Environment
India’s monsoon rains in danger as UN chief warns planet is ‘on fire’
António Guterres says strengthening El Niño will help push the world’s climate crisis into ‘uncharted territory’
Fiona Harvey Environment editor
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Culture
‘They played noughts and crosses on the PM’s huge forehead!’ An Indian standup picks his favourite gen Z protest memes
They turned the news into a Funny or Die video. They cooked up a romcom between PM Modi and Giorgia Meloni. And they fought the police with Lana del Rey memes. Our writer observes the Cockroach party’s bold new strategy
Anuvab Pal
Global development
A rain festival with no rain: the Indian farmers bracing for a ‘super’ El Niño as monsoon arrives late
Raja is normally a celebration of the start of the monsoon, but in the eastern state of Odisha, the rains came so late the seeds were sown under clear skies
Words and photographs by Neelima Vallangi
News
Cockroach protests rattle Modi: inside the 31 July Guardian Weekly
Can India’s strongman eradicate youth discontent? Plus: Wildfires in Europe
Isobel Montgomery
World
‘The heat took him from me’: India’s death toll rises amid escalating heat crisis
As extreme heat claims the lives of workers in India’s poorest areas, many fear the true mortality rate is being dangerously undercounted
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan in Andhra Pradesh
Opinion
The Guardian view on India’s gen Z revolt: the cockroaches are coming together | Editorial
Editorial: A youth movement born from exam leaks and online mockery has pierced Narendra Modi’s aura of invincibility and may yet reshape Indian politics
Editorial
World
India’s Cockroach movement threatens to restart protests after mass student arrests
Cockroach Janta party says government has broken promise, with detentions in Delhi, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
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Monday briefing: How the Cockroach protests have exposed the cracks in India’s government
Hettie O'Brien
World
India’s Cockroach Janta party protest victory signals trouble ahead for Modi
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
World
Gold dresses, flower markets and sitars: Pirelli’s 2027 calendar features all-Indian cast
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Rajasthan
World
India’s education minister resigns in victory for Cockroach youth movement protests
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
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Environment
Weather tracker: Why Europe’s wildfires are proving so fierce and difficult to stop
Brendan Wood for MetDesk
Environment
‘When I get home, my whole body aches’: extreme heat saps health and wages of India’s poorest workers
Carmen Aