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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
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Topic: Democracy

At 34, Finland’s Sanna Marin set to become world’s youngest Prime Minister

The current title is held by New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern, who was 37 when she took office. Sanna Marin will also be the third female to lead Finland.

Plato was right. Democracy always creates tyrannical leaders

In democratic countries like Turkey, UK, Hungary, Brazil and US, anti-elite demagogues are riding a wave of populism fuelled by nationalist pride.

Street protests around the world show democracy is on the march, not in retreat

If democracy means rule of the people, and a demand for social equality, then we are witnessing its flowering in the most populous parts of the world.

Burma was once toast of the world. Now, it is on list of top 10 places to avoid

The cost of Burma, now Myanmar’s withdrawal from the world has been material and intellectual impoverishment on a scale unmatched in Asia.

Democracy devouring itself, people too stupid to sustain it — academic paper creates furore

UC Irvine professor Shawn Rosenberg’s paper explains the rise of Right-wing populists the world over by saying it’s part of the process of democracy failing.

How one of Bruce Lee’s philosophies is inspiring the Hong Kong protests

The Hong Kong protests have crossed the 100-day mark, and also transformed into a struggle for greater democratic rights on the island.

Amit Shah raises questions about India’s multi-party democracy

Home Minister Amit Shah takes a swipe at Congress, saying they 'worked 30 years' but can't name 5 big decisions, while BJP can list 50 decisions in just 5-year rule.

Mamata Banerjee asks people to protect constitutional rights in ‘Super Emergency’ era

Mamata Banerjee has frequently stated in the past that India is going through 'Super Emergency' under the BJP-led NDA rule at the Centre.

ConQuest 2019 regional rounds test students’ knowledge of Indian Constitution

The final event of ConQuest 2019, India’s premier national quiz on the Indian Constitution, history and politics, will take place Friday.

How liberals lost Gandhi as they lost their own intellectual moorings

Some liberals lost Gandhi because he was a democrat, who refused to surrender the individual to the mob in the name of majority rule.

On Camera

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.