Here’s what you need to know about the world’s largest democratic election kicking off in India April 19, 2024 The unrest broke out when Christian Kukis protested a demand by the mostly Hindu Meiteis for a special status that would let them buy land in...
About 8% of the survey's respondents said they liked the government's push to create a better international image of India. (Reporting by Shivam Patel and Sakshi Dayal in New Delhi; Editing by YP Rajesh, Raju Gopalakrishnan and Alison Williams) Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters. Ta...
An incident encountered during fieldwork in a Lok Sabha constituency in South India, where there is a tight contest between two high-net-worth candidates from the Congress and BJP, illustrates this. A fruit seller devised his own ‘political thermometer’ to compare candidates based on their body...
Besides, there have been several case studies highlighting the impact of deepfakes on past and the ongoing elections. The ongoing India's 2024 General Elections has seen many deepfake misuse cases that extensively used AI-generated deepfakes of politicians, including deceased ones, to reach voters....
The race to host the 2036 Olympic Games is heating up. Indonesia, Turkey, India and Chile have all confirmed bids but Egypt is making a big play that it’s time for the event to take place on the African continent. Share chapter 1 ...
Segregation across social groups is an enduring feature of nearly all human societies and is associated with numerous social maladies. In many countries, reports of growing geographic political polarization raise concerns about the stability of democrati
Voters in Missouri wait in long lines to cast no-excuse absentee ballots. This is the first presidential election where voters in the state have been allowed to cast a ballot early without also having to provide a reason why. (AP Video: Nicholas Ingram) ...
Derek Burney: Dissatisfied voters send strong message to incumbents in European elections There is a real sense of frustration among voters who perceive incumbents as being out of touch with their priorities Author of the article: Derek H. Burney Published Jul 16, 2024 • Last updated Jul 16...
What is Jayapal’s advice to AAPI women aspiring to rise to the ranks in public office, like herself? “I came here at 16 years old, by myself, with nothing in my pockets. My parents still live in India. I’ve never lived on the same continent as them. I went from...
Around the world, citizens are voting away the democracies they claim to cherish. Here we present evidence that this behaviour is driven in part by the belief that their opponents will undermine democracy first. In an observational study (N = 1,973