Overview
- Dharmendra Pradhan submitted his resignation, which the president accepted on Saturday, July 25, and Pralhad Joshi was named to run the education ministry in addition to his existing portfolio.
- Leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party announced they were ending street protests after negotiating with the government and saying core demands had been accepted.
- Officials pledged compensation for families of students linked to the NEET exam scandal and said demonstrators would not face prosecution, though written guarantees and implementation details remain pending.
- Clashes escalated earlier this week when protesters tried to march on Parliament and police used tear gas and batons; protesters say arrests continue and have demanded the release of detained demonstrators.
- The crisis grew out of a leaked national medical‑entrance exam that forced more than two million candidates to retake tests and has been linked in coverage to multiple suicides, creating a rare political challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and prompting a government taskforce led by Nandan Nilekani to propose exam reforms.