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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicAuthoritarian Government

Topic: Authoritarian Government

Half of world’s democracies in a state of decline, declares intergovernmental watchdog

In an annual report, intergovernmental watchdog, IDEA, flagged concerns over the world facing a 'multitude of crises' while seeing global democracy in decline, calling it 'a toxic mix'.

Robert Mugabe’s life story is a warning to all well-meaning authoritarians

Many countries, including the US and UK, are being governed by inept authoritarians whose manipulations have long lost any connection to the national interest.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.