India’s activist Sonam Wangchuk has ended a hunger strike after 26 days of fasting in support of youth-led protesters demanding education reforms. In a post on X, Wangchuk – better known as “Sonam sir” – said he did so “after a long negotiation on various conditions” and also to avert “possible violence in the country”….
Sonam Wangchuk, an Indian education reformer, who has been on hunger strike, rests on stage during a sit-in protest called by CJP demanding the resignation of Indian Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India, July 14, 2026. REUTERS/Bhawika Chhabra Source link
By Dharamraj Dhutia MUMBAI, July 23 (Reuters) – India’s ICICI Bank has provided an initial price guidance for a five-year dollar bond leveraging the central bank’s lower-cost hedging facility, as the private lender returns to the dollar debt market after nearly nine years, two bankers aware of the matter said on Thursday. The lender is…
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit his first international half-century for India as Zimbabwe was comfortably beaten by seven wickets in a Twenty20 on Thursday. Sooryavanshi scored 50 off 18 balls. He was out next ball at 68-2, top-edging an attempted cut at Richard Ngarava. But the teenager had turned the chase of…
India wonderkid Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored a maiden Twenty20 international half-century in a seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in Harare on Thursday. Source link
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“Dharmendra Pradhan istifa do.” (“Dharmendra Pradhan, resign.”) The chant rolled across Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on Wednesday evening as thousands of students, graduates, parents, job seekers and supporters gathered around one of the city’s most recognisable public spaces. For hours, demonstrators occupied the roads surrounding the historic ground, long associated with political rallies and public movements….
In a three-minute video statement, external from his hospital bed on Wednesday night, the activist said: “Many leaders, including ministers from the ruling party, have appealed to me to end my fast. I want to do that too because my work is important to me.” But, he said, he would not end his hunger strike…
Sonam Wangchuk has been the main draw at the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest in Delhi. Source link
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