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V-Dem Institute’s Democracy Report 2024

The V-Dem Institute’s Democracy Report 2024 has once again categorized India as an electoral autocracy, with the country’s democracy scores continuing to fall across various components. The report, titled “Democracy Winning and Losing at the Ballot,” highlights India’s ongoing autocratization ..

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2023 Deadliest Year for Migrants: UN-IOM

The year 2023 has been the deadliest year on record for migrants, with at least 8,565 deaths documented by the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Missing Migrants Project. This tragic figure represents a 20 percent increase compared to 2022, underscoring ..

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‘Hate Speech Events in India’ Report

India Hate Lab – a United States based research group tracking hate speech trends released disturbing findings in February 2024 highlighting exponential surge in online and offline hate rhetoric, calls for violence and incitement against Muslims in 2023 underscoring volatile ..

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State of the World’s Migratory Species – 2024 Report

The State of the World’s Migratory Species – 2024 report was launched by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a UN biodiversity treaty on February 12, 2024. It provides the first comprehensive global assessment ..

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London Tops as Most Congested City in Traffic Index Ranking 2023

London was the most congested city in the world in 2023, with commuters spending 37 minutes 20 seconds in traffic on average to cover a distance of 10 km, a new study has found. The report by the Amsterdam-based location ..

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Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2023

Recently, the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2023 has been released by Transparency International showing that most countries have made little to no progress in tackling public sector corruption. The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories around the globe by their ..

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