President Abdul Kalam administered the oath of office to Singh and 68 ministers in a new coalition government that restores India's Congress party to power after a hiatus of eight years, following ...

Modi and Sharif are to hold formal talks on Tuesday. Indian residents in Mumbai watch a bank of televisions featuring images of Narendra Modi taking his oath as India's Prime Minister, May 26, 2014.

Soledad O’Brien talks with him about the role of the presidential oath in defending democracy. President Donald Trump is now the first U.S. president to be impeached twice.

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Droupadi Murmu, who took oath on Monday as India’s first president from a marginalised tribal community, said her victory is an example that the poor can also fulfil their dreams.. The 64-year ...

“Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on Indian soil, which is essentially undemocratic.” Improbably, the sapling took root in this soil and, for decades, seemed to hold together.

But it resonated amid growing sentiment that India’s democracy — the world’s largest with nearly 1.4 billion people — is in retreat and its democratic foundations are floundering.

In a matter of days, President-elect Joe Biden is set to swear the same solemn oath President Trump made four years ago on his inauguration day: “to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution ...

India and the Allure of Modi, a panel discussion at the Athens Democracy Forum on Oct. 3, addressed this issue, focusing on the appeal — and the shifting role — of this galvanizing figure and ...