Politics

In the 2015 Delhi elections, a ten-student IIT-Bombay team built a sentiment-analysis tool that helped AAP read voter mood on social media — and win 67 of

In January 2015, US Attorney Preet Bharara announced corruption charges against New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — one of Albany's most powerful men.

In January 2015, Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal told Maria Bartiromo that oil would 'never' see $100 a barrel again — history had other plans.

In December 2014, AAP's Yogendra Yadav urged PM Narendra Modi to speak out against 'ghar wapsi' reconversion campaigns as the Rajya Sabha stalled for a

Germany's CSU party proposed that immigrants 'should be obliged' to speak German at home — then, after nationwide mockery, rewrote the demand within days.

Preet Didbal, daughter of California farm laborers, was sworn in December 2, 2014 — the first Sikh American woman elected to a US city council.

Pope Francis joined Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Anglican and Orthodox leaders in a December 2014 Vatican declaration to end modern slavery by 2020.

In November 2014, Jashodaben filed an RTI with Mehsana police asking what security and facilities she was entitled to as the Prime Minister’s wife.

In 2014, a 22-member team of Vedic Brahmins from Karnataka performed yagnas in Oman for the health of Sultan Qaboos — one of the most unusual interfaith

In November 2014, MPs voted 181–1 on a motion to clarify that sex-selective abortion is illegal in Britain. The vote was symbolic — the law never followed.

In November 2014, Shama and Shehzad Masih were beaten and burned in the Kot Radha Kishan brick kiln where they worked. A TI account of a lynching that

On October 3, 2014, Modi launched Mann Ki Baat, the monthly radio address that became a fixture of his premiership. A TI essay, from the archives.

Samantha Lewthwaite went from the widow of a 7/7 bomber to one of the world's most wanted terrorism suspects. TI's 2014 profile, reviewed as an archive.

A January 2014 guest op-ed on Arvind Kejriwal and AAP's 49-day Delhi government — the dharna, the intention-method-effect argument, and what followed.

In December 2013, India's Supreme Court upheld Section 377, recriminalizing gay sex. Five years later, the court reversed itself — the 2018 Navtej Singh

In November 2013, Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal was accused of sexually assaulting a young colleague. The scandal — and the case's long road — unfolded over

In November 2013, a woman was brutally attacked inside a Bangalore ATM at 7:30 AM — caught on CCTV. The footage sparked a national debate on safety.

During the 2013 US government shutdown, Lake Mead leaseholders — including an 80-year-old and his 77-year-old wife — were forced out of their homes on

In August 2013, a teenage girl accused godman Asaram Bapu of sexual assault. A look at the case as it broke — and the convictions that followed.

Michelle Obama's 'Songs for a Healthier America' — a 19-track hip-hop album with Jordin Sparks, Ashanti, DMC and more — to fight childhood obesity.