Why did the Peruvian President Manuel Merino resign?

On November 15, 2020, the Peruvian President Manuel Merino was forced out of power (meaning forced to resign). What is the issue? On November 9, 2020, Martin Vizcarra, predecessor of Manuel was impeached by the Peruvian Legislature. He was impeached on the grounds of unproven charges of corruption. Vizcarra is not affiliated with any political ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • International Current Affairs • Persons in News Current Affairs

Topics: Democracy • Manuel Merino • Martín Vizcarra • Peru • President • Unicameralism

Resolution to be moved in Rajya Sabha to remove the word “Socialism” in the Constitution

The ruling party (BJP) member of Rajya Sabha Shri Rakesh Sinha has issued a notice to the Chairman to permit to move a resolution. The resolution aims to drop the word “Socialist” in the Constitution. Highlights The resolution claims that the world socialism is redundant in the current scenario. It has to be dropped to ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs

Topics: BJP • CLAT • Constitutional amendment • Democracy • Emergency • Indira Gandhi • preamble • Secular • Socialist • Supreme court

Democracy Index released: India ranks 51; Slips 10 positions

On January 22, 2020, the Economic Intelligence Unit released Democracy Index for the year 2019. The index was topped by Norway. Norway was followed by Iceland and Sweden at second and third positions respectively. India was pushed to 51st rank slipping 10 positions as compared to its previous ranking Highlights According to the report, the ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Topics: article 370 • Citizenship Amendment Bill • Democracy • Democracy Index • flawed democracy • full democracy • Global Democracy Index • Kashmir Issue • NRC

U.S Government amends the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 in support of Hong Kong protestors

The United States President, Donald Trump on Wednesday, November 27, 2019, signed two legislations that amends the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 and supports the pro-democracy protesters of Hong Kong. The bills amended are: 1)Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, under which the special trade status of Hong Kong will ..

Category: International Current Affairs

Topics: China • Democracy • Donald Trump • hong kong human rights and democracy act • Hong kong protest • Human rights • special trade status • tear gas • United States

2019 edition of International Day of Democracy

The International Day of Democracy is observed every year on 15th of September to promote and uphold the principles of democracy. The theme for year 2019 is ‘Participation’ , which is an opportunity to recall that democracy is about people. Democracy is built on inclusion, equal treatment and participation — and it is a fundamental ..

Topics: American democracy promotion in the Middle East and North Africa • Democracy • E-democracy • International Day of Democracy • Types of democracy