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Has China's Belt & Road Initiative lost its lustre?
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], August 27 (ANI): Almost ten years after the inception of China's ambitious Belt & Road Initiative (BRI), London- based NGO The Democracy Forum invited a panel of experts to an August 25 virtual seminar to discuss the gains and costs of this global project.
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Artistic protests erupt in Beijing against Covid policy
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 26 (ANI): It has been more than two years since Chinese people are facing the strictest COVID protocols along with repeated compulsory testing, travel restrictions and lockdowns.
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IT revolution has empowered democracy in India: Lok Sabha Speaker
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Halifax [Canada]/New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said that the IT revolution has played a significant role in empowering democracy in a vast country like India.
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If Rahul Gandhi reluctant, Gehlot can become Congress president: Nana Pato
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra)[India], August 25 (ANI): Amid the ongoing countdown which has already begun for the party president's elections, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Thursday asserted that democracy exists in the grand old party and if Rahul Gandhi is reluctant than Rajasthan Chief
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Social entrepreneur Amit Sachdeva and Indian American attorney Anu Peshawa
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI/SRV): The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States of America with the set of ideals - democracy, rights, liberty, opportunity, and equality in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success for all.
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Jimmy Lai to plead not guilty in national security case
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 23 (ANI): Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is set to plead not guilty and stand trial under the city's severe national security law, Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) reported.
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CJI Ramana urges people to build democracy where differences of opinions a
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Nagarjuna Nagar (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 20 (ANI): The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Saturday urged people to build a democracy filled with "vibrancy and idealism", where differences of identities and opinions are respected.
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Rahul Gandhi recalls "lasting contribution" of Rajiv Gandhi to India on hi
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday recalled the "lasting contribution" of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to India on the occasion of his birth anniversary and said that he worked to strengthen "grassroots democracy" and believed that youth had th
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Stark contrast in how India, Pakistan evolved in last 75 years post-partit
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Amsterdam [The Netherlands], August 20 (ANI): India and Pakistan both celebrated their 75 years of Independence however, both nations have evolved very differently. While democracy thrived in India, Pakistan alternated between civilian and military regimes since its Independence.
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''Voting rights to non-locals is last nail in coffin of electoral democrac
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 18 (ANI): PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that the BJP giving voting rights to non-locals is the "last nail in the coffin of electoral democracy".
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Iconic World Trade Center in New York displays animated Tricolour to celeb
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], August 16 (ANI): The iconic World Trade Centre in New York displayed the Indian Tricolor on the eve of August 15 to commemorate the world's largest democracy, India celebrating 75 years of Independence.
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India can be credited to have helped the world discover true potential of
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu, in her maiden address to the nation on eve of Independence Day, said that the makers of modern India enabled each and every adult citizen to participate in the collective process of nation-building and asserted that India can b
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