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Monday, November 4, 2024
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Why vote buying doesn’t work in India

With a secret ballot, voters are free to vote for whomever they wish, regardless of any promised or received benefits.

One solution governor Satya Pal Malik failed to consider in Jammu and Kashmir

There is no guarantee that a future election in Jammu and Kashmir will not result in another hung assembly.

The United States should hire India’s Election Commission to conduct their polls

A look at how poorly the US conducts its elections will make you proud of Indian democracy.

Terror attacks don’t change the mind of the voters, it increases turnout

New study shows strong correlation between the increase in likelihood to vote and geographical proximity to a terror attack.

All the pillars of democracy are on trial in Pakistan as elections come knocking

Media and judiciary in the country are cracking, and won't survive long if it is pro-establishment.

After no show in court, Pak SC denies Musharraf permission to contest elections

Former Pakistan military ruler, Musharraf fails to turn up for a hearing at the Supreme Court, blames bad health. 

Learn from the Gowdas the unique art of coming last but finishing first

The clout of ideology-agnostic power-seekers that had diminished after 2014 seems to be returning, from UP to Karnataka.

‘Modern Media, Elections and Democracy’, though repetitive, is a user-friendly tool for aspiring journalists

Bheemaiah Krishnan Ravi’s book stays true to its title, highlighting the importance of the media in shaping a democracy and the limitations on its...

Dimapur’s oldest indigenous community is not counting on Nagaland poll results

Once a ruling clan of Dimapur, the Dimasa Kacharis have remained unrepresented in the state assembly for more than two decades.

The strategies that will decide whether Narendra Modi will be India’s PM after 2019

There are 9 factors – 3 sets of numbers, 3 strategies and 3 tactics – that will determine India’s next Prime Minister.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.