Election Commission Says 3 Lakh Voters Added After SIR in Bihar as per Rules

The Congress had on Saturday alleged vote theft in Bihar through the addition of new voters after the SIR. It had pointed to the 7.42 crore voters on Bihar’s electoral rolls after the SIR and the increase by 3 lakh to 7.45 crore when the poll schedule was announced.

The results of the Bihar assembly elections 2025 saw the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) registering a sweeping victory in the state winning 202 of the 243 seats. The opposition Mahagathbandhan was reduced to only 35 seats. While the Congress won only 6 seats, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) which was the single largest party in the 2020 elections was reduced to its lowest tally in a decade of only 25 seats.

https://thewire.in/government/election-commission-says-3-lakh-voters-added-after-sir-in-bihar-as-per-rules 

17/11/2025

The ‘Business as Usual’ Inertia of the Opposition and the Loss of Bihar

The BJP’s dominance endures not only because of its own strategy but because the opposition has abandoned politics as a mass, ideological, and organisational project. Until they face this reality, defeats like Bihar will continue. https://thewire.in/politics/the-business-as-usual-inertia-of-the-opposition-and-the-loss-of-bihar 

 
The Bihar election results stunned many, though they should not have. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA swept the polls after deploying every available lever of state power – from the Election Commission’s controversial Special Investigation Review (SIR) of the voter list to Nitish Kumar’s blatantly illegal transfer of Rs. 10,000 to women voters after the poll schedule was announced. The opposition, meanwhile, ran on slogans of “vote chori” and vague promises like one government job per family. As in almost every election over the past decade, the contest was anything but free and fair.
Yet the more serious question is how the opposition, particularly the Congress, understood what it was up against. It showed no sign that it recognised the nature of the adversary or the scale of the political transformation underway. Trapped in its habitual “business as usual” inertia, it repeated the same script that has consistently delivered defeat.

by Anand Teltumbde

17/11/2025

Water Atlas 2025 Data and facts about the basis of life

Water Atlas 2025 Data and facts about the basis of life  https://eu.boell.org/sites/default/files/2025-11/wateratlas2025_web_20251024.pdf   https://eu.boell.org/en/WaterAtlas   the unequal distribution of water and industrial pollution to climate-linked water insecurity and geopolitical tensions.

BASIS OF LIFE. To overcome crises, we must manage water sustainably.

WATER FOR ALL Over a quarter of the world’s population has no safe access to drinking water.
declared water a human right:
CLIMATE UNDER PRESSURE extreme weather  more frequent. Those most severely affected are least able to protect themselves.
16 BIODIVERSITY
WET HABITATS
Healthy ecosystems purify water and
protect against floods and droughts. However,
the climate crisis is disrupting natural
cycles and threatening habitats around the
world. Protecting peatlands, wetlands,
and coastal areas is not only an ecological
priority but also a social imperative.
CONSUMPTION TAPPED OUT From farms to factories, from smartphones
to kitchen taps, global water consumption
and demand are rising, driven by agriculture
and industry. 
20 POLLUTION MURKY DEPTHS
Plastic waste, industrial effluent, chemicals:
scarcely a single body of water is safe. They
threaten ecosystems, biodiversity, and human
health. The solution to the wave of pollutants?
A circular economy that conserves resources.
22 PRIVATISATION
THE STORY OF A WRONG TURN
Selling public water supply systems to private
companies was supposed to make management
more efficient, and lower prices. But
experience has often shown the opposite. Many
municipalities and civil society initiatives now
want to bring water back into the public domain.
24 CONFLICTS
DIVIDING THE WATERS
Access to clean water is a human right. But
with the climate crisis and population growth,
water is becoming an ever-scarcer resource –
over which different groups may compete
fiercely. Interna

 

 PRIVATISATION
THE STORY OF A WRONG TURN
Selling public water supply systems to private
companies was supposed to make management
more efficient, and lower prices. But
experience has often shown the opposite. Many
municipalities and civil society initiatives now
want to bring water back into the public domain.
24 CONFLICTS
DIVIDING THE WATERS
Access to clean water is a human right. But
with the climate crisis and population growth,
water is becoming an ever-scarcer resource –
over which different groups may compete
fiercely. International agreements can help
promote cooperation rather than conflict.
26 AGRICULTURE
DRYING OUT
Agriculture is the single largest industrial
sector when it comes to consuming water:
72 percent of the world’s freshwater consumption
is used to produce food. Ensuring a secure
supply despite the threats posed by the changing
climate will take political will.
28 VEGETABLE FARMING
THIRSTY TOMATOES IN DRY LANDSCAPES
Spain is Europe’s vegetable garden. The
country is an example of how export-oriented
industrial cultivation methods lead to water
shortages and pollution, as well as accelerate the
loss of species. To overcome such crises,
a sustainable reorganisation of the food
system is necessary. 

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