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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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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Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.