No consensus on election of representatives left little time to discuss draft rules

No elixir for rural India: Union Budget 2023-24 has very little to offer the rural population; here’s why

How green was Budget 2023-24

As told to Parliament (December 19, 2022): No evidence to link poor AQI in NCR with green cracker burning

Green protocol not being followed in Odisha local body polls: Activists

Candidates used non-biodegradable election materials such as flex posters and also nailed campaign materials to trees, claim activists

Centre offers update on various environmental problems bugging India

Government tells Lok Sabha it is making all-out efforts to tackle issues such as forest fires, air pollution as well as the impact of climate …

Farm laws repealed in Parliament without discussion

Passed in the Lok Sabha in under 5 minutes; passed in Rajya Sabha after a brief discussion

Latest parliamentary win by Putin’s United Russia has been years in the manufacturing

The election coincides with a period of economic stagnation, high household inflation, the ongoing coronavirus crisis and environmental disasters

Women in Kerala Assembly poorly represented despite inheriting legacies like KR Gouri

Only 11 women were elected to the 140-member state Assembly in the recently concluded election

Did women-oriented schemes work for BJP in Assam

Poll data shows women equalled men in voting turnout during the three phases of the election

Bihar elections 2020: Issues of the common man the real winner

Unemployment, migration, health, education headlined India’s first election amid COVID-19 pandemic

Trump’s Pennsylvania lawsuits invoke Bush v. Gore, but the Supreme Court probably won’t decide 2020 election

After winning Wisconsin and Michigan, Biden has a number of credible paths to 270 Electoral College votes without Pennsylvania. In that case, an …

The charade of limits on election expenditure by candidates

The Election Commission recently mooted connecting electoral expense limits to population and inflation; but will that create a level …

Iowa caucuses did one thing right: Require paper ballots

Any problems with a paperless election would be impossible to fix, calling into public question the integrity of the whole process, and the …

Why is transgender community unhappy with Trans Persons Bill?

They call August 5, 2019, the day Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, as ‘Gender Justice Murder Day’

Rajya Sabha passes National Medical Commission Bill

The bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha recently, has been objected to by the medical fraternity on a number of grounds

No buyers for e-cars in govt departments, Centre extends deadline

So far, only 652 vehicles have been deployed when the target was 10,000, said Union Minister of State for Power and Renewable Energy RK …

महिलाओं ने भारतीय जनता पार्टी को क्यों वोट दिया

2019 के चुनाव ने औरतों की भूमिका को बढ़-चढ़कर रेखांकित किया…

Verdict 2019: Why did women vote for BJP?

The party's flagship schemes like Ujjwala and PM Awas provided women economic ownership and not just mere access to property

Simply put: Safety and unemployment

Environmental charter for the new government

Sustainable development, pollution, employment generation and agrarian crisis did not play major roles in deciding the outcome of the 2019 …

Secret tales of polling and counting booths: How our democracy works

Spending a day in a polling booth and another 24 hours in a counting centre served as eye-openers on the way Indian democracy works and the …

Forest Rights Act to cast its shadow on polling in Himachal Pradesh

A large section of people in the hill state are united in their stand to boycott the elections as successive governments have failed to implement FRA

Verdict 2019: From the politics of inevitability to that of relatability

The results of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls hold lessons for us all

Simply put: Ultranationalism in India