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Women voters wait in a queue to cast their vote for the second phase of the Bihar assembly election, in Katihar on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Bihar 2025 election results reveal a clear pattern: in districts where the share of women voters exceeded that of men, the National Democratic Alliance’s vote share is … Read more
Women voters stand in a queue to cast their votes for the second phase of the Bihar assembly elections, in Katihar on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Based on Bihar election results’ trends released by the Election Commission of India, which are now available for 240 of the 243 seats, a distinct pattern is emerging. … Read more
Women voters stand in a queue to cast their votes for the second phase of the Bihar assembly elections, in Katihar on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI Preliminary turnout data released from the Bihar elections by the Election Commission of India reveals that at least 4,34,000 more women than men turned out to vote in … Read more
(1) Bihar records improved turnout in phase one polls For the first phase of Bihar’s two-phase Assembly elections, over 64% turnout was recorded. This was the highest turnout in several constituencies since 2010 for an Assembly election. Moreover, in phase one, no constituency recorded a decrease in turnout, unlike previous elections in 2020 and 2015, … Read more
Supporters of Democratic New York City mayor elect Zohran Mamdani attend a campaign event with Mamdani and New York City elected officials on November 1, 2025 in the Queens borough of New York City. | Photo Credit: STEPHANIE KEITH Last week, Democrat Zohran Mamdani, 34, defeated Andrew Cuomo, an independent, to become New York City’s … Read more
Public during Asaduddin Owaisi, President of AIMIM’s election rally in Aurangabad, Maharashtra on Friday November 15, 2024 | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI The 2020 Bihar Assembly election proved to be a close contest between the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the RJD-led Mahagatbandhan (MGB). One key factor behind the MGB falling short of the … Read more
Image for representation. Due to the admission slump during the COVID-19 years (2020-21), colleges in the U.K., the U.S., Canada, and Australia saw a surge in international student enrolments in the post-pandemic years (2022-23). This created several challenges in the host countries, including locals being priced out of the housing market. This led governments to … Read more
The Data Point published on Wednesday discussed in detail the spoiler effect created by Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the 2020 Bihar Assembly election and examined the possibility of it influencing the upcoming 2025 polls as well. This effect was one of the key reasons the 2020 election turned out to be … Read more
Last week, online retail giant Amazon announced that it would reduce its global corporate workforce by about 14,000 people. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy had already flagged the possibility of job cuts in June, saying the increased use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and agents would lead to more corporate job cuts. A week before Amazon’s … Read more
(1) NDA and INDIA bloc release their manifestos for upcoming Bihar Elections 2025 The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) released its joint manifesto for the upcoming Bihar Assembly election on Friday (October 31, 2025). Urging voters to choose Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister, the NDA’s slew of promises include creation of one crore jobs, freebies in power, ration, … Read more