The opposition Indian National Congress (INC) won a decisive victory in the southern State of Karnataka defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP in a keenly-watched election

The move came a day after Rahul Gandhi was sentenced to two years in prison in a defamation case. His conviction, as well as his expulsion, has been criticized by the opposition, civil society and legal experts

The spyware may have been used by governments across the world to spy on journalists, activists, rival politicians, leaders of other countries among others

Several governments have been accused of using the Israeli spyware to snoop on dissidents and journalists in reports published by 17 media organisations worldwide recently

It’s not just about opposition leaders, journalists and other prominent personalities who were tracked via their phones. It’s about how nobody is safe from surveillance by spyware

Peoples Dispatch takes a look the 2019 Indian election process, who are the major actors, the position of the left parties and what is at stake.

Income support should not lead to the state washing its hands of the poor after handing them a certain sum of money whose real value too would dwindle over time.