As told to Parliament (June 26, 2019): India needs 5,191 more fire stations
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Food shortage, lack of law, no rolls: Obstacles India overcame for first General Elections
Five facts about the first time India voted
On average Lok Sabha members represent most number of people in the world
10 facts about Parliamentary elections
Forests up for grabs?
The amended Forest Conservation Act opens up large swathes of forestland for different non-forest activities
‘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
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 …
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
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 …
61 women make it to Lok Sabha in 2014 against 59 in 2009
Not a single woman candidate has won from Jharkhand, Haryana
Indian democracy’s tryst with trust
Elections in India are a paradoxical see-saw between trust and legitimacy crisis
Lok Sabha 2024: Is it too hot to vote?
DTE analyses if there is a direct correlation between rising temperatures and a decrease in voter turnout
Voting without voters: Bihar migrant workers forced to sacrifice ballot rights due to financial strain
Require special provisions, free trips home to participate in democratic process
As told to Parliament (July 22, 2022): UP had most number of cancer cases in 2020
As told to Parliament (December 14, 2021): 9,750 birds dead in Kerala district since Nov 21
As told to Parliament (July 19, 2021): Nearly 41% households in India have piped water supply
As told to Parliament (March 9, 2021): Implementation of farm laws stayed till further orders
As told to Parliament (February 5, 2021): More than 16 million new job cards issued in 2020-21
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
Lok Sabha passes Women’s Reservation Bill with two-thirds majority
It will grant 33 per cent seats to women in the Lok Sabha as well as state assemblies, once it becomes law
As told to Parliament (March 24, 2022): Tropical Indian Ocean warmed by 1°C from 1951-2015
Notes on how the world’s largest democracy presses the button
While the electronic voting machine system is useful and functional, officials and observers shouldn’t assume there’s no way to …
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
Environment in elections: Droughts fail to make it to poll issues in Jharkhand
Severe drought conditions in the state over the past two years ignored by politicians during campaigns, say farmers
Civil society survey claims welfare schemes halted after Rajasthan government change
Almost 4,000 people in 16 parliamentary constituencies surveyed