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Republic Day 2022: Youth say democracy under attack amidst low representation of youth in Parliament
January 26, 2022
As India celebrates its 73rd Republic Day with usual gaiety and festivities, some feel that the day has been reduced to pure symbolism and that the principles behind the celebrations of this momentous occasion have been lost along the journey since 1950. It was on this day that t...
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International Democracy Day 2020: Lockdown on Indian democracy
September 15, 2020
“I was supposed to receive an award from the state government for one the best professors but suddenly after a Facebook post, my name was withdrawn from the list of nominees,” says an assistant professor at Lucknow University. “All I did was to put up a Facebook post about ...
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Tensions en Assam après la publication de la liste finale du Registre des citoyens
September 2, 2019
La liste définitive du Registre national des citoyens (NRC ou National Register of Citizens) en Assam a exclu 1,9 million de personnes. Le destin de ces nouveaux apatrides est incertain et le gouvernement pourrait découvrir qu’il a ouvert la boîte de Pandore avec ce registre...
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India’s National Register of Citizens
August 9, 2018
The final draft of National Register of Citizen, prepared in the troubled north-eastern state of Assam, has raised more issues than it solves and left over four million stranded, potentially as stateless persons. Political blame game has already begun, further clouding the fate o...
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