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 …

Neuroscience can explain why voting is so often driven by emotion

Politics is a bare-knuckle fight, and our brains reflect that. Evolution has conditioned us to be driven by fear when we are under threat. We …

Extreme heatwave conditions continue to persist over several parts of India

According to experts, the immediate meteorological reason for the heat can be attributed to hot winds blowing from the Arabian Peninsula towards …

Dirty air killing Indians early and in large numbers

1.2 mln early deaths by breathing dirty air; dying 2.6 years earlier; COPD, lung cancer high on chart; diabetes the new rogue. Electoral mandate …

New Government’s Agenda: Conserve now

Disregard for biodiversity conservation over the past two decades needs immediate redressal 

How good is your MP? These maps will help you track

A Harvard report maps estimates for indicators of nutrition, health and development for all the Parliamentary constituencies in the country

Food shortage, lack of law, no rolls: Obstacles India overcame for first General Elections

Five facts about the first time India voted

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 …

Lok Sabha 2024: Too hot to vote during Phase 2?

DTE looks at if heat is playing any role in voter turnout this election or ECI’s heat-related concerns are unfounded

Women voters are louder than ever and that’s because of poll panel, quota: Experts

In these Lok Sabha elections, women voters outnumbered men in 13 states

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

Lok Sabha 2024: Did heat dissuade voters during phase 3?

Almost half of the districts analysed saw a rise in temperature as well as a lower voter turnout on polling day on May 7, 2024

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

General Elections 2019: Whose voice and which issues matter

Agrarian distress, the women electorate and new voters will be crucial to the Lok Sabha polls

Verdict 2024: Farmers’ angst clearly caused BJP’s retreat from India’s agrarian belt

The lacklustre performance of BJP in the agrarian belt of Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh is being attributed to the rising …

How much politics is too much politics for civil society

 Should non-profits contest elections? Should they be identified with parties? 

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

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

Environment in elections: Dhinkia ‘acid test’ for ruling BJD as betel farmers unhappy with JSW steel plant land acquisition

They accuse CM Naveen Patnaik-led government and police of colluding with the company and destroying the area’s ecological treasure 

Congress manifesto: right to health is next on agenda

Grand old party of India renews some old promises and makes some new ones, but will Congress live up to its promises if it wins a third term?

Ganga speaks volumes on flawed govt plan, yet makes no poll ripples

Uttar Pradesh's rivers find no mention in election discourse despite clean-up projects being the keystone of the Centre

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

Pathalgadi rebellion takes shape of a new crisis at election time

Scared of mistreatment, 30 villages in Khunti district of Jharkhand have decided to boycott elections

Village protesting Kundankulam bans poll campaigning by any party

S P Udayakumar, coordinator of Peoples’ Movement Against Nuclear Energy, has been spearheading protests against the Kudankulam Nuclear …

Verdict 2024: Did farmer grievances about paddy MSP lead to BJD’s defeat in Odisha?

Leaders feel farmers may have bought into the BJP’s promise to pay Rs 3,100 as paddy MSP if it came to power