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India's youth-led 'cockroach' protests expose cracks in Modi's government
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India's youth-led 'cockroach' protests expose cracks in Modi's government
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Zeba Warsi Zeba Warsi Leave your feedback What started as outrage over leaked medical entrance exams turned into one of India's largest youth-led protest movements challenging India's prime minister. They call themselves the cockroaches after a top official compared jobless youth…
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