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
Voting without voters: Uttar Pradesh migrant workers to be home for paddy transplantation next, may skip Lok Sabha polls
Migrant workers came back home for Holi, won't be able to come back for the crucial electoral process
As told to Parliament (July 19, 2022): Kharif sowing over 59 million hectares
All that was discussed in the House through the day
As told to Parliament (April 7, 2022): 56,747 women scientists engaged in research and development
On average Lok Sabha members represent most number of people in the world
10 facts about Parliamentary elections
As told to Parliament (July 26, 2019): Benefits of MSP reaching most farmers
As told to Parliament (July 25, 2019): Hydro-power projects of 4,604.81 MW commissioned
As told to Parliament (July 23, 2019): Oral cancer leading cancer among men in India
As told to Parliament (July 16, 2019): 8,572 vacancies for doctors in rural areas to be filled
As told to Parliament (July 15, 2019): 351 polluted river stretches on 323 rivers identified during 2018
As told to Parliament (July 11, 2019): Road accidents declining across India since 2015
As told to Parliament (July 10, 2019): Illegal mining of monazite prohibited
As told to Parliament (July 4, 2019): Most funds for vulnerable tribal groups not utilised
As told to Parliament (July 2, 2019): Japanese encephalitis deaths increasing in Assam
As told to Parliament (July 1, 2019): India world’s largest groundwater user
As told to Parliament (June 28, 2019): Delhi's ozone levels were beyond limits between 2016-18
As told to Parliament (June 26, 2019): India needs 5,191 more fire stations
Food shortage, lack of law, no rolls: Obstacles India overcame for first General Elections
Five facts about the first time India voted
‘Ocean thermal energy conversion plant coming up in Lakshadweep’
The plant will power the one lakh litre per day low temperature thermal desalination plant, which converts seawater into potable water
It will take 55 years to have one-third women representatives in Parliament
Despite women voting in record numbers, Parliament didn’t enact the Women’s Reservation Bill that promised to keep aside a third of …
Missing women voters: 21 mln can't exercise franchise this Lok Sabha polls
Excerpts from The Verdict: Decoding India’s Elections by Prannoy Roy and Dorab R Sopariwala; published by Penguin Random House India
Democracy is good for heart, increases life expectancy
A study of 170 countries between 1980 and 2016 brings out for the first time the impact of democratic systems on population health
Forests up for grabs?
The amended Forest Conservation Act opens up large swathes of forestland for different non-forest activities
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 …
61 women make it to Lok Sabha in 2014 against 59 in 2009
Not a single woman candidate has won from Jharkhand, Haryana