polls, BJP candidate PC Mohan was predicted to win so as to hold on to his Bangalore Central seat while young leader Tejaswi Surya was predicted to win the Bangalore South seat. In the state of Karnataka, the alliance of Congress and JDS which made big news during the assembly elections, was predicted to find it difficult to win big this time. According to News18-IPSOS exit polls, the BJP was headed to win 20-23 seats out of the 28 seats in Karnataka. The city of startups saw active participation from entrepreneurs during the elections. Indian ride-hailing unicorn Ola Cabs, for whom Bengaluru is home base, had allotted 270 cabs to the Election Commission during voting. Among entrepreneurs the key issues they wanted the political party in power to address were access to funding, angel tax issues and better policies for easier startup development.

Bengaluru lok sabha election result: BJP leading in all 3 seats, Prakash Raj calls defeat a "slap on my face"

<ul><li>The counting began at 8 am. </li><li>As many as 24 female candidates of BJP, AAP and Congress are awaiting people’s verdict. </li></ul>The female candidates fielded for the election will face an acid test as the voting commences today. This year, the percentage of women in the total voter turnout is 62.55% . In all, the final voting percentage came in at 62.59% <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; width: 468pt; table-layout: fixed;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Candidate Name </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Constituency </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Party </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Status </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Atishi </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Kalkaji </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">AAP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Leading</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Shikha Rai </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Greater Kailash </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">BJP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Trailing</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Akanksha Ola </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Model Town </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Congress </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Trailing</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Bandana Kumari </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Shalimar Bagh </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">AAP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Leading</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Bhawna Gaur </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Palam </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">AAP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Leading</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Parmila Tokas </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">RK Puram </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">AAP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Leading</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Rajkumari Bhatia </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Adarsh Nagar </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">BJP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Trailing</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Alka Lamba </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Chandni Chowk </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Congress </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Trailing</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Lata Sodhi </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Ballimaran </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">BJP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Trailing</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Rekha Gupta </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Shalimar Bagh </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">BJP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Trailing</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Rajkumari Dhillon </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Hari Nagar </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">AAP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Leading</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Sarita Singh </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Rohtas Nagar </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">AAP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Trailing</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Rakhi Bidlan </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Mangol Puri </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">AAP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Leading </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Anveeksha Tripathi Jain </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Babarpur </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Congress </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Trailing</td></tr><tr><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Kiran Vaid </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Trilokpuri </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">BJP </td><td style="border-width: 1pt; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: top; padding: 5pt; overflow: hidden; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Trailing</td></tr></tbody></table>As of 2.42pm, Feb 11, according to EC The number of women candidates contesting the upcoming Delhi Assembly Election <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/24-in-2020-19-in-2015-more-women-contesting-delhi-assembly-election-year-1639642-2020-01-24">increased by</a> 5 candidates this year. That is a significant change as the total women representation is now at 34%, as compared to 27% earlier. All the three major parties — Bharatiya Janata Party, Aam Aadmi Party, and Congress — together fielded 24 female candidates, <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/24-in-2020-19-in-2015-more-women-contesting-delhi-assembly-election-year-1639642-2020-01-24">according to India Today.</a> Congress has the highest share of women candidates at 10, followed by AAP which fielded nine candidates and BJP too gave tickets to five. But the parties have just about breached the reservation as recommended in the Women’s reservation Bill 2008. Though the bill hasn’t passed, several parties tried to keep up with its recommendations of reserving 33% of the candidature to women. A bill which sought one-third reservation for women in the lower house of Parliament and all state assemblies — was passed by Rajya Sabha in 2010. This was stalled after it failed to get votes in the Lok Sabha. It has remained in the pending pile ever since. In Lok Sabha Election 2019, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) also promised that they would allocate at least a third of tickets to women. Whereas, BJP and Congress failed to reserve seats for women in both Lok Sabha and state assembly though it was a part of their manifestos. The BJP fielded 12% women whereas Congress fielded 13.1% in the Lok Sabha election held last May. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/elections/news/badminton-player-saina-nehwal-joins-bjp/articleshow/73725776.cms">After Gautam Gambhir and Babita Phogat, BJP ropes in Saina Nehwal too</a>

Delhi election result 2020: BJP Lata Sodhi from Ballimaran and AAP's Rakhi Bidlan from Mangol Puri are leading

<ul><li>In <keyword id="6354321" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</keyword>, long queues were seen at various polling stations. </li><li>Ola has partnered with the Election Commission to provide free cabs for Persons with Disabilities. </li><li>Startups in Bengaluru hope for better policies and access to capital from the government as they head out to vote.</li></ul>After a night of heavy rains, the city of startups – Bengaluru – has been voting today as India conducts phase 2 of polling for its general elections. And the startups are doing their part to stay involved in the process. Indian ride-hailing unicorn Ola Cabs, for whom Bengaluru is home base, has allotted 270 cabs to the Election Commission. These cabs will help Persons with Disabilities commute to the polling booths in Bengaluru, Mysuru and Mangaluru. Ola has also made it possible for Nodal Officers to check on the status of the scheduled pick-ups of PwD voters through calls to the driver partners. “In the recent past, we have seen that availability of convenient transport options has resulted in positive voter turnout and we will continue to back initiatives that support the constitutional machinery of the country. We are glad to partner with the local authorities and facilitate hassle-free mobility for every voter in Bengaluru,” said Vishnu Bommareddy, Regional Head – South at Ola. Meanwhile, Bengaluru-based Sharechat has weeded out 487,000 posts on its platform which violated community guidelines because of abusive content. Sharechat, which is India's own social media platform had earlier signed the 'Voluntary Code of Ethics’ to make way for fair elections. But as they go out to vote, entrepreneurs have a lot to ask from the government. From access to funding to angel tax issues and better policies, <keyword id="138263" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="startup">startup</keyword> founders had a list of reasons as they set out to vote. “Startups expect support from an extended eco-system, which includes the government. The biggest hurdle to bring such ideas to the fore is access to capital. In this light, the angel tax should be abandoned with immediate effect. It goes against the ethos of supporting innovation,” said Mayank Bidawatka, co-founder of Vokal, which is an information and knowledge sharing app to bridge the digital knowledge gap among non-English internet users by enabling peer-to-peer knowledge sharing using voice. Another point raised by startups is the possibility of internet monopolies in India and the required action that the government has to take to stop it from happening. “Our government should also have policies around creating a fair playing ground for home grown companies to take on global competitors that have a capital advantage because of existing international operations,” said Bidawatka. When it comes to policies, it's not just about the introduction of new ones but also more work on the current ones. “The most important problem to solve is that startups need a lot more clarity on what are the regulations and compliances in black &amp; white. The ambiguity slows down the innovation more than anything,” said Rajan Bajaj, founder and CEO, Slicepay. With the Twitter hashtag #VoteMaadi, Bengalureans persuaded each other to go out and vote. Harish Bijoor, a brand consultant, voted at the polling booth at the Seventh Day Adventist High School on Old Airport Road, Bengaluru. “The opening crowds in the queues were robust, I only hope we beat our voting turnout number of last elections,” Bijoor told Business Insider, right after he cast his vote. See Also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/job-losses-will-haunt-bengaluru-indias-silicon-valley-as-it-goes-to-polls-today/articleshow/68930893.cms">Job losses will haunt Bengaluru, India’s Silicon Valley, as it goes to polls today</a>

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