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Pradhan says he quit after attempts made to 'mislead' Gen Z during NEET protests

Pradhan says he quit after attempts made to 'mislead' Gen Z during NEET protests

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Senior BJP leader and Sambalpur MP Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said attempts were made to “mislead” Gen Z during the protests over the NEET paper leak issue, prompting him to quit as Union Education Minister. Pradhan broke his silence on his resignation while addressing students and teachers at GM University here, exactly two weeks after he stepped down amid massive protests at Jantar Mantar in Delhi over the issue. “Gen Z is our children. Some people attempted to mislead them. I had no personal issues then. At least two crore children are born in India every year. During the last 10 years, 20 crore children were born. They have aspirations, and they will make India the ”Vishwa Guru”. The post was not important to me,” Pradhan said. He said he had approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi and offered to resign from the Union Council of Ministers. Pradhan resigned from the ministry on July 25. At another meeting in Rairakhol, Pradhan hit out at former Odisha chief minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik, saying he was …

Guru Purnima special: How Gen Z is redefining the rules of learning in classical arts

Guru Purnima special: How Gen Z is redefining the rules of learning in classical arts

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This year’s Guru Purnima felt markedly different. Coming in the wake of a major student-led protest and an unusual moment of collective introspection, it highlighted a generational shift with young people demanding to be heard and asserting their agency. That impulse is also reshaping the guru-sishya parampara in Indian classical arts, where the teacher-disciple relationship is becoming less hierarchical and more interactive. Social media has accelerated this change, much like it recently helped build the narrative around Gen-Z nationwide. Yet, not every guru sees technology as central to this transformation. Bharatanatyam natyacharyas Shantha and V.P. Dhananjayan point to the enduring value of personal connections. “Training in dance is not limited to teaching technique; it’s also about emotional mentorship. The trust that develops between teacher and student over the years is more valuable than technical accomplishment or stage success. I witnessed this during the workshop we conducted in Virginia, U.S., for 25 years. I looked forward to those sessions as much as the participants did,” says Dhananjayan. For the veteran natyacharyas, such experiences embody the essence …

Don't blindly follow others: Maharashtra FDA chief Mundhe to Gen Z

Don't blindly follow others: Maharashtra FDA chief Mundhe to Gen Z

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Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe on Saturday shared his views on the younger generation, urging Gen Z to follow its own aspirations and conscience rather than simply following the crowd. “Do not blindly follow others. Learn the good qualities from everyone, but create your own identity,” he said. He encouraged young people to take an active role in bringing about positive changes in society rather than simply “drifting with the current”. The FDA chief also cautioned young people about excessive use of digital platforms. He said the younger generation’s attention span had reduced while daily screen time had increased. “In the digital age, the attention span of the younger generation has come down to around eight seconds, while screen time has increased to eight or nine hours,” he said, as per the PTI. Mundhe urged young people not to spend excessive time scrolling through social media reels and instead focus on learning, thinking, hard work and developing their own identity. More transfers mean more opportunities Mundhe said frequent transfers do not bother …

Abhijeet Dipke urges BJP to heed ‘godfather’ Mohan Bhagwat’s advice on Gen Z protesters

Abhijeet Dipke urges BJP to heed ‘godfather’ Mohan Bhagwat’s advice on Gen Z protesters

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Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) convener Abhijeet Dipke on Friday urged the BJP to follow the advice of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, who recently said that members of Gen Z participating in protests should not be branded as anti-national. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Not your grandmother’s handloom: The designers, and Gen Z labels changing the craft forever

Not your grandmother’s handloom: The designers, and Gen Z labels changing the craft forever

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“When I was in design college, I saw how polluting the fashion industry was and wanted to combine two problems: textile waste management and handloom craft getting extinct,” says Singhal. “We brought traditional weavers in Delhi, who had left handloom long ago for jobs like plumbing or selling vegetables, back to the loom. The idea is to embody playfulness with more fashion-forward silhouettes. We work on a lot of kimonos which not only cater to the modern audience but can be shared within the family – like a mother can wear the same shirt as the daughter or as the son. There’s no trend-chasing here. The history of the piece ensures it remains relevant.”  How Gen Z is buying handloom online Gen Z is widely recognised as the first purely digital-native generation, with over 75% using social media platforms like Instagram as their primary search engine for product discovery. For contemporary handloom labels, this digital migration has completely levelled the playing field, shifting discovery from traditional retail stores to curated online portals like Nete.in (”Not …

TMC’s Saugata Roy says BJP’s Bankipur defeat reflects Gen Z anger

TMC’s Saugata Roy says BJP’s Bankipur defeat reflects Gen Z anger

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Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy said the BJP’s defeat in the Bankipur Assembly bypoll reflected growing public and Gen Z anger against the party. His remarks came after Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor won the BJP stronghold by over 19,000 votes, while the BJP said it would review the bypoll results Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Kangana Ranaut wishes Gen Z ‘Happy Friendship Day’ days after calling them ‘Generation Gutter’

Kangana Ranaut wishes Gen Z ‘Happy Friendship Day’ days after calling them ‘Generation Gutter’

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Kangana Ranaut has been making headlines for her back-to-back remarks on Gen Z following the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protests in India. After finding herself at loggerheads with Gen Z over the past week, Kangana has now taken to social media to wish them on Friendship Day. Kangana Ranaut wished Gen Z on Friendship Day. (PTI) ‘Freedom needs accountability’ In her latest Instagram Story, Kangana shared an interaction she had with two Gen Z girls at a gym. She wrote, “Today in the gym I met 2 Gen-Z girls who I know, they asked me Kangana Didi we are born in digital age and yes social media, Instagram, dating apps, AI and all are a way of life for us, most of us are using them and some of us can’t live differently now, everyone wants the freedom to live their life the way they want.” She added, “I told curious young women that yes you are free to live your life as long as you don’t throw others children off the cliff, or cut …

Gen Z student’s PPT counter to BJP’s ‘Babar ki Virasat’ post; Rahul Gandhi, Kejriwal, CJP come in support | Watch

Gen Z student’s PPT counter to BJP’s ‘Babar ki Virasat’ post; Rahul Gandhi, Kejriwal, CJP come in support | Watch

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A student’s response to a post targeting her for dancing during the recently-concluded student protest against the NEET paper leak has gone viral. The BJP’s Chhattisgarh unit had made a post on Thursday, drawing a comparison between the state’s students who make people proud and the ones who “dance on Babur’s heritage”. Urwashi, a popular social media personality and one of the many Gen Z students who participated in the protests against NEET paper leak, responded to a BJP clip. (Instagram/@urwashi_18) The BJP had shared a video of Gen Z protesters dancing and making a reel during a student protest against the NEET-UG paper leak and other exam irregularities. Parallely, the video featured a student receiving an award from President Droupadi Murmu. “Which mindset Gen Z will you choose?,” the BJP Chhattisgarh captioned the post. Hours after the post, one of the students who featured in the protest reel shared by the BJP reacted and said that her content was used without her consent. The student, identified as Urwashi Palandurkar, countered the video in a …

Unnati nicks battle of next gen at Taipei QF against Devika; Tanvi in semis too

Unnati nicks battle of next gen at Taipei QF against Devika; Tanvi in semis too

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4 min readJul 31, 2026 04:33 PM IST Winds of change are blowing over Indian badminton as the new generation is open to having court-side coaches even in all-India matches. Earlier it was left to the players to think out their wins by themselves if two Indians were facing off. This time though, it was two inexperienced women, 18 and 21, and every advantage counts chasing a title. At stake was the Super 300 Taipei Open for youngsters – teen Unnati Hooda (World No 28) and Devika Sihag (No 32). While Devika has a title earlier this season, Unnati, despite nicking a bunch of higher-ranked scalps, is still searching for her first, a fortnight ahead of her World Championship debut. The Haryana teen gave a strong account of herself winning 23-21, 21-16 against her statemate, to make semifinals in their first-ever international meeting between India’s No 2 vs No 3. This is as healthy as a rivalry can get. Unnati and Devika have played each other numerous times domestically, and rivalries between the new generation …