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Deal Or Dialogue: Democracy Is On The Verge Of Collapsing, Who Is To Blame In Politics?

Sayani ChakrabortyJuly 11, 20220

Defections from Maha Vikas Aghadi or the Great Development Front coalition government have been widely seen as a sign of self-interest by those who defected from them. It has always been difficult to determine who is to blame in politics based on the diversity of group/sectional interests. The solution to this critical issue may be summarised thusly: Both of them are to blame. However, their flaws vary in kind. There's an ethical obligation on major political parties, for example, to align their policies with constitutional ideals, party programmes, and the backing of smaller political groupings. In order to improve the country's image abroad, it is incumbent upon a party with significant numbers and financial clout to put together a government that adheres to fundamental democratic ideals...

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Myanmar Heads Towards Path Of Democracy; Political Prisoners Being Freed!

Pooja YadavJune 1, 20220

Myanmar, once called Burma, has been one of the foremost isolated countries in the world. However, since March 2011, when Myanmar’s first civilian government in decades took office, it's been moving towards democracy, if only 1 small step at a time. After decades of authoritarian rule suppressing basic human rights, Myanmar’s military has decided to step down from power. Most generals have realized that the country has, economically, fallen behind its neighbors. They need to decide to open themselves to the western world and end the economic sanctions that are in situ a few times. Many voters in Myanmar, however, are skeptical. They think that when the country has been accepted by the west the political tide will turn against them. In the last 5 decades, Myanmar has developed ...

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How Much Corruption Does Our Judiciary Hold? Find Out Its Impact

Pooja YadavApril 25, 20220

Whether or not it's bribery, getting the desired day in court, or any type of unjust practice to sway the results of an effort, India’s system remains mutually riddled with corruption from many sides. Lawyers, administrative staff, judges, defendants, and more have used these practices to sway countless cases, and exist in the slightest degree levels of the court system. While the Indian Supreme Court is usually reserved for the cases of highest importance or urgency, thanks to petitions and therefore the implementation of bribery, the general public or individuals outside the Supreme Court are able to decide what cases visit the best court of law in India. A minimum of at the supreme court level, one step below the Supreme Court, corrupt judges will be impeached under the Judges Inq...

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Find Out How Damage Prone Social Media Platforms Can Exist In A Framework Of Democracy

Pooja YadavApril 11, 20220

Social media platforms have efficiently and effectively supplanted traditional information networks in India. The dialectical relationship between online content, traditional media and political networks means the messages propagated online effectively touch even people who don't seem to be digitally literate. This ubiquity could be a golden moment for India — democratising access to information, fostering community, increasing citizen participation and reducing the space between ordinary people and decision-makers. However, social media platforms have adopted certain designs of choices that have led to a proliferation and mainstreaming of misinformation while allowing themselves to be weaponised by powerful vested interests for political and commercial benefit. the ensuing fr...

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Women Representation Decreasing In Parliament: CEC Chandra Expresses Concern

Gunjan ChaudharyMarch 26, 20220

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra on Saturday lamented the lack of representation of women in Parliament, saying there has been an increase in the number of women participating in the election process in recent years. He also expressed his concern over the time that is wasted in parliament due to disruptions and called it wrong for democracy. Chandra had arrived at an event in Delhi to present the Sansad Ratna Award. While addressing the program, he said that there were 15 women MPs in the first Lok Sabha and there are 78 women in the 17th Lok Sabha. He said progress has been made, but improvements are still needed. "We need to make our Parliament very inclusive," he said. Chandra also said that our Constitution of India guarantees one-third reservation for women in lo...

