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Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as India's education minister following sustained protests by Gen Z students over lapses in the NEET-UG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Undergraduate) medical entrance exam, according to ThePrint's analysis. Per the source, Pradhan, who was credited with BJP's electoral victories in...

On July 20, 2026, Indian police used tear gas to disperse protesters from the Cockroach movement attempting to march on Parliament in New Delhi. Tear gas shells were fired toward the crowd, and video from the scene shows protesters running and at least one protester...

Videos obtained by ProPublica show Mary Tracy Morrison, director of The Delta Institute for the Developing Brain in Jonesboro, Arkansas, leading a group discussion in which she encouraged students to assault a 13-year-old boy. Additional footage documents students, including a child with autism, scrubbing floors...

A satirical youth movement called the Cockroach Janta Party, which emerged only months ago in India, has grown into a rallying point for disillusioned young people across the country, France 24 reports. According to France 24, reporter Rachael Griffiths examines what is driving the growing...

Young Indians have launched a satirical online movement called the "Cockroach People's Party" demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, according to France 24. The group has accumulated millions of social media followers and tens of thousands of sign-ups since its May 2026 launch,...

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, along with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and others, were forcibly removed by security personnel from outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence on Tuesday while sitting in protest. The demonstration was staged to demand answers regarding alleged...

Indian police used tear gas and batons on July 20 to block supporters of the youth-led Cockroach movement from marching to parliament in New Delhi, according to the Cockroach Janta Party. The movement has mobilized after multiple high-stakes entrance exams for medical colleges and government...

Thousands of Indian Gen Z demonstrators, part of a movement known as the 'cockroach' movement that began as online satire, refused to leave their protest site in New Delhi after police deployed tear gas and physical force against them on July 20, 2026. According to...

Indian police detained Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition figures on July 21, 2026, as they protested outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence in New Delhi. According to Al Jazeera English, the demonstrators were rallying in support of a youth-led movement criticizing failures...

A nationwide exam leak scandal has triggered one of India's largest youth-led protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in recent years, with thousands demanding his administration's resignation, according to TRT World. The Cockroach Janta Party is accusing authorities of failing millions of students by...

Indian police deployed tear gas and batons on July 20, 2026, to block supporters of the youth-led Cockroach Janta movement from marching on Parliament to demand Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation following an examination system paper leak scandal. According to DW News, the crackdown targeted...

According to WION, armed troops engaged ISWAP militants attempting to abduct students from a school in Borno State, Nigeria on July 20, 2026, resulting in student deaths during the firefight; 46 students were rescued from the abduction attempt. The incident reflects ongoing security threats to...

Thousands of demonstrators marched to India's parliament on July 20, 2026, demanding the removal of the country's education minister, organized by the Cockroach movement—a youth-led platform that began as satire but has mobilized into a significant protest force. The march was galvanized after a hunger-striking...