India among the worst autocratisers in the last 10 years, says Sweden's V-Dem Institute
The country is also among the ones ‘witnessing the most dramatic increases’ in political polarisation, the think tank said.
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The country is also among the ones ‘witnessing the most dramatic increases’ in political polarisation, the think tank said.
V-Dem, an International agency monitoring the health of democracy levels, has come up with an alarming finding that India is 'one of the worst autocratisers in the last 10 years'.
The current Indian government wants to do everything that is abhorrent to the Western world but doesn’t have the courage to publicly accept its deeds on the ground.
On 9 and 10 December, US President Joe Biden is slated to virtually host the much talked about international Summit for Democracy.
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