International publications also look at the Assam’s worst floods in six decades, and how US-Iran war is making staple & affordable food more expensive in Asian economies.
Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation is 'humiliating climbdown' for govt but, more importantly, the CJP movement encompasses 'broader frustrations', it reports.
From The Economist to BBC, NYT & FT, global media say youth-led agitation has exposed a challenge Modi govt didn't anticipate. It's harder to counter with the BJP's usual playbook.
Economist says demand for ‘proper education’ has fuelled one of Delhi’s biggest protests in years while NYT examines what youth anger could mean for Modi govt.
In The Wall Street Journal, a letter responds to columnist Sadanand Dhume’s 15 July opinion that juxtaposed China’s meritocracy with India’s quota system.
Pressing topics and bills such as FCRA and Delimitation Bill that are to come up in the Monsoon Session of Parliament also find place in reports about India.
Global media also reports on ‘ad hoc’ deals between countries and removal of ‘inappropriate and objectionable’ content from books maintained by educational institutions in Kashmir.
Global media also reported on the border fencing project that has picked up pace in West Bengal since BJP came to power in the state, and resumption of fighting between the US and Iran.
BBC reports on judge Tabassum Khan getting online threats after mob lynching conviction & NYT covers Delhi’s ‘fabled’ Gymkhana Club now ‘facing extinction under Mr Modi’s campaign’.
The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.
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