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For days the streets and parks in the center of India’s capital have seethed with the biggest demonstrations it has seen in years as young protesters demand change to a national exam system they say cheats millions of them out of a fair chance.
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#NoCap: Why India's Gen Z is losing faith in political parties
The emergence of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and the thousands of young people who gathered under its banner have prompted a broader debate that extends beyond examination paper leaks, unemployment or a march towards Parliament.
Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waves to supporters while campaigning at Bhabanipur, India, in the West Bengal state assembly election, April 27, 2026. Credit: X/All India Trinamool Congress Over the past month, four ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man visits the web page of the newly formed Cockroach Janta Party on a laptop in Dharamshala, India, Thursday, May 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) NEW DELHI (AP) — It began as a ...
India's Cockroach Janata Party began life as a series of internet memes and has grown into a real-life movement, bringing together young people angry about unemployment and alleged exam fraud. What
Indian politics has acquired an unusual mascot: the cockroach. A satirical collective that takes inspiration from the insect – stubborn, reviled and considered indestructible – has attracted millions of online followers and mainstream media attention ...
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Why did India’s political parties give the RSS a free pass all these years?
In no other democracy would a shadowy organisation that has remained unregistered be in a position to run a country through its political wing.
As elections to the Delhi Assembly draw near, the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the right-wing BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) are in overdrive to show which of them is more anti-immigrant. The ruling AAP’s anti-immigrant rhetoric was exemplified last ...
Student protesters thronged the streets of Indian cities including Kolkata on Friday, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he tried to calm growing youth anger over education and joblessness.