India youth protest leaders to hold talks with government but protests will continue

NEW DELHI: Leaders of India's youth-led "cockroach" movement will meet the government on Friday (Jul 24) to try and resolve a face-off over national examination paper leaks, although they will not halt nationwide protests, a spokesperson for the group said.The decision was announced hours after activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hunger strike overnight, raising hopes that the two sides could be moving toward a breakthrough in the crisis in which tens of thousands of angry youth have converged on the capital Delhi to demand the resignation of the education minister over the scandal.The protests represent the biggest youth challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he came to power in 2014.Opposition parties have echoed the movement's demands and have disrupted the monsoon session o