Youth protests across India transformed digital dissent into accountability, compelling unprecedented political concessions and democratic institutional reflection. In a letter addressed to “young friends”, Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as India’s education minister on July 25 after taking “moral responsibility” for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) paper leaks and the youth-led protests stemming from them. […]

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced that his resignation was "not a matter of personal prestige," saying he stepped down to prevent what he described as…

After angry students forced the education minister to resign, Prime Minister Modi’s aura of invincibility has been dented.