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Opinion
Political Parties Reject RTI Extension, Leaving Citizens as Spectators in the ‘Indian Democracy’
In a disheartening display of unity, political parties in India, regardless of their ideological differences, have come together once again, this time rejecting
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India News
The ‘Temple of Democracy’ or a ‘Glorified Echo Chamber’? 141 Legislators from Opposition Parties, including Veteran politicians like Dr Tharoor and Jairam Ramesh, stand suspended!
As many as 141 Members of Parliament (MPs) affiliated to the opposition faction from both houses stand suspended today. Who could have guessed that “sloga
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India News
Where does India stand after “Seven Decades of Democracy”
Over two centuries, India bled to satiate the colonial thirst of the British Raj. For months after August 1947, waves of communal violence and insurgencies foll
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India News
Temple of Democracy Echoes with Hate Speech
The special parliament session called by the Modi government was supposed to end on 22nd September; celebrating the women’s reservation bill and the inauguratio
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Opinion
Unchaining the liberators of young minds: Why is the independence of educational institutes cardinal in protecting India’s democracy?
On August 14th, a video featuring a clip from an online class session hosted by a tutor at Unacademy, Karan Sangwan, went viral on Twitter. In the 37-second-lon
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Opinion
Cashing in on the ‘elite bias’: How an MP’s fake degree is a grave insult to the genuinely underprivileged section of India’s democracy
Recently, the age-old debate on the necessity of making a minimal educational background mandatory for the legislators of India got reinvigorated after discrepa
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Entertainment
While We Watched – A Tale Of Dismantling Democracy In Modi’s India
The dismantling of democracy in the modern years has fuelled the rise of one of the most gripping movies based on the decline of India’s broadcast media. Yes, y
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Press Releases
ECI hosts second International Conference on ‘Use of Technology & Elections Integrity’ as a follow on to the Summit for Democracy
Chief Election Commissioner of India Shri Rajiv Kumar along with Election Commissioners Shri Anup Chandra Pandey and Shri Arun Goel today inaugurated a two-day
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Education
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan presents a book titled India: The Mother of Democracy to the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi presented a book titled India: The Mother of Democracy, by the Union Minister of Education, and Skill Development & Entrep
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World News
West lambasts China for zero democracy in Hong Kong polls; China hits back
Even as the western nations flay Beijing rules in Hong Kong polls, China accuses them of meddling with its internal affairs.
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Opinion
When freedom becomes a blight spot in democracy, secular Indians grow tired and scared to protest
We are secular Indians. But we are tired and scared to continue protesting against the systematic encroachment of our fundamental rights.
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Opinion
Democracy, Nuclear Disasters and The Chernobyl Accident
Democracy is not a structure but a way of life. Openness and the freedom to express one's views is the essence of democracy.
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Opinion
Decoding Kamala Harris’ sermon on democracy and future implications for India
Kamala Harris had tough words for the falling standard of democracy. For Harris, Democracy, human rights and treatment of minorities were of utmost importance.
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India News
Samyukta Kisan Morcha urges President to save agriculture, democracy
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha said it will send a memorandum from all over India to the President on June 26, on farmers’ “anguish and indignation”
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India News
Samyukt Kisan Morcha calls to observe May 26 as Black Day for democracy
The Kisan Morcha said the Centre is the toiling people in the unorganized sector, including migrant workers who need life-saving support in terms of food grains
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World News
Chinese man crosses Taiwan Strait in search of ‘freedom, democracy’
Zhou is currently being investigated for violating Taiwan's national security and immigration laws, CNN reported citing a police statement.
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Opinion
EVMs, Their Controversial History and the VVPAT – What Should the World’s Largest Democracy Do?
When Chinese hackers caused power disruption in Mumbai, a paper ballot under heavy paramilitary presence seems to be a step in the direction of Democracy and tr
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Opinion
US says “Deteriorating Situation of Democracy” in India or Is It About Weapons Business?
Ahead of US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin’s visit to India, a senator urged him to take up the issues of sale of Russian S-400 missile system and human r
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Opinion
From “Free” to “Partly Free” – The Story of Decline in Democracy in the World’s Largest Democracy
In the last decade, at least 154 journalists were either arrested, detained, interrogated or served show-cause notices for their professional work. India is the
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India News
Democracy doesn’t die with a bang, it dies slowly: Rahul Gandhi
He said a nation is balanced between its institutions and if the balance is disturbed, the nation is disturbed. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the Rashtriya
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