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Nepotism In Indian Politics: Factor That Unites Diametrically Opposites

Sayani ChakrabortyJanuary 24, 20220

Nepotism is an integral part of Indian politics. When it comes to the five impending elections for state assemblies, it is not uncommon for members of one political family to be on opposite sides of the political divide. Everyone in Akhilesh Yadav's large family has been marginalised after a protracted rift, earning the Samajwadi Party (SP) considerable public ridicule for being a family business. Having no future in the SP, Aparna Yadav, his sister-in-law, decided to join the BJP. There is a fading return to the Badal family dominance of the Akali Dal, which has ruled Punjab politics for decades. Political Nepotism of India In Indian politics, dynastic succession is reality except for parties like the BJP and the dying CPM and CPI, though they too make provisions for scions dem...

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The Surveillance State: The Moral Cost Of Being Watched Every Time

Abhay ChauhanDecember 8, 20210

No matter how hard political theorists try to convince, the modern nation-state system is essentially autocratic at the core. Whether you go to Germany, the United States or recent democracies like India, in whatever fabric the democracy is presented, certainly it is not close to anything like the textbook definition of democracy. As a system that has been in use for more than two hundred years with all the advanced ideas, it's the least perfect. One of the most fundamental differences between the various democracies lies not in their constitutional or legal arrangements but in the degree of autocracy they exercise visibly or invisibly.One can say that the army and the police are perhaps the most visible arm of the state in exercising their autocracy, but with limitations but what gets of...

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Indian Democracy Counting The Errors!

Sayani ChakrabortyNovember 29, 20210

The Agricultural Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, was approved by the Union Cabinet in a recent meeting after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on November 19, 2021, that the three unpopular farm laws will be repealed. Many were surprised by the Prime Minister's declaration, especially many in the governing dispensation who had previously opposed the farmers' demonstrations tooth and claw, resorting to abhorrent name-calling at times. However, the retreat is a good step after long demonstrations that saw more than 700 farmers die and many more endure severe pain and risk from an antagonistic administration, bad weather, and a pandemic. According to the letter sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the three laws would not be abolished in Parliament un...

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The Facebook Papers Expose: Greed Of Tech Giants

Vasudha SOctober 27, 20210

What Is Facebook Papers Now?On Monday (October 25) a consortium of American and European news organizations began to put out content that analyzed and exposed thousands of pages of internal company documents of Facebook. The documents were obtained by the former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen.  Some of the stories and analyses have been drawn from the redacted versions of disclosures presented to the US Congress in the ongoing proceedings. The said consortium had accessed these redacted documents. Journalists from an array of big and small newsrooms worked together to access and then analyze the documents used for the exposè. A huge tranche of internal documents was obtained by whistleblower Frances Haugen. The series of articles that have been put out since M...

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Facebook Is Trying To Influence Elections In The Country, Claims Congress

Gunjan ChaudharyOctober 26, 20210

The Congress has accused Facebook of influencing India's elections and undermining democracy. Congress has demanded a joint parliamentary committee inquiry into it. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera has raised the issue of the social media giant's internal report on not initiating action against hate speech posts on the platform in India, saying Facebook has turned itself into a fakebook. There was no response from FB India on the allegations. Pawan Kheda Said – Facebook Is Working As An Ally Of BJP He also alleged that FB was acting as an ally of the ruling BJP and pushing its agenda. Kheda, citing research documents of whistleblower Frances Haugen, who worked at Facebook, alleged that he did not take any decisive action against those who posted such hateful posts in Hindi and ...

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Global Indices 2021: India’s Worryingly Low Rankings In Crucial Indices

Divya SinghOctober 23, 20210

As per the Global Indices 2021, India ranking has been plummeting in many indices like happiness index, democracy index, hunger index, etc. Happiness Index The World Happiness report (WHR) evaluates global index of happiness. The ranking is based on the six factors- GDP per capita, social support, life expectancy, freedom to make choices, generosity, and perception of corruption. According to the data, happiness index of India has been going down over the years. in 2013 India ranked 111th position, while in 2021 rank has dipped to 139th position. Comparison of India's index with other developed nations does not provide the same grounds. However, other developing nations like Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh are also ahead of it. In the last eight years, India lost 28 spot...

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