The Cockroach Effect: Modi vs India’s Gen Z | The Listening Post

New Delhi has been rocked by some of India's biggest student protests in years, led by a viral movement known as the Cockroach Janta Party. After tens of thousands took to the streets over frustrations sparked by exam leaks, the Indian state mounted a heavy-handed response. Much of the mainstream media coverage has focused on the unrest rather than the grievances behind it, leaving alternative outlets to tell the full story. Contributors: Akash Banerjee – Host, The Deshbhakt Neerja Chowdhury – Contributing editor, The Indian Express Kapil Komireddi – Author, ’Malevolent Republic’ Suchitra Vijayan – Founder, The Polis Project On our radar In the United States, the war with Iran grinds on and the ability of journalists to question Pentagon officials directly has all but disappeared. Meenakshi Ravi looks at the new restrictions on reporters and a task force that has been set up to identify and prosecute officials accused of leaking information to the media. Europe's Heatwave Image Problem Europe is sweltering through record-breaking heatwaves. But switch on the news in almost any European country and you'd hardly get a sense of the emergency from the visuals you see. Instead, it's fun in the sun, beaches and city fountains. The lack of urgency obscures the dangers the continent now faces. Featuring: Damian Carrington – Environment editor, The Guardian Diego Arguedas Ortiz – Climate journalist Saffron O'Neill – Professor, Exeter University   / ajlisteningpost     / ajlisteningpost   https://bsky.app/profile/ajlisteningp... https://x.com/ajlisteningpost https://www.threads.net/@ajlisteningpost Subscribe to our Newsletter: http://aje.io/upic5 http://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-... #india #cockroachjantaparty #aljazeeraenglish #cockroach #news