INDIAN ACTIVIST SONAM WANGCHUK ENDS HUNGER STRIKE, BUT ‘COCKROACH’ PROTESTS TO CONTINUE
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Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hunger strike on Friday over leaked medical school entrance exam papers that protesters say enabled cheating, but demonstrations demanding the education minister’s… Youth protesters, led by the self-named Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, demand that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resign over the leaks that affected some 2...
According to News - South China Morning Post, Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hunger strike on Friday over leaked medical school entrance exam papers that protesters say enabled cheating, but demonstrations demanding the education minister’s…
The available RSS description adds: Youth protesters, led by the self-named Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, demand that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resign over the leaks that affected some 2...
DAMMNEWS has also found 3 closely matched items in its current cache. Those headlines are listed below for comparison; they are not treated as confirmation of every detail.
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Primary report: News - South China Morning Post
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- News - South China Morning Post: Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hunger strike on Friday over leaked medical school entrance exam papers that protesters say enabled cheating, but demonstrations demanding the education minister’s…
- News - South China Morning Post: Youth protesters, led by the self-named Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement, demand that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resign over the leaks that affected some 2...
- France 24 - International breaki: Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his 26-day hunger strike on Friday after talks with government ministers, but student-led protests over leaked medical entrance exam papers continued, with demonstrators demanding…
- India | The Guardian: The unprecedented expression of dissent against India's government, headed by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, has shown no sign of abating, as protests by the youth-led “cockroach” protest movement entered its…
- India | The Guardian: The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen was on the ground in Delhi, where thousands still thronged the streets, many having travelled hundreds of miles to be there.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE LINKS
- PRIMARY REPORT: News - South China Morning Post (open the original report)
- France 24 - International breaki
- India | The Guardian
- BBC News
STORY TIMELINE
- 23/07/2026, 17:27 RELATED COVERAGE ON THE GROUND AT INDIA'S 'COCKROACH' PROTEST (India | The Guardian • 7 hrs ago) [Story Intel]
- 23/07/2026, 22:27 RELATED COVERAGE INDIA ACTIVIST ENDS HUNGER STRIKE AFTER 26 DAYS (BBC News • 2 hrs ago) [Story Intel]
- 23/07/2026, 23:42 PRIMARY FEED INDIAN ACTIVIST SONAM WANGCHUK ENDS HUNGER STRIKE, BUT ‘COCKROACH’ PROTESTS TO CONTINUE (News - South China Morning Post • 1 hr ago) [Story Intel]
- 23/07/2026, 23:44 RELATED COVERAGE INDIAN ACTIVIST ENDS 26-DAY HUNGER STRIKE, THOUGH STUDENT PROTESTS CONTINUE (France 24 - International breaki • 1 hr ago) [Story Intel]
RELATED DAMMNEWS COVERAGE
- INDIAN ACTIVIST ENDS 26-DAY HUNGER STRIKE, THOUGH STUDENT PROTESTS CONTINUE
France 24 - International breaki • 1 hr ago • GLOBAL - ON THE GROUND AT INDIA'S 'COCKROACH' PROTEST
India | The Guardian • 7 hrs ago • INDIA - ‘COCKROACH’ PROTESTS: INDIA’S MODI PROMISES TO PUNISH OFFICIALS OVER EXAM LEAKS
India | The Guardian • 13 hrs ago • INDIA