The promise of democracy in India is real. But its delivery in the space between elections remains the country's unfinished and largely unaddressed business.
Most poor countries that experimented with democracy failed to sustain it. While some collapsed into military rule, others slid into one-party states or ethnic autocracies.
The seven were tried and convicted in absentia on charges of ‘digital terrorism’ over alleged role in 9 May 2023 violence that followed former PM Imran Khan’s arrest.
Exhibition titled 'Nothing Human is Alien to Me' showcased Aban Raza's paintings at Delhi's Galerie Mirchandani + Steinrücke gallery. Co-founders of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan and key figures in India's RTI movement, had travelled from Rajasthan for it.
Bachelet, only woman to have served as the President of Chile, is the 37th recipient Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development award, which was instituted in 1986.
Change of regimes through non-institutional methods in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal were cases of bad governance, Doval says at 6th Sardar Patel Lecture on Governance.
Decision to join politics was after a culmination of six years of introspection and deliberation, former civil servant from Kerala's Kottayam district says.
Bandi speaks to ThePrint on youth protests in Nepal, Karki’s appointment as PM on basis of ‘wisdom, necessity & momentum of street’ & ‘need for accountability not revenge’.
At the launch of his book, Democracy’s Heartland, former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi said he attempts to highlight why the Indian subcontinent matters.
Pakistan's SSG team was not adequately provisioned for the inclement weather. If it managed to consolidate its position, the story of Siachen would have been different.
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.
This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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