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A slum dweller family in Old Seemapuri, New Delhi, in April 2020. Seemapuri falls under the Nort East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, which will see a high profile contest between the sitting BJP MP Manoj Tiwari and the Congress’ Kanhaiya Kumar.
Election 2024

Delhi: Could working class issues determine electoral outcome?

Vitasta Kaul,Vedaant Lakhera
Rescue teams members carry the body of a victim after a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed in Varzaghan, May 20.
West Asia

How drones from Türkiye located the helicopter carrying late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi

Iftikhar Gilani
Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray with wife Rashmi Thackeray after casting his vote in Mumbai, May 20.
ELECTION 2024

Local issues over national slogans: A reporter’s diary from Maharashtra and Gujarat

It is clear on the ground that grand sloganeering by the BJP isn’t in sync with the aspirations of voters.
Amey Tirodkar
Amey Tirodkar

Editor's Pick

Congress candidate from the Gurugram constituency, Raj Babbar, at a rally in Gurugram.
Election 2024

Gurugram: Raj Babbar’s ticket to political resurrection

After years of political isolation, Gurugram offers the veteran actor-politician a chance to regain relevance; but he faces formidable opponents.
Suparna Sharma
Bangladesh

India’s offer to finance Teesta barrage puts Prime Minister Hasina in a diplomatic fix 

Since Bangladesh had asked China to help with the project, Hasina must now decide between India and China, balancing benefits and potential backlash.
Pranay Sharma
Research

Cockroach: How a reviled pest from India colonised the world

A new study deciphers the historical routes that the most common species of cockroach took from its origins in Asia. 
Divya Gandhi
Food inflation has been accelerating at more than 8 per cent year-on-year since November 2023. It hits households at every rung of the economic ladder. 
Sum and Substance

Will India vote with its thali?

Soaring food inflation, coupled with stagnant wages and rampant unemployment, could be a game-changer in this election.
Mitali Mukherjee

Audio Stories

West Asia

Israel’s diversionary attack on Iran has set off a new security crisis in West Asia

Election 2024

India’s employment crisis: Jobless growth, threat of automation, and impact of climate change on productivity

Election 2024 — The Lede

India is haunted by an unprecedented economic deprivation

The Uralungal phenomenon: How a workers’ cooperative from Kerala defied caste, class barriers to become a model for the world

Spotlight

Spotlight

West Asia

Uncertainty in Iran after death of President Ebrahim Raisi

Raisi’s death creates a void and opens up a wide field for competitors vying to succeed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iftikhar Gilani

Photo Essay

Photo Essay

Tribute

Remembering Abu Abraham, the cartoonist who bore witness

“Abu’s World”, an exhibition to commemorate his birth centenary, reminds us that his cartoons will always be ammunition in the war against hatred.
A.S. Panneerselvan

Arts & Culture

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Posing after voting in the third phase of the election, in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, on May 7.
Election 2024 — The Lede

BJP’s subversion of the electoral process and Modi’s communal rhetoric undermine credentials of democracy in India

It is time to use the only democratic weapon people have, the vote, responsibly.
Neera Chandhoke
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It is not the act of voting that makes for a democracy but ensuring that the act is protected.
Election 2024

Editor’s Note: The fall of the Election Commission

The watchdog must reclaim its autonomy and backbone to safeguard democracy’s “soft guardrails”.
Vaishna Roy
Election 2024

Election Commission of India: Mala fide or merely incompetent?

Palanivel Thiaga Rajan
Election 2024

Machine’s whim versus people’s will

M.G. Devasahayam
From the Sidelines

Election Commission: No longer neutral

Saba Naqvi
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