How important are climate issues in South African elections
When climate adaptation is not the mainstream political agenda, driving the South Africa’s National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy will …
India’s WhatsApp election: political parties risk undermining democracy with technology
WhatsApp has already been used to misinform voters in elections and spread damaging 'fake news' that has led to serious violence
Elections 2019: Every fourth voter a distressed farmer
Though the farmers were not an issue in the general elections they now hold the fort for the world’s fastest growing economy despite being …
Election Commission, NGT, environment ministry say no to plastics in 2019 poll campaigning
Efforts are on for the first time to reduce the use of non-degradable materials during the upcoming general elections
Aam Aadmi Party can deliver if
It should focus on alternative politics and not on becoming a political alternative. It should strive for solutions outside the vexed …
Land injustice, Aadhaar problems dog Jharkhand. Is the Opposition listening
Activists under Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha highlight issues that should make a buzz before the Lok Sabha elections
On the cards in Kerala: A clean, green Lok Sabha polls
Kerala Suchitwa Mission Executive Director R Ajay Kr Verma says mass involvement most crucial
Decision 2022: Goa’s BJP faces a challenge to solve decade-old mining imbroglio
Opening up mining in Goa is not going to be easy; there are wheels within wheels, in an issue that is mostly misunderstood
Adivasis in Jhargram fight a divided battle for the same aim in LS polls
In these General Elections, tribals in West Bengal are sparring among themselves over politicising their struggle for tribal rights
Development news, polarisation and social media in times of Lok Sabha polls
Polarisation of development news in social media makes its impact partisan and non-effective
How accurate are exit polls? There's no easy answer
In the world's largest democracy, the science of poll forecasting is still struggling with the basics
COVID-19 Update: Bihar elections to be the first in pandemic
Nearly 70 million tests have been conducted for COVID-19 so far in India, the MoHFW said September 25
2020 US elections: No Democrat candidate offers bold plan for climate action
A number of polls suggest that Democrat voters also consider climate change to be a top-tier issue, as important as healthcare
Bengal's tea belt: 3 lakh voters, but nobody cares about elections
Tea garden workers in Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and North Dinajpur, which go to polls on April 18, depend on Bhutan more than India for employment …
The national local elections
Bangladesh loses an opportunity to revive its most important local government—upazilla parishad—as competing national parties turn …
Forest Rights Act could play decisive role in LS polls: Report
One-fourth of constituencies in mainland India have FRA implementation as a core issue and can influence winning margins, finds a study
Brazilian lessons for Modi
Dilma Rousseff's re-election as president is a lesson on facing development challenges in an unequal economy
Abiy put Ethiopia on road to democracy, but major obstacles still stand in the way
Abiy’s major achievement was dismantling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front. But this was not without its challenges
Is NOTA the answer to TINA?
The ‘None of the Above’ provision on electoral voting machines is turning out to be a decentralised protest
Green may be the colour of the winning agenda this Lok Sabha polls
Whosoever wins General Elections 2019 must make environment as the top governance priority
The promise of Dayamani
Adivasi activists, however successful in mobilising grassroots struggles, have seldom been able to make a dent in Parliament. Will Dayamani Barla …
Has the Narmada dream been oversold by Gujarat politicians?
The Narmada project continues to be an effective political tool that has been used by all the parties whenever polls come near
Karnataka Polls 2023: No mention of ‘climate change’ in any party’s manifesto as state votes today
Political leadership offers no vision or clarity on matters related to environment, according to activists
US Elections 2020: A history of Trump’s climate change denial
The US is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, but the president has repeatedly undermined sustained efforts by climate change researchers
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 …