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Tuesday, April 7, 2026
TopicStudent protests

Topic: Student protests

DU protest ban has united rival student groups. ‘ABVP, NSUI, Left are all together’

DU students are sidestepping the protest ban. Tea stalls are brimming with students divided into small groups. Pamphlets continue to circulate, handed discreetly across corridors.

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.

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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.