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                                                                                                       Delhi University Cancels Seminar On Property Rights, Professor Calls It "Diminishing Of Academic Freedom"
- Thursday October 30, 2025
 - Education | Reported by Tanushka Dutta
 
Delhi University cancelled a seminar on land and democratic rights at the School of Economics without explanation, sparking controversy.
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 www.ndtv.com/education 
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                                                                                                       Who Is Maria Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2025
- Friday October 10, 2025
 - World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
 
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her "tireless work promoting democratic rights" and a peaceful transition from dictatorship in the country.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       "Not A Theatre": Madhya Pradesh Bans Protests, Slogans In State Assembly
- Saturday July 26, 2025
 - India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
 
Can elected representatives protest in Madhya Pradesh assembly? The state secretariat has answered in the negative.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       'What Purpose Do They Serve?' Zohran Mamdani On Private Property In Old Clip
- Friday July 18, 2025
 - World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
 
In the video, the 33-year-old stated that any system that guaranteed a home to everyone, even if it meant abolishing private property, would be better than the current situation, where most people couldn't afford housing.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       UK To Lower Voting Age To 16 In Landmark Electoral Reform
- Thursday July 17, 2025
 - World News | Edited by Sanstuti Nath
 
The British government is planning to lower the voting age to 16 by the next general election in a major overhaul of the country's democratic system.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       "Got To Do Right Thing": Donald Trump's Big Warning To Zohran Mamdani
- Monday June 30, 2025
 - World News | Edited by Sanstuti Nath
 
US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut federal funding for New York City if favoured mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani--a democratic socialist-- "doesn't behave himself", should he win the November 4 elections.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       End Inequality To Be Truly Democratic, Says Chief Justice Of India
- Thursday June 19, 2025
 - India News | Press Trust of India
 
Chief Justice of India B R Gavai said at an event in Milan that Without addressing the structural inequalities that marginalise large sections of society, no nation can claim to be truly progressive or democratic.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       "Violation Of Democratic Rights": Pinarayi Vijayan On Row Over New Movie "Empuraan"
- Sunday March 30, 2025
 - India News | NDTV News Desk
 
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan voiced support for the movie "Empuraan" today, and accused the Sangh Parivar of fostering an "atmosphere of fear" over the film.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       Jasmine Crockett Faces Backlash For Mocking Disabled Governor Abbott, Calling Him 'Hot Wheels'
- Wednesday March 26, 2025
 - World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
 
Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett faces backlash after mocking Governor Greg Abbott, who uses a wheelchair, at a Human Rights Campaign event.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       Education Level Of 46% Candidates In Delhi Polls Between Classes 5, 12: Report
- Monday January 27, 2025
 - India News | Press Trust of India
 
The education level of 46 per cent of the 699 candidates contesting the assembly election in Delhi is between Class 5 and Class 12, according to an analysis by poll rights body ADR.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       "No To Religious Rule": Hundreds Protest For Democracy, Women's Rights In Syria
- Friday December 20, 2024
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
In Damascus's Ummayad Square, hundreds gathered Thursday, demanding a democratic state that includes women in public life, marking the first such demonstration since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       "Roar For Tamil Nadu's Rights In Parliament": MK Stalin To DMK MPs
- Friday November 22, 2024
 - Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Debanish Achom
 
Tamil Nadu MPs got a word of encouragement from Chief Minister MK Stalin as they prepared to launch an offensive on a wide range of issues against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the parliament session which will begin Monday.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       Trump Ally Seeks To Block Trans Lawmaker From Women's Restrooms
- Wednesday November 20, 2024
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
Democrats and LGBTQ rights advocates expressed outrage after a Republican lawmaker introduced a measure that would ban the first openly transgender person elected to the US Congress from using women's restrooms in the building.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       Opinion | Can The New President Save America's Waning 'Soft Power'?
- Wednesday November 6, 2024
 - Opinion | Syed Zubair Ahmed
 
The America that once championed the free press and the right to protest now appears stuck in a state of democratic backsliding. Polarisation, bipartisan gridlock and eroded trust in government have taken their toll.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       "Time For America To...": Beyonce Bats For Kamala Harris At Campaign Rally
- Saturday October 26, 2024
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
Beyonce took the stage Friday and introduced Democrat Kamala Harris at the vice president's White House campaign rally in Houston.
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 www.ndtv.com 
 
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                                                                                                       Delhi University Cancels Seminar On Property Rights, Professor Calls It "Diminishing Of Academic Freedom"
- Thursday October 30, 2025
 - Education | Reported by Tanushka Dutta
 
Delhi University cancelled a seminar on land and democratic rights at the School of Economics without explanation, sparking controversy.
-  
 www.ndtv.com/education 
 - 
                                            
                                                                                                       Who Is Maria Corina Machado, Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2025
- Friday October 10, 2025
 - World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
 
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her "tireless work promoting democratic rights" and a peaceful transition from dictatorship in the country.
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 www.ndtv.com 
 - 
                                            
                                                                                                       "Not A Theatre": Madhya Pradesh Bans Protests, Slogans In State Assembly
- Saturday July 26, 2025
 - India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
 
Can elected representatives protest in Madhya Pradesh assembly? The state secretariat has answered in the negative.
-  
 www.ndtv.com 
 - 
                                            
                                                                                                       'What Purpose Do They Serve?' Zohran Mamdani On Private Property In Old Clip
- Friday July 18, 2025
 - World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
 
In the video, the 33-year-old stated that any system that guaranteed a home to everyone, even if it meant abolishing private property, would be better than the current situation, where most people couldn't afford housing.
-  
 www.ndtv.com 
 - 
                                            
                                                                                                       UK To Lower Voting Age To 16 In Landmark Electoral Reform
- Thursday July 17, 2025
 - World News | Edited by Sanstuti Nath
 
The British government is planning to lower the voting age to 16 by the next general election in a major overhaul of the country's democratic system.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       "Got To Do Right Thing": Donald Trump's Big Warning To Zohran Mamdani
- Monday June 30, 2025
 - World News | Edited by Sanstuti Nath
 
US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut federal funding for New York City if favoured mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani--a democratic socialist-- "doesn't behave himself", should he win the November 4 elections.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       End Inequality To Be Truly Democratic, Says Chief Justice Of India
- Thursday June 19, 2025
 - India News | Press Trust of India
 
Chief Justice of India B R Gavai said at an event in Milan that Without addressing the structural inequalities that marginalise large sections of society, no nation can claim to be truly progressive or democratic.
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 www.ndtv.com 
 - 
                                            
                                                                                                       "Violation Of Democratic Rights": Pinarayi Vijayan On Row Over New Movie "Empuraan"
- Sunday March 30, 2025
 - India News | NDTV News Desk
 
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan voiced support for the movie "Empuraan" today, and accused the Sangh Parivar of fostering an "atmosphere of fear" over the film.
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 www.ndtv.com 
 - 
                                            
                                                                                                       Jasmine Crockett Faces Backlash For Mocking Disabled Governor Abbott, Calling Him 'Hot Wheels'
- Wednesday March 26, 2025
 - World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
 
Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett faces backlash after mocking Governor Greg Abbott, who uses a wheelchair, at a Human Rights Campaign event.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       Education Level Of 46% Candidates In Delhi Polls Between Classes 5, 12: Report
- Monday January 27, 2025
 - India News | Press Trust of India
 
The education level of 46 per cent of the 699 candidates contesting the assembly election in Delhi is between Class 5 and Class 12, according to an analysis by poll rights body ADR.
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 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       "No To Religious Rule": Hundreds Protest For Democracy, Women's Rights In Syria
- Friday December 20, 2024
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
In Damascus's Ummayad Square, hundreds gathered Thursday, demanding a democratic state that includes women in public life, marking the first such demonstration since Islamist-led rebels toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
-  
 www.ndtv.com 
 - 
                                            
                                                                                                       "Roar For Tamil Nadu's Rights In Parliament": MK Stalin To DMK MPs
- Friday November 22, 2024
 - Tamil Nadu News | Edited by Debanish Achom
 
Tamil Nadu MPs got a word of encouragement from Chief Minister MK Stalin as they prepared to launch an offensive on a wide range of issues against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the parliament session which will begin Monday.
-  
 www.ndtv.com 
 - 
                                            
                                                                                                       Trump Ally Seeks To Block Trans Lawmaker From Women's Restrooms
- Wednesday November 20, 2024
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
Democrats and LGBTQ rights advocates expressed outrage after a Republican lawmaker introduced a measure that would ban the first openly transgender person elected to the US Congress from using women's restrooms in the building.
-  
 www.ndtv.com 
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                                                                                                       Opinion | Can The New President Save America's Waning 'Soft Power'?
- Wednesday November 6, 2024
 - Opinion | Syed Zubair Ahmed
 
The America that once championed the free press and the right to protest now appears stuck in a state of democratic backsliding. Polarisation, bipartisan gridlock and eroded trust in government have taken their toll.
-  
 www.ndtv.com 
 - 
                                            
                                                                                                       "Time For America To...": Beyonce Bats For Kamala Harris At Campaign Rally
- Saturday October 26, 2024
 - World News | Agence France-Presse
 
Beyonce took the stage Friday and introduced Democrat Kamala Harris at the vice president's White House campaign rally in Houston.
-  
 www.ndtv.com