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What started as a joke is becoming a movement. Abhijeet Dipke's satirical "Cockroach Janta Party" has attracted tens of millions of followers, tapping into frustration among young Indians over exam scandals, unemployment and politics.
@DanStrumpf explains: https://t.co/6oZLSAW55s
Abhijeet Dipke was in between job applications and rounds of PlayStation 5 last month when he noticed viral comments from India’s top judge comparing jobless youngsters to “cockroaches” https://t.co/fTpwLeZ2sb
Kenya is razing thousands of shacks to make way for new homes, but hasn’t provided alternate accommodation to those who have been evicted https://t.co/hkuz2KVy5o
USAID’s closure placed millions of lives at risk, studies show. Donald Trump’s new program requires minerals and data as a price of aid. In Mozambique, clinics now face hard choices as Ebola spreads https://t.co/YsSmnE32Wz
Funding pledges for the Ebola crisis in central Africa stand are falling short of the $500 million the region’s leaders originally announced, as health officials warn that more money is needed to halt the spread of the disease https://t.co/D14xSBuzbD
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Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation found signs of possible subsurface water-ice beneath four permanently shadowed craters near the Moon’s south pole using radar data from the Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter https://t.co/LpCFyTRzwp
The “Cockroach Janta Party” is one of India’s most viral movements taking aim at the country’s political establishment. Behind the memes and satire is a deeper story about youth unemployment, political frustration and why Gen Z Indians are increasingly speaking up.
Bloomberg's @akritiisharma explains https://t.co/Eb4YXn8Qkl
In the world’s most populous country, where over 60% survive on free food grain and graduate unemployment is very high, one state is offering cash incentives to fund a baby boom.
“It’s an utterly stupid move in every possible examinable way,” said political scientist Devesh Kapur.
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A mock political party erupted across Indian social media this week, becoming a symbol of Gen Z disillusionment with the country’s political establishment and anger over a worsening jobs crisis in the world’s most-populous nation https://t.co/GU6RTe8X9A
India’s central bank may need to draw on its 2013 taper tantrum playbook and earlier balance-of-payments crises to mount an effective defense of the beleaguered rupee https://t.co/ecTF1gG9uj
The cravings of overseas Indians are fueling an export surge in Alphonso and Kesar mangoes, but scaling up the business will be difficult, writes Menaka Doshi in India Edition. https://t.co/23ObF8Kc6J
India's stock market is being left behind by the AI rallies powering Taiwan and Korea, and it's on the verge of losing its place in the world's top five https://t.co/uAU6l4Jmuv
The World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern https://t.co/ylkXSJjamd