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Democracy Cohort on Election Integrity
The Election Commission has announced that it will be leading the ‘Democracy Cohort on Election Integrity’ as part of the ‘Summit for Democracy’ in association with 100 democratic countries. At this summit expertise and experience will be shared with the ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Summits and Conferences
MEA Paper on Democracy
To counter the nation’s democracy ranking from being downgraded, the Ministry of External Affairs created presentations on democracy and sent them to the Lok Sabha Secretariat so that they can be distributed among the Heads of Mission in foreign countries. ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Democracy Index 2021: EIU Latest Report
The Economic Intelligence Unit recently released the Democracy Index Report, 2021. The report described the state of democracy in 165 countries. About the Report The report was prepared based on five parameters. They were functioning of the government, electoral process ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
September 15: International Day of Democracy
International Day of Democracy was observed on September 15, 2021, in order to review the state of democracy across the globe. Theme of the day Theme of International Day of Democracy for year 2021 is “Strengthening democratic resilience in the ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
Freedom House’s report: India declared as ‘partly free’
The US government funded NGO “Freedom House” published its annual report on global political rights and liberties recently. The report titled “Freedom in the World 2021 – Democracy under Siege” published the report on political freedom across the world. Key ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
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 ..