Election
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Election commission chief was not called for meet with PMO, says Centre after controversy
Scroll Staff
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Election commission chief, two commissioners attended ‘informal interaction’ with PMO, says report
Scroll Staff
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In charts: India’s political parties spent thousands of crores on publicity in the last five years
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in Gautam Doshi, FactChecker.in
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Mamata Banerjee wins Bhabanipur bye-poll by a margin of 58,835 votes
Scroll Staff
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View from Bangladesh: How Dhaka should have responded to Amit Shah’s belittling remarks
Mahmudur Rahman, Dhaka Tribune
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In six decades, the percentage of women MLAs in the Kerala Assembly has never exceeded 10%
Jisha Surya, IndiaSpend.com
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Bengal election: How BJP and TMC are using old census data to fuel identity-based politics
Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
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What the Rajinikanth factor would mean in the 2021 Tamil Nadu elections
Ramu Manivannan
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As Myanmar leadership fails to make a difference, grassroots activists are stepping up to the plate
Marte Nilsen, The Conversation Benjamin Dix, The Conversation
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Why are Republicans supporting Trump’s refusal to concede? Hint: It’s got to do with Senate control
Markus Wagner, The Conversation
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Five reasons why Republicans should be hopeful and pessimistic after Trump’s loss
Timothy J Lynch, The Conversation
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Myanmar’s election is unlikely to change anything for Rohingyas – or support transition to democracy
DB Subedi, The Conversation
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‘Buzz off’: TV journalist tells Trump supporter for interrupting broadcast to question Biden’s win
Scroll Staff
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In Bihar’s liquor crackdown, the poorest have been hit the hardest, while the rich are getting away
Parth MN, IndiaSpend.com
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‘Angelic reinforcement’: Presidential spiritual adviser’s strange prayer service to get Trump to win
Scroll Staff
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Waiting for the election results is unsatisfying, but that’s the only accurate way to get it right
John M Murphy, The Conversation
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How a radio broadcast 100 years ago turned politicians into ‘creatures of the mass media’
Richard Gunderman, The Conversation
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Prohibition in Bihar has pushed its poor towards cheap drugs and hooch
Parth MN
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The slow disappearance of a lake in Bihar has pitted two castes against each other
Majid Alam
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Biden differs with Trump on Iran, but on Israel they are on the same page
Muqtedar Khan, The Conversation