Hey stupid, it wasn't just the economy. It was inflationDonald Trump secured victory in the 2024 US presidential election, defeating Kamala Harris. Voters who prioritized the economy heavily favo...
06 Nov, 2024, 03.05 PM IST
Global index for free and fair elections suffers biggest decline on record in 2023, democracy watchdog saysThe International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) has reported a significant decline in the credibility of election...
17 Sep, 2024, 07.04 AM IST
Nearly 75% of Indians believe that global corporations are a threat to democracy: ReportIndia is also ranked top among countries fearing that big tech companies like Google, Amazon and Meta threaten democracy.
08 May, 2024, 06.03 PM IST
SC refuses to entertain PIL alleging India's poor global ranking in corruption perception indexTerming the reliefs sought as "legislative functions", a bench comprising Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and justices S Ravindra Bhat and B...
02 Nov, 2022, 07.03 PM IST
Turkish parliament OKs disputed bill to fight disinformationThe vote came following raucous sessions in parliament, which saw opposition legislators clap and shout to disrupt proceedings, hold up sig...
14 Oct, 2022, 06.41 AM IST
So, how well has India’s relative performance been under the Modi government?For the first time in history, India is pulling up the entire world economy, if only by a bit. This is an impressive achievement. It may su...
14 Jun, 2022, 11.09 PM IST
Pakistan slips further on Corruption Perceptions Index, ranks 140 out of 180 countriesComparatively, India's score stands at 40 and is ranked 85, while Bangladesh's CPI is 26 and stands at 147th position. Explaining the cause...
25 Jan, 2022, 05.17 PM IST
View: A new book on the Modi years mixes actuality with amnesiaThe book has a clever cover of 16 charts of India's performance measured by international indices. India shows a downward trend in 15 indic...
11 Jan, 2022, 11.48 PM IST
In her first meeting with PM Modi, US VP Kamala Harris talks about defending democraciesHarris said the world is more interconnected and more interdependent than ever before. "And the challenges that we face today have highligh...
24 Sep, 2021, 04.33 PM IST
Equal weight Nifty hints at broad-based rallyNifty 50 delivered a return of 53 per cent between 2016 and 2019 owing to the sharp outperformance of index heavyweight Reliance Industries...
05 Apr, 2021, 07.13 AM IST
India falls to 53rd rank in EIU's Democracy Index, dubbed as flawed democracyOut of 167 countries, the Democracy Index classifies 23 countries as full democracies, 52 as flawed democracies, 35 as hybrid regimes and 5...
04 Feb, 2021, 01.14 PM IST
Kazakhstan introduces new set of political reforms days after Parliamentary pollsThe implementation of this initiative will strengthen the system of protecting human rights, expanding civic participation, developing parl...
27 Jan, 2021, 09.52 AM IST
Coronavirus drags Hong Kong business outlook to record low: DataThe Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the city's economy plunged to its lowest mark since the gauge began, worse than the SARS outbreak ...
04 Mar, 2020, 02.39 PM IST
India ranked 80th in Corruption Perception IndexThe CPI, released at the WEF 2020 here, ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, accordin...
23 Jan, 2020, 10.14 PM IST
India falls to 51st position in EIU's Democracy IndexIndia's overall score fell from 7.23 in 2018 to 6.90 on the Index that provides a snapshot of the current state of democracy worldwide for ...
23 Jan, 2020, 10.34 AM IST
Political turmoil to be ‘new normal’ for 2020, risk firm saysPM Modi now faces the most significant challenge to his rule since being first elected in 2014.
17 Jan, 2020, 06.12 AM IST
- Next 10 years could see the Indian economy growing by four times
The next 10 years could see the Indian economy growing by four times, with domestic capital leading the growth.
27 Mar, 2010, 03.43 AM IST