Indian parliament

Monsoon floods in Assam have caused 78 deaths and displaced thousands. Opposition lawmakers protested in India's parliament, and additional rainfall is expected.

India’s lower house of parliament approved a bill to double jail terms for exam paper leaks to 10 years and increase fines to over $1 million, following youth-led protests that led to the education minister's resignation. The legislation, which will next be voted on in the upper house, aims to strengthen penalties and expedite justice for examination fraud.

The 'Cockroach Janta Party' (CJP), a satirical movement responding to a comment by India's top judge, has become a protest against the government's handling of a medical entrance examination. Despite a violent crackdown on a peaceful march toward the Indian parliament in New Delhi, the movement continues.

The Indian parliament has begun a session amid escalating student protests. Additionally, there is a reported increase in credit growth for private banks.

India's Cockroach party led thousands of youth in a protest to parliament demanding the removal of the education minister. The movement began as a satirical platform but has grown, spurred by the forced hospitalization of a hunger-striking social activist.

Police in New Delhi banned a planned march on the Indian parliament by supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party, set for the start of parliament's monsoon session. The demonstration follows growing calls for the education minister's resignation over exam paper leaks and the forced removal of a hunger-striking activist to hospital.