Subjecting pollsters to the scrutiny, transparency and demands of modern-day scientific research will help inject some much-needed scientific rigour into exit polls that are otherwise largely an exercise in showbiz.

These are our findings from over 43 countries on how aware people were about COVID-19 at different stages of its progression.

Sixty-seven years since independence and our republic is still taking baby steps to induce people to avoid open defecation and use covered toilets instead. What's lacking?