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1. Matching VVPAT Slips Likely to Delay Results on Counting Day
Tomorrow is the D-day. People’s vote will decide who will be the next Prime Minister and form the government. The counting of votes will begin at 8.00 am the and results are expected only by late evening. This delay is due to tallying of voter verified paper audit trail slips with EVM count which is a procedure happening for the first time.
Read more about this here.
2. Gomathi Will Lose Asian C’ship Gold If ‘B Sample’ Tests Positive
Gomathi Marimuthu made history by winning the historic 800m gold at the Doha Asian Championships last month. Now her medal could be snatched away, if indeed she is proven to have used performance enhancing drugs. When The Quint contacted Gomathi, her brother told us she was not informed of this.
She has now been provisionally suspended pending the result of her ‘B’ sample. If that test also comes out positive, Gomathi could face a maximum ban of four years.
Read the full story here.
3. Behind The Scenes: Covering the World’s Largest Election
Headlines, radio, TV channels, advertisements, Twitter, Instagram - it's been two hectic months for the country with the 2019 elections. We at The Quint have been trying our best to churn out as many reports and interviews from the ground so that you can get to know your leaders better and make the right choice. Behind the lens there is a lot of homework, locals, retakes, leg work and stammer.
Here is a sneak peek into how we do what we do.
4. Craziest Webqoof Stories This Election Season
This election season, we have seen a massive number of fake news being circulated that has caused panic and confused the people.
Let’s take this - The case of the elusive MLA Anil Upadhyay. Through the election season, Upadhyay would pop up every second day, talking for the Congress, and sometimes supporting the BJP. The Quint’s WebQoof team managed to debunk that there is no MLA Anil Upadhyay, and that various videos were just being attributed to this fictional character.
Check out the Webqoof section for some of the craziest lies spread this election season.
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