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What Election Commission can do if the normal polling process is disrupted
GS Paper II
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The Election Commission of India (EC), under Sections 58(2) and 58A(2) of the Representation of People Act, 1951 (RPA), recently declared the polls in 11 polling stations in Manipur and 8 polling stations in Arunachal Pradesh void.
GS Paper III
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A fresh set of ‘alert indicators’ have been issued by India’s financial intelligence unit (FIU) for capital markets, insurance companies, online payment gateway intermediaries and crypto currency service providers for effective checking of suspicious transactions in their channels as part of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime.
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