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2025: The year Gen Z took to the streets

December 31, 2025 3:23 pm

In 2025, Gen Z’s long-simmering political anger erupted into youth-led protests across continents, challenging corruption, inequality and exclusion, and reshaping how dissent, power and democracy are expressed in a digital-first world.

From Bangladesh to Mexico, one lesson: Gen Z has power. It needs patience

November 19, 2025 12:12 pm

What the world is witnessing is a generation that has the courage to shake political structures but not yet the tools to rebuild them. But the challenge lies in what comes after the uprising

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Popular protests across South Asia are a wake-up call for governments in the region

September 19, 2025 8:01 pm

Transparency in governance and translating economic growth into jobs and reduced poverty are the needs of the hour

From Nepal to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, a crisis of democracy that has lessons for India

September 17, 2025 6:29 pm

The recent popular uprisings in our neighbourhood were fueled by youth discontent with rising unemployment, rampant corruption and the shattered promise of democracy

FIR in Bulandshahr against UK-based influencer over post on Nepal protests

September 15, 2025 3:56 am

According to police, the FIR was registered against Sharma, who hails from Bulandshahr, over his now-deleted post in which he spoke about Nepal's Gen-Z protests in India’s context

Nepal PM Sushila Karki sworn in: Posing with Gen Z protest leaders who elected her via Discord

Nepal PM selected via Discord: How the gaming chat app empowered its Gen Z protestors

September 21, 2025 12:24 pm

The manner of Karki’s appointment has generated curiosity, with protesters flocking to the messaging app Discord to cast an informal vote in her favour. Here is what to know about the platform dubbed “Slack for Gamers” and how the vote unfolded.

“We are proud of our Constitution… when we see whatever is happening in neighbouring states, like what happened in Nepal yesterday,” CJI B R Gavai said. (AP/PTI)

‘Proud of our Constitution’: SC cites Nepal, Bangladesh turmoil during Presidential reference hearing

September 11, 2025 5:34 am

“We are proud of our Constitution… when we see whatever is happening in neighbouring states, like what happened in Nepal yesterday,” CJI B R Gavai said.

Protestors storm official residences of national leaders in Sri Lanka in 2022, Bangladesh in 2024 and Nepal on September 9, 2025 (left to right)

With Nepal protests, recalling recent turmoil in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; how the three compare

September 11, 2025 7:49 am

The scenes from Nepal are reminiscent of recent crises in South Asia. Some common threads highlight similar problems in the region, but there are also key differences.

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Nepal ethnic minorities to protest ahead of second phase of polls

May 26, 2017 6:19 pm

The second phase election which is scheduled for 14 June will cover the larger portion of the volatile Southern Plains of Nepal which covers about 30 percent land area of the country.