From AI to subsidies: Bernstein’s candid open letter to PM Modi flags 8 critical fault linesGlobal brokerage Bernstein has cautioned India against becoming a mere user of future technology. The firm suggests that continued reliance...
23 Apr, 2026, 11.22 AM IST
Government monitors 26 global indices under GIRG frameworkIndia is actively reviewing its performance across 26 global indices. This initiative, called GIRG, aims to pinpoint weaknesses and impleme...
02 Dec, 2025, 12.30 AM IST
India evaluates 28 global indices, finds metrics in some flawedIndia is scrutinising the methodologies of 28 global indices, including the Democracy Index and Global Hunger Index, due to concerns over f...
22 Apr, 2025, 12.37 AM IST
CEC Rajiv Kumar cautions against social media fake news 'pollution'Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar emphasized the need for social media platforms to tackle misinformation and false narratives that c...
25 Jan, 2025, 12.28 AM 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
Europeans want governments to focus more on curbing migration than climate change, a study saysIn a global study, Europeans prioritize immigration reduction over climate change. Germany leads with 44% supporting it. Only 14% globally ...
08 May, 2024, 04.38 PM IST
Pakistan downgraded to "authoritarian regime", records greatest deterioration in Asia, Australia: ReportNotably, Pakistan's score on the EIU Democracy Index fell by 0.88 to 3.25, resulting in a fall of 11 places in the global ranking table, to...
17 Feb, 2024, 08.38 AM IST
India's future will be built on transformation of last 10 years: EAM Jaishankar at DUReferring to the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission and the efficiency and scale at which COVID-19 vaccines were manufactured in India, t...
24 Jan, 2024, 08.34 PM IST
When we articulate our interests, rest of the world accommodates it, like the Russian oil issue: Sanjeev Sanyal“Forget above our weight, we are not even punching at our weight in global forums in any meaningful way. We need to begin to think of ourse...
28 Nov, 2022, 01.09 PM 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
Sena questions Centre on democracy ranking drop, economic woesIndia slipped 10 places to 51st position in the 2019 Democracy Index's global ranking, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit, which ...
24 Jan, 2020, 11.22 AM 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
Jammu & Kashmir has more freedom than Pakistan, says US reportThe report also labelled PoK as “not free” in terms of freedom and the functioning of local institutes.
08 Feb, 2019, 09.50 AM IST
India slips to 42nd place on EIU Democracy Index; US at 21India scored well on electoral process and pluralism, but fell short in the other categories, in the EIU's annual report on the state of de...
31 Jan, 2018, 04.15 PM IST
- India ranks 24th in the first Environmental Democracy Index
India has ranked 24th out of 70 countries in the first Environmental Democracy Index that is topped by Lithuania and evaluates nations' pro...
21 May, 2015, 12.14 PM IST
India ranks 24th in the first Environmental Democracy Index out of 70 countriesLithuania, Latvia, Russia, the US, South Africa, the UK, Hungary, Bulgaria, Panama and Colombia are the top 10 nations in the list.
21 May, 2015, 11.54 AM IST