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Women wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station during Rajasthan state assembly election in Ajmer, India, November 25, 2023

India votes: stories from the world’s biggest election

Published: May 03, 2024

From April 19 to June 1, 969 million Indians will vote to elect the next government in the world's biggest democratic exercise. Explore our in-depth coverage on crucial issues facing the nation, including record heatwaves, unemployment, the rise of AI, and socio-economic inequality through the lenses of climate change, technology, and inclusive economic growth.

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Men use a stole to cover from heat as they wait in a line outside a polling station to cast their votes during the sixth phase of India's general election, on a hot summer day in Bhubaneswar, India, May 25, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
Climate Risks'My body and phones gave up': covering India's heatwave election
A police officer stands in front of a hoarding featuring India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Taranjit Singh Sandhu, an election candidate of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for Amritsar constituency, before a farmers' protest in Amritsar, India, May 28, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
AI'Cheapfakes', not deepfakes, spread election lies in India
Housewife Vandana sits with other women in a village in Banda, India, May 15, 2024. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Bhasker Tripathi
Socioeconomic InclusionRural India's economic distress poses post-election challenge
Tradespeople sit on the side of a road as they wait to get hired for work in Mumbai, India, November 6, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Money, Power & PeopleAfter Cambodia crypto scam, Indians demand more jobs at home
Solar panels are installed on the rooftops of houses in Modhera in the western state of Gujarat, India, October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sunil Kataria
Net ZeroIndia's solar power subsidies for homes face scepticism
An illustration shows five migrant workers facing the dilemma of whether to travel to their home city to vote, or stay and work. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rosalind Thacker
Socioeconomic InclusionVote or work? Tough call for India's 'invisible' migrant workers
Gig workers wait in line to collect their delivery order outside a mall in Mumbai, India, August 10, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Socioeconomic InclusionAs India votes, young workers hope for jobs and better pay
People wait in lines to cast their vote outside a polling station in the Purulia district, India, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Climate RisksAs India's election kicks off, is extreme heat a threat to voters?
Students and supporters take part in an LGBT+ Pride vigil organised after India's top court declined to legalise same-sex marriage in New Delhi, India, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Socioeconomic InclusionIndia's LGBTQ+ election vows ring hollow for rights activists
A logo of mobile application Instagram is seen on a mobile phone, during a conference in Mumbai, India, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Digital RightsSocial media influencers are India's new election campaigners
Taranjeet Singh, a protesting farmer, poses for a photo in front of his tractor at Shambhu Barrier, India, February 21, 2024. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Mehran Firdous
Digital RightsIndian farmers cut off as activists warn of pre-election blackouts
Farmers hold flags at a protest site, during the march towards New Delhi to push for better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at Shambhu Barrier, the border between Punjab and Haryana states, India February 23, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Big TechIndia's X takedown orders prompt fears of pre-election crackdown

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