Who is Helle Lyng, the journalist who asked PM Modi, “Why don’t you take questions from the freest press in the world?”A Norwegian journalist raised questions about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's limited media engagement during a joint press event. She highl...
19 May, 2026, 11.56 AM IST
PM Modi a 'misleader', engaged in 'deliberate deceit' over delimitation: CongressCongress has strongly criticized the government's proposed delimitation bills. The party alleges Prime Minister Narendra Modi has misled th...
15 Apr, 2026, 09.25 AM IST
Japan to create special cell to push FDI into IndiaJapan's Foreign Ministry is launching a new center to help Japanese companies invest in India. This initiative aims to overcome challenges ...
31 Mar, 2026, 10.57 PM IST
India points to 'sweeping conclusions' and 'fallacious assumptions' in Global Democracy Report 2023The GSoD 2023 report - published in November 2023 - stated that India persists at the mid-range level on the criteria of "representation" w...
21 Feb, 2024, 11.45 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
Congress hits out at Modi govt after India slips 10 ranks on Democracy IndexThe Congress on Thursday attacked the Modi government after India slipped 10 ranks on the Democracy Index, saying democracy has been eroded...
23 Jan, 2020, 07.02 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
View: For a better government, go from first-past-the-post to ranked choice votingIndia’s election process – Input Democracy – is a strong contributor to the fact that 79% of Indians are satisfied with democracy.
09 Apr, 2019, 10.52 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
Thiruvananthapuram, Pune and Kolkata emerge as best governed citiesThe Annual Survey of India’s City Systems, which examines city systems on the basis of 83 governance parameters, reveals that Indian cities...
01 Mar, 2017, 01.49 AM IST
Developed nations have no such rule, doubtful democracies doYemen and Syria, which are engulfed in political turmoil, too have a minimum requirement of literacy for parliamentary candidates.
09 Sep, 2015, 12.12 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
Google search manipulation can swing votes in Indian electionsThe higher the rank, the more people trust the result, which is why companies are spending billions now to push their products higher.
13 May, 2014, 01.39 PM IST
- Women's day: India ranks 105th in world in terms of women participation in politics
With only 11 per cent of representation of women in Lok Sabha and 10.7 per cent in Rajya Sabha, India ranks 105th in the world, according t...
08 Mar, 2012, 03.33 PM IST
- India way ahead of China in economic transformation: Report
India has been ranked 25th in terms of economic transformation, way ahead of world's fastest growing economy China, which has been placed a...
18 Feb, 2008, 02.50 PM IST