The resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has triggered major political reactions across India, with protesters at Jantar Mantar calling it a victory for their movement. According to reports from the protest site, the atmosphere changed after the announcement, with supporters celebrating and raising slogans. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke said the resignation was only the first step, while protesters continued to demand further action, including compensation for affected families and reforms in India's examination system.

Dharmendra Pradhan resigns after NEET protest pressure | CJP demands more reforms at Jantar Mantar

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned, triggering celebrations at the protest site in Delhi. Protesters described the resignation as the fulfillment of their key demand and called it a major victory for the movement. With the resignation now complete, attention is expected to shift towards broader reforms in India’s examination system, accountability measures, and the appointment of a new Education Minister.

Dharmendra Pradhan Resigns; Protesters Celebrate at Jantar Mantar | Breaking Updates 

Nepal's Federal Socialist Party MP Pradeep Yadav on Tuesday hit out at the central government over its failure to finalise the location to set up quarantine facilities and sarcastically proposed that those to be rescued from coronavirus-hit Wuhan city in China should be sheltered in the Parliament.

Nepal's Federal Socialist Party MP Pradeep Yadav on Tuesday hit out at the central government over its failure to finalise the location to set up quarantine facilities and sarcastically proposed that those to be rescued from coronavirus-hit Wuhan city in China should be sheltered in the Parliament. "The government has said that the aircraft to evacuate them (Nepali citizens) are kept ready. Then when will they fly-off for China? It's already been 5 days that the Nepal government has been searching on for a place to keep those to-be-evacuated from China. No location has been identified until now. Should we vacate the Parliament building?" Yadav said. "Let's vacate it (the Parliament building) and keep those returning from China here. Let's move our parliamentary meeting out under the tarpaulins," he added. Also Read: Coronavirus outbreak: First case reported in Nepal, ministry of health confirms Nepal is working to evacuate its citizens from China, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak that has reported 426 deaths. As many as 180 Nepalis, including three children, have approached the country's embassy in Beijing, demanding their evacuation from the country, as per a list of names published by the embassy. The country is yet to finalise on places where the evacuees would be kept for a quarantine period of at least two weeks. Responding to Yadav in the Parliament, Bhanubhakta Dhakal, Minister of Health and Population said that the government has "surveyed many places" and "is inching closer to finalise the place where the students to be evacuated would be kept. "Some of those locations are near residential areas and the government believes that places far from the urban settlement would be appropriate," Dhakal said. Several countries, including India, have airlifted their citizens from China while more are planning the evacuation of their people.

Let's vacate Parliament to shelter evacuees: Nepali lawmaker jabs government over failure to set up quarantine facilities

Religious conflict takes the third place right after corruption and poverty in the list of pressing problems affecting India, claims a survey. 
 
The WEF&#39;s Global Shapers Annual Survey 2016 says that around 49.6 per cent of respondents in India believe government accountability and transparency/corruption is a serious issues affecting the country. 
 
While 39.7 per cent of respondents believe the most pressing problem is poverty, 32.7 per cent believe it is religious conflict and 31.1 per cent say it is the lack of education. 
 
According to a PTI report, the global survey, that studies thoughts, priorities and concerns of young people around the world, has so far covered more than 26,000 participants across 181 countries. 
 
At the global level, for the second year in a row, climate change is being rated as the most serious issue, followed by large-scale conflicts, religious conflicts and poverty. 
 
Respondets held themselves responsible of tackling local challenges (26 per cent), followed by governments (20 per cent) and civil society (17 per cent). 
 
For global challenges, people trusted international organisations (26 per cent) and themselves again (20 per cent). 
 
The survey also pointed towards the optimism around technology, with 86 per cent of respondents globally believing that technology will eventually be a driver of job growth. 
 
Discussing sectors of growth, 24.7 per cent Indian respondents said agriculture would benfit most from technology, followed by government (17.3 per cent) and education (16 per cent). 
 
The biggest contribution from the private sector is job creation (36 per cent) and economic development/foreign investment, with 20 per cent of respondents choosing that option. 
 
When it comes to their own careers, millennials are looking for jobs that provide a fair salary (54 per cent), a growth perspective (45 per cent) and a sense of purpose (36 per cent). 
 
(WION with inputs from agencies)

Corruption and poverty took the first two places, according to respondents of the survey

Religious conflict takes the third place right after corruption and poverty in the list of pressing problems affecting India, claims a survey. The WEF's Global Shapers Annual Survey 2016 says that around 49.6 per cent of respondents in India believe government accountability and transparency/corruption is a serious issues affecting the country. While 39.7 per cent of respondents believe the most pressing problem is poverty, 32.7 per cent believe it is religious conflict and 31.1 per cent say it is the lack of education. According to a PTI report, the global survey, that studies thoughts, priorities and concerns of young people around the world, has so far covered more than 26,000 participants across 181 countries. At the global level, for the second year in a row, climate change is being rated as the most serious issue, followed by large-scale conflicts, religious conflicts and poverty. Respondets held themselves responsible of tackling local challenges (26 per cent), followed by governments (20 per cent) and civil society (17 per cent). For global challenges, people trusted international organisations (26 per cent) and themselves again (20 per cent). The survey also pointed towards the optimism around technology, with 86 per cent of respondents globally believing that technology will eventually be a driver of job growth. Discussing sectors of growth, 24.7 per cent Indian respondents said agriculture would benfit most from technology, followed by government (17.3 per cent) and education (16 per cent). The biggest contribution from the private sector is job creation (36 per cent) and economic development/foreign investment, with 20 per cent of respondents choosing that option. When it comes to their own careers, millennials are looking for jobs that provide a fair salary (54 per cent), a growth perspective (45 per cent) and a sense of purpose (36 per cent). (WION with inputs from agencies)

Religious conflict third-most pressing issue in India: Survey

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