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Supporters across India are sustaining the country's “Cockroach” movement by ordering meals through online food delivery apps for protesters in the capital.
Opposition groups disrupted parliament for the fourth day this week as protesters from India’s “cockroach” movement continued to demand education reforms.
MUMBAI, July 23 (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of India's youth-led "cockroach" movement have been protesting since June, demanding the education minister resign over exam paper leaks, in the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his third term.
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.
Thousands of young protesters were camped on the streets of India’s capital New Delhi on Thursday, defying new restrictions in the latest show of strength for a movement that has become one of the biggest challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
NEW DELHI, July 23 (Reuters) - The Indian government has ordered telecom companies to disable mobile data services in central parts of the capital Delhi, in and around the site of youth protests seeking the resignation of the education minister,
For 12 years, Modi and his party have dominated Indian social media. Now, youth use the same platforms against him.