The 100-page report by the Pew Research Centre looks at what makes people feel proud of their country in terms of culture, lifestyle, politics, economics and diversity.
As institutions strain and society polarizes, urgent questions arise: Is India still on course as a democracy—or drifting at a critical crossroads of governance and identity?
Survey by LocalCircles collected over 43,000 responses from 348 districts. Sixty-one percent of the respondents were men while the remaining 39 percent were women.
In 2022-23, the number of refugee claims by Indians was 172 before it shot up 579 percent to reach 1,168 claims in 2023-24. In 2024-25, there have been 453 claims so far.
From October 2023 to September 2024, over 60,000 Indians were detected trying to cross northern & southern US borders illegally, whereas close to 30,000 attempted to overstay visas.
India saw a rise in migrants from Nepal and China between 1990 and 2020 while there was a decline in migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh, Pew's UN and Census data analysis shows.
US Border Patrol agents arrested the four, including a woman, on 12 March. The men left the woman who became immobile due to an injury and were caught shortly after a foot pursuit.
US-based think tank found that 67% of Indians polled supported autocratic rule, while 72% supported military rule. Support for representative democracy too declined in India.
A new survey by the US think tank, however, found around 56 percent of citizens feel New Delhi should put other countries’ interests over its own when addressing international issues.
The ‘great rivalry’ angle was also blown out of proportion, given that India now holds a handsome record of wins against Pakistan in T20 World Cup matches—8-1.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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