-The Hindu Activist of RSV and HRF make field visit for two days Hyderabad: Some 20 chilli farmers had ended their lives in the last two months in Mahabubabad district alone unable to come out of the debt trap, claims a report. The condition of the families of the farmers who had committed suicide is so pathetic that they do not know what to do and where to go. These facts came to...
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BJP has the most diversified representation. See caste composition of new UP assembly -Arvind Kumar
-ThePrint.in The BJP seems to have overturned the game of rival political parties claiming to be the harbinger of social justice and welfare on their own turf. Caste and religion remained dominant factors in Uttar Pradesh assembly election. And the political parties mobilised voters with social engineering and developmental discourse both. Hence, it becomes essential to investigate the social profile of the new UP legislature. I provide a descriptive analysis of the newly...
More »UP Elections: Myths, Truths… and a Riddle -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in Was it welfare schemes? Or was it Hindutva? And, how much money did BJP spend? Usually after election results come out, there is a dismantling of myths created during the elections and creation of new myths. This happens in all elections but when a significant state like Uttar Pradesh is involved – it’s a feast of theories. Then, there are riddles for which everyone has a solution. First, have a look at...
More »Why more women voted for the BJP in 2022 elections -Rahul Verma
-IndiaToday.in More women voted for the BJP than men in all four states that the party won in the recently concluded Assembly elections, according to the data. Here's why. The story of women voting in India has added one more puzzle for social scientists to decipher. In the past decade, the research largely focused on the increasing voter registration among women and their higher turnout rate at polling booths. The combined effect...
More »India used more coal power in 2021 than 2020, which could delay its climate goals: IEA -Rohini Krishnamurthy
-Down to Earth China and India might be some of the countries where the green transition may also be slowed down because Russia would shift their energy exports to them, experts say India used 13 per cent more coal to generate electricity in 2021 than the previous year, given the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA). This figure is going to increase in the future,...
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