New Zealand was the first country where women gained the right to vote in 1893. Its parliament is now 5th highest in the world for women’s representation, at 48.3%.
In parliamentary panel meeting, EC says age of voting & contesting polls can’t be same. Cites SC rejecting several petitions on reducing age for contesting elections to 18.
Enfranchisement isn't a silver bullet. But unless the place of children in democracy is deepened, political division and democratic distrust will surely worsen.
The study done by Pew Research Center across 19 advanced democracies found that taking steps to reduce climate change & getting a Covid-19 vaccine are also considered important.
The rule which had been introduced Tuesday in a district of 20 in Jammu & Kashmir has been axed as Kashmris feared such rules would allow BJP to alter the region's demomgraphics.
Sunak, son-in-law of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, has been quoted in the media as saying that he feels 'great' about the result of the first round of voting.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
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.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
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.
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