New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Gyanesh Kumar took over as the 26th chief election commissioner (CEC) on Wednesday a day after the Supreme Court agreed to consider expedited hearing of pleas challenging the validity of a 2023 law for the appointment of CEC and election commissioners (ECs). Kumar called voting the first step of nation-building. "Therefore every citizen of India who has completed 18 years of age should become an elector and always vote," he said.P8...