Global Democracy

Celebration of ideals of liberty, equality, fraternity: V-P on I-Day

The Vice-President in his message called the countrymen to commit themselves to the lofty values upheld by the freedom movement

India among the few vibrant democracies across world, says White House

Applauding the people of India for exercising their right to vote, the White House on Friday said there are not too many more vibrant democracies in the world than India. Not too many more vibrant democracies in the world than India. And we applaud the Indian people for exercising, you know, their ability to vote, and to have a voice in their future government. And we wish them well throughout the process, of course, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby told reporters at a news conference here. Kirby was responding to a question on the ongoing Indian elections, wherein over 969 million people are exercising their right to franchise at one million polling stations to elect 545 members of parliament from thousands of candidates representing as many as 2,660 registered political parties. Responding to another question, Kirby said the India-US relationship has strengthened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi in particular during the last three years of the Bide

AI's capacity to damage democracy, elections may be hard to detect

Meta's WhatsApp makes it possible to scale communication thanks to its 'Channels' feature, which can broadcast to thousands

How does a Taiwan election work? Everything you need to know about it

Taiwan's three main parties contesting the election are the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Taiwan People's Party (TPP), only set up in 2019

Publish books presenting India's journey as 'oldest democracy': Om Birla

Claiming that India is the "oldest democracy", Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday asked publishers to consider publishing books on the country's democratic journey, its culture and heritage to present it to the world in a proper manner. These books will also inspire the coming generations, he said. Addressing an event organised by the Federation of Indian Publishers here, Birla said the global influence of Indian democracy has increased today and the country, under "the efficient leadership" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has the capability to solve all the challenges facing the world. "We have brought socioeconomic changes in our country through democracy. Today, under the efficient leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has the capability to solve all the challenges facing the world. India's strength has increased," he said. The Lok Sabha speaker said Indian publishers today have "a very big role" to play in taking India's increased strength, prosperity, culture

Democracy on 'verge of collapse' in Hong Kong with Civic Party set to fall

The democracy in Hong Kong is on the "verge of collapse" with principal opposition party, Civic Party winding up operations

Freedom misused by forces advocating violence and bigotry: EAM Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister on Monday said that India has flagged issues related to Khalistani separatist forces operating out of Canada to Ottawa, emphasising the need to ensure that freedoms in a democratic society are not misused by forces which actually advocate "violence" and "bigotry". In recent weeks, anti-India activities in Canada have been on the rise. Jaishankar made the comments during a press conference with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong here on Monday after the 13th Foreign Ministers' Framework Dialogue. "From time to time, we have engaged the Canadian government, I have myself engaged with my counterpart on this (Khalistani) issue. And we have flagged the need to ensure that freedoms in a democratic society are not misused by forces which actually advocate violence and, and bigotry," he responded to a question related to the Khalistani issue. "So it's important, I think, to understand really, how democracies should function not only at home but also the ...

NATO summit aims to show unity democratic values: Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez

The chief aim of the NATO summit is to send a message of unity in line with democracy, security, international order, based on rules that, unfortunately, Putin has blown to smithereens

Committed to strengthening resilience of our democracies: G7 leaders

Leaders of G7 acknowledged the importance of national laws and regulations that are in place in each country to advance the principles and values of democracy

US using democracy as 'weapon of mass destruction': China on Biden's summit

China on Saturday accused the US of using democracy as a weapon of mass destruction to "stoke divisions and confrontation"

At democracy summit, Biden stresses making govts transparent, accountable

Biden emphasised making governments transparent, accountable, more resilient against the buffering forces of autocracy in his closing remarks at the virtual Summit for Democracy.

Joe Biden calls on world leaders to end 'backward slide' of democracy

President Joe Biden expressed alarm at a backward slide of democracy around the globe on Thursday, calling on fellow world leaders to work with him to bolster democratic institution

Protecting democracy a 'challenge of our time': Biden to world leaders

Biden announced an ambitious Presidential Initiative for Democratic Renewal, under which his administration is planning to provide up to $424.4 million on a global democratic renewal strategy.

Tech firms should contribute to preserving democratic societies: PM Modi

Technology firms should contribute to preserving democratic societies as technology has the ability to impact democracy "positively or negatively", PM Narendra Modi said

US joins annual list of 'backsliding' democracies, says report

It said that as of August 2021, 64 per cent of countries have taken an action to curb the pandemic that it considers "disproportionate, unnecessary or illegal."

Dictators on their way out? Think again, aren't they on their way up?

While consolidated democracies are struggling to stay healthy, many have turned into outright authoritarian regimes-most notably Russia under Vladimir Putin and Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan