Debate

French President Emmanuel Macron wades into heated debate over executive pay

Macron, who is campaigning against far-right leader Marine Le Pen, told Franceinfo radio that he was in favour of an EU-wide ceiling for top executives' pay

Madhya Pradesh crisis another reminder that India's anti-defection law is rife with problems, needs serious rethink

Critics say that the anti-defection law strips the MPs and MLAs of their independent moral compass or decision making powers as they are forced to toe the party line.

Tamizha Tamizha: A comfortably centrist talk show where the personal doesn’t get political enough

Tamizha Tamizha is numbly centrist. It does many of the right things — but little to shake up the status quo.

Jawahar Bhawan emerges as a site of alternate politics, dissent, as spaces for discussion continue to shrink in Delhi

In the recent past, Jawahar Bhawan has been home to free discussions and debates on the kind of politics that might be against the ruling dispensation. It stands out in Delhi, where spaces are becoming less welcoming to debate, either because of the price they command or the politics they don't want to support

Parliament Logjam Part 8: Anti-Defection Law must be curbed to empower legislature, promote deliberative democracy

One of the immediate reforms needed to strengthen legislature is to limit Anti-Defection Law in Parliament to votes which affect stability of a government.

Budget Session of Parliament: Both Houses adjourned for the day after uproar over PNB scam, special status for Andhra Pradesh

The Opposition continued to force adjournments of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for the second day on Tuesday over the Rs 12,600 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud

BJP's Manoj Tiwari challenges Arvind Kejriwal to a public debate, says Delhi CM has become a 'big problem'

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari Thursday alleged that Arvind Kejriwal had an "ego like Ravana" and challenged him to a public debate on the city's problems

Sensational tweets tend to stay longer than logical and substantial tweets, says a study

Sensational content have more staying power than substantive posts on the microblogging platform Twitter, says a study.

Donald Trump feels 'terrible' about vulgar comments but not stepping aside, adviser says

Republican Donald Trump, facing a revolt from his party over vulgar comments he made about women has no intention of stepping aside in the US presidential race and will appear at a debate later on Sunday, Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani said

Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump: The US presidential debate that took social media by storm

Here's a round-up of the variation of tweets and conclusions that were drawn during and after the first presidential debate between Trump and Clinton.