Many of the students staying there were thought to be in their rooms at the time of the collapse as there were no lessons on Sunday. A legislative assembly member said at the scene that some of the trapped students had been making calls from under the rubble. Eyewitnesses told local media that another building
On Monday, Chhavi (name changed), 20, stopped outside a Delhi metro station on his way to what would become one of the largest anti-government demonstrations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in the Indian capital in recent years. She balanced her phone against a railing, stepped back and filmed a quick “fit check” — a
Those frustrations are at the heart of the rise of the Cockroach Janta Party, or CJP, founded by Dipke. Although the Chief Justice later withdrew the comment, Dipke accepted the label, making the cockroach the symbol of the movement. Monday’s turnout reflected how quickly the movement has grown since its first protest in June, when
The CJP is mainly protesting problems it has with India’s education system. The National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) is India’s main entrance examination for admission to medical colleges across the country. Nearly 2.28 million candidates sat the exam on May 3, having studied for months – in some cases years – for a notoriously