Papua New Guinea is vulnerable to natural disasters such as landslides and earthquakes because of a host of reasons, including its geographical location and deforestation. However, climate change has worsened the situation in recent years.

The counting of votes will begin at 8 am on Tuesday. Fairly clear trends are likely to emerge over the following four hours.

What exactly does the plan offer in terms of the ongoing war in Gaza, and why is the Israeli government divided over it?

The European Parliament (EP) represents the citizens of its member states. Its primary functions include negotiating EU laws with the member state governments, which are represented by the European Council.

Early trends show BJP facing substantial losses, with Congress seeing somewhat of a resurgence. A quick rundown

Current trends have bucked all pre-poll expectations. But the picture is not yet complete.

RJD has garnered more votes in Bihar than the JD(U) and the BJP. But it is leading in only four seats, as compared to 14 for the JD(U) and 12 for BJP. Here is why

How N Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar, two veterans of Indian politics, could again become the kingmakers that they have been several times in their careers.

There are 1700 counting centers across India. Depending on the number of voters in a parliament seat, each can go up to 25 rounds of counting. Each round counts approximately 14,000 votes.

If no party single-handedly gets the majority, the President will invite the party with most seats to form government.

The Indore Lok Sabha constituency saw more than 2 lakh votes polled for NOTA. Here is why the option was introduced and what happens in the unlikely situation when NOTA receives more votes than all other candidates

After ten years of enjoying a single-party majority in Parliament, the BJP will this time need the support of some coalition partners. Here is a brief analysis of some of them

If one looks back at India's economic history since 1991, it becomes clear that coalition governments have undertaken some of the boldest and most visionary reforms that laid the foundation for India’s resurgence

Modi’s own victory margin of 1.52 lakh votes in Varanasi down from 4.79 lakh in 2019. Here is what lies behind BJP’s election setback in Uttar Pradesh

The 2024 election has brought the BJP to power for a third straight term but has diminished the party. The impact will be felt in relationships in the NDA, as well as within the BJP and between the BJP and RSS

The result in UP is perhaps the biggest story of this Lok Sabha election. The SP's surge to 37 seats has reduced the BJP to No. 2 in the state, and diminished both the saffron party and the NDA coalition. India's largest state has a long history of setting…

Even if in prison, election winners still carry the constitutional mandate to serve as parliamentarians. Here is how that works.

The Bihar Chief Minister has a history of switching sides. A day after the Lok Sabha election results, he was spotted travelling to Delhi in the same flight as the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Tejashwi Yadav.

South Korea has suspended a 2018 peace agreement and said it might resume propaganda broadcasts into the North after Pyongyang sent thousands of balloons carrying trash and human waste into the South.

Naidu's earlier push for SCS during 2014-18 had failed, and he had suffered a crushing defeat in the 2019 state election. This time is different — the BJP is short of numbers in Lok Sabha and dependent on him, and he has just won a landslide in the state.…