India’s education minister resigns amid Cockroach youth movement protests

India's education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, has stepped down after a week of mass protests orchestrated by a youth movement known as the Cockroach movement. According to The Guardian, the demonstrations were triggered by an exam leak scandal and have delivered a significant victory for student protesters, representing an unprecedented challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

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