India now ranks 156th out of 179 countries in the 2025 Academic Freedom Index. Its score dropped from 0.38 in 2022 to 0.16, placing it in the worst 10-20 per cent range. According to the V-Dem ...

The Republic Day parade features tableaux celebrating iconic Indian freedom fighters and cultural symbols. West Bengal showcases 'Vande Mataram' composer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, while Gujarat ...

India takes pride in being the world’s largest democracy, upholding its secular credentials and guaranteeing every citizen the right to religious freedom. The founding fathers of the Indian ...

India, July 28 -- The story of India's freedom is not complete without the stories of those who inherited nothing from it except pain and neglect. They are not just footnotes in history, but voices in ...

Last week, Delhi University Professor Apoorvanand Jha was denied permission to travel abroad for an academic seminar as he refused to get the paper he was presenting vetted by the Union government.