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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicStudent protests

Topic: Student protests

Bangladesh and Myanmar show winning the streets doesn’t translate to winning elections

Movements surge, reshape public discourse and unsettle incumbents but struggle to embed themselves within the machinery of the state.

DU-UGC protest turns into a Brahmin YouTuber versus AISA violent clash

The recent protest at Delhi University quickly sparked political clashes and prompted a police investigation into claims of caste-based targeting.

Toppling govts is easier than winning polls for protesters. Bangladesh is the latest proof

Bangladesh’s ‘protest’ party NCP won only six seats. Why have youth movements, from Sri Lanka to Nepal, struggled to challenge traditional leadership and political parties?

A quarter century in revolt: Iran’s wave of uprisings, from Bloody November to Mahsa Amini

A common thread runs across the protests in Iran—economic distress and continued dissatisfaction with the clerical regime from various corners of the Iranian populace.

Amid protests, Centre sends Tezpur University V-C on leave, forms panel to probe ‘irregularities’

The 3-member committee will review the situation at the university, including allegations against V-C Shambu Nath Singh. Protests have been going on since late September.

Fires over ‘jaundice cases’ still smouldering at VIT, MP govt orders review of private universities

On the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, VIT students led violent protests, damaging property, over a jaundice outbreak on campus.

Student protests against AMU fee hike gather steam. Proctor says hike ‘minimal & important’

Students allege ‘up to 40% hike in some courses’, demand rollback. Proctor says fee increased between Rs 500 & Rs 1,500 for different courses, mainly to improve infra.

ThePrint photos of the week: 27 July-2 August, 2025

In PhotosOfTheWeek, we bring you five pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists and reporters this past week.

Faulty systems, poor infra to ‘mistreatment’—Protesting aspirants allege SSC ‘played with their future’

Students & teachers have broken into protests over alleged mismanagement of SSC exams, slamming the firm contracted to conduct them & demanding dialogue with MoS Personnel.

‘Why Emergency?’—1975 Home Ministry white paper in Parliament gave reasons

An MHA document from 1975 lists the incidents in the run-up to Emergency—from Morarji Desai's demand for dissolution of Gujarat Assembly to student agitation in Bihar and the railway strike.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.