INDIAN DEMOCRACIES

Responding to Nehammer, Modi said, "Thank you, Chancellor Karl Nehammer. It is indeed an honour to visit Austria to mark this historic occasion. I look forward to our discussions on strengthening the bonds between our nations and exploring new avenu...

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday addressed the joint session of the Parliament where she launched a scathing attack on Emergency imposed by the then Congress government in 1975 and said that it was the “biggest” and “darkest” chapter of the dire...

Ashwini Vaishnaw highlighted India's trust in PM Modi's government at the India Global Forum in London.

Despite facing electoral defeat, Winston Churchill, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and now Patnaik have emerged as national heroes with enduring legacies because they chose to put national interest before political advantage

Assam government inaugurated new judicial court building in Sivasagar district. Chief Minister emphasized the need for robust justice delivery system. He also visited Lachit Maidam in Jorhat district for development project phase 2.

The Modi government has already set out to tweak its image. In his first address to NDA members on June 7, the PM said his government believed in the philosophy of 'Sarva Panth Sambhava' (all religions are equal)'. At the diplomatic level, the image...

JP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi expressed joy over BJP's significant victory in the 2024 Assembly and Lok Sabha Elections in Odisha. The win ended Naveen Patnaik's reign as Odisha CM as BJP won 78 Assembly seats out of 147, and secured 20 out of 21 Lok...

US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller on Wednesday (local time) said that the US works with India on a free, secure, prosperous Indo-Pacific and it will continue to be their priority. "We work with India on economic matters. We worked with...

OpenAI claims to have disrupted an AI-based covert operation launched by an Israeli firm that allegedly peddled anti-BJP agenda. In 2021, the BJP government drew flak after Israeli spyware Pegasus was allegedly used to snoop on journalists, Oppositi...

BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover, while visiting the Statue of Liberty in New York, shared his thoughts on the 2024 Lok Sabha election results. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Grover praised Indian voters for demonstrating their intelligence an...

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge congratulated the EC, Central Armed Forces, and police for conducting the Lok Sabha elections. He criticized the Modi government for undermining India's democratic ethos in a letter shared on Twitter.

The Election Commission expressed gratitude to voters for participating in the Lok Sabha elections, emphasizing the importance of Indian democracy and voters' rights.

A report titled ‘An AI Experiment for Augmented Democracy in India’ highlights the positive aspects of using AI in elections to help overcome traditional obstacles in future, making them essential in modern political contexts. However, cybersecurity...

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has accused the Narendra Modi government of being anti-national and attempting to "delegitimize dissent". He drew a parallel between India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the current government led by Prime...

Ranchi Lok Sabha Election 2024: Former Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni arrived at a polling station in Ranchi on Saturday to vote in the Lok Sabha election. Earlier today, Gautam Gambhir, a former cricketer, also participated in voting during t...

India is one of the few large economies in the world where the outcome of the upcoming US election does not matter, and the relationship is likely to be strong and stable if either Trump or Biden wins. He said India "fundamentally mishandled" the co...

Indian-American lawmakers, including Congressman Ro Khanna, Shri Thanedar, Pramila Jayapal, and Dr Ami Bera, have emphasized the importance of having a conversation with India's leadership to raise concerns about human rights. Khanna argued that lec...

Indian cities face safety risks like crashing billboards in Mumbai due to poor urban governance, highlighted by unpermitted hoardings and inadequate safety measures. Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy stresses the importance of reforms ...

Taking a swipe, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the Western countries "feel" they have influenced the world for the last 200 years, so they are not able to give up their "old habits so easily."