India’s Election Commission removed roughly 130 million names from voter rolls, triggering mass arrests of opposition leaders, lawyers, and journalists as protesters demand the election chief’s resignation.
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Xi, Putin and Modi Convene in Bishkek for SCO’s 25th Anniversary Summit
Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Narendra Modi gathered in Bishkek on August 31 for the 26th SCO leaders’ summit, marking 25 years since the bloc’s formation and anchoring a dense schedule of bilateral meetings.
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India’s Education Minister Quits as Cockroach Youth Movement Claims Victory
Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on July 25 after weeks of mass student protests over exam leaks, conceding to all three demands of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party.
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India’s Cockroach Protesters Face Tear Gas Outside Parliament
India’s youth-led Cockroach movement, born from exam-leak outrage, put 10,000 on Delhi streets as police dispersed them with tear gas on July 20.
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BJP wins West Bengal for the first time, but nine million lost their vote
Modi’s party captured 207 of 293 seats in Bengal — the first right-wing majority in the state since independence — while election monitors documented the largest single-state voter-roll purge in Indian electoral history.