Modi Taps Veteran Leader to Build Trust After India Youth Unrest

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tasked a veteran party leader and minister with rebuilding confidence in India’s education system after weeks of student unrest.

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India’s Gen Z protesters puncture Modi’s aura of invincibility

Long-serving premier the target of demonstrators’ anger

Who is India’s new education minister Pralhad Joshi?

Joshi has been a member of the cabinet since 2019 and is seen as close to powerful PM Modi.

From marches to memes: why India’s youth turned against Modi

As India picks up the pieces in the aftermath of a youth protest that deposed an education minister, questions linger over the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) failure to connect with younger generations. Analysts say the scale of youth participation in the protest suggests a loss of faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the real test coming at the ballot box in key state elections next year. Thousands of young people joined the Cockroach Janta Party’s (CJP) march to parliament on...

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'This is a new subject for me': Pralhad Joshi after taking charge as education minister

Pralhad Joshi has taken charge as the Union Education Minister. He is reviewing the ministry's functioning and familiarizing himself with its operations. Joshi expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this new responsibility. This change follows Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation from the Union Council of Ministers. The ministry change occurs amid student protests over examination irregularities.

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Besides the CJP: Neha and the AISA activists who fasted, made reels too, and danced in joy eventually

Neha Bora captioned it, “If I can't dance, It won't be my revolution!”, as she posted a video of celebrations after Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation on July 25

"Won't Delete": BJP MP's Daughter's Viral Post On Dharmendra Pradhan

Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday afternoon in the wake of the students' protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar.

India’s Instagram Gen Z dents Modi’s aura ahead of key state polls

The resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan hands a clear win to ​the Cockroach Janta Party.

India's Instagram Gen Z dents Modi's aura ahead of key state polls

Nearly five weeks after the leaders of India's youth Cockroach Janta Party began their protest demanding the resignation of the education minister over exam ‌paper leaks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 75, posted a rare selfie video: he said he was pained by their suffering and promised remedial steps. The video, posted late on Thursday on Instagram, where CJP amassed 22 million mainly Gen Z followers in a matter of days in May, was not enough to satisfy the thousands of protesters who had gather

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