Tag Politics

The Air That Betrayed Me: A Personal Reckoning with Delhi’s Toxicity

Insights, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Center for Human Dignity and Development, Center for Work and Welfare, Environment, Energy, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Gender Impact Studies Center, Gender, Pluralism and Social Inclusion, Governance and Law, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Urbanization, Habitat, Transportation and Regional Development

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Across the US and Europe, white ribbons mark solidarity with patients, caregivers, advocates and doctors. In India, silence reigns, even though 93 of the world’s 100 most polluted cities are here, and here, lung cancer is rising alarmingly among non-smokers, especially young women.

Nearly one in three lung cancer patients in India today has never smoked, and doctors are seeing women in their late 20s and 30s being diagnosed with advanced disease.

This is not a smoker’s disease anymore — it is a breather’s disease, driven by toxic air and environmental exposures.

IMPRI Desk
December 31, 2025

The Economy of Influence: Grand Bribery and the Bihar Election Results

Insights, Center for Habitat, Urban and Regional Studies, Center for the Study for Finance and Economics, Center for Work and Welfare, Economy and Infrastructure, Governance and Law, Livelihoods, Employment and Well-being, Public Finances and Macroeconomics, Public Policies, Programs and Schemes, Urbanization, Habitat, Transportation and Regional Development

The Bihar results are astounding, with National Democratic Alliance (NDA) sweeping an unprecedented 202 seats (83%) out of 243. Political analysts and correspondents covering the elections have proved to be utterly wrong. Most of them expected it to be a close fight.

IMPRI Desk and Arun Kumar
December 13, 2025

Climate Finance Politics: India’s Strategic Push Ahead of COP30

Insights, Center for Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Meeting, Policy Update

India has renewed its call for increased and reliable climate finance from the developed nations in the lead-up to COP30 (Brazil, 2025), framing it as essential for meeting domestic and global climate goals. While the Loss and Damage Fund, operationalized at COP28, was a diplomatic breakthrough, actual contributions remain far below requirements.

IMPRI Desk
August 12, 2025

The impact of political awareness in shaping political participation of women: A qualitative reflection on the Women’s reservation Act, 2023

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Pradeesha C Introduction The Parliament passed the Women’s Reservation Bill in September 2023, markingcompletion of a long pending demand. Despite being one of the few countries to grantwomen voting rights immediately post-independence, India faced a serious issue, and thatwas heavy…

IMPRI Desk
July 16, 2025

Caste Census: The End of Identity Politics or Just the Beginning?

Insights, Center for Human Dignity and Development

If a national count starkly demonstrates that powerful chieftains of social groups are no guarantee for their base’s economic empowerment, these netas’ political influence may go down.

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
May 7, 2025

Cross-Border Chaos: India and Trump’s Ripple Effect on Canada

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There has never been a moment in Canadian politics when a domestic election hinged so heavily on a single external factor. US President Donald Trump's dibble-dabble on issues of trade, tariff and sovereignty has converged in Ottawa to fuel a national backlash against Washington.

IMPRI Desk and Harsh V Pant
April 7, 2025

Tesla’s Tumult: How Elon Musk’s Politics Are Driving the Company Off Course

Insights, Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, Centres, International Relations and Strategic Studies, Thematic Areas

Tesla shares are at a five-month low, Tesla showrooms are being vandalized in different parts of the United States, Tesla cybertrucks have been set on fire in Seattle, its sales are down in the US as well as in Europe. That President Trump has bought a Tesla car might seem like good news, consisting of support at the highest level. But that might only serve to worsen Tesla’s fortunes.

IMPRI Desk and TK Arun
March 29, 2025