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بھارت میں سوشل میڈیا پر سیاست کا غلبہ
بھارت کی سیاسی تاریخ میں پہلے ”سوشل میڈیا انتخابات“ سمجھے جانے والے ۲۰۱۴ کے انتخابات نے بھارتی سیاست میں سوشل میڈیا انقلاب کی بنیاد رکھی۔ ۲۰۰۹ کے عام انتخابات سے قبل کانگریس کے رکن پارلیمنٹ ششی تھرور جو قبل ازیں…
The Politicization of Social Media in India
The 2014 general elections—regarded as the “First Social Media Election” in India's political history—kickstarted a social media revolution in Indian politics. Before the 2009 general elections, Shashi Tharoor, a Congress MP who had previously served as UN Under-Secretary-General, was the…
Nepal’s Devastating Second COVID-19 Wave: Internal Political Turmoil and Ignored Pleas for International Support
More than 87 percent of globally administered vaccines have gone to high and upper-middle-income countries, and low-income countries such as Nepal constitute just 0.2 percent of the 700 million doses. The distribution of vaccines has only exacerbated the vast existing…
COVID-19 Vaccination in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is in the first phase of a COVID-19 vaccine rollout, having received only a half million doses of vaccines from India, and 468 thousand under the COVAX program, while around 35 million people are in the queue to receive…
Have a Disastrous COVID-19 Response and Loss in West Bengal damaged “Brand Modi?”
India is being ravaged by a second COVID-19 wave with approximately 350,000 infections and 4,000 deaths reported every day. Narendra Modi government’s mal-administration, complacency, and callousness in combating COVID-19 have raised concerns about Modi’s political future, especially regarding his potential to succeed…
India and Pakistan’s Democratic Backslide
Two reports on freedom and democracy rankings across the world have recently created a furor in India. Freedom House – a U.S.-based non-profit measuring political rights and civil liberties since 1990 – reported a four-point decline in India’s score, changing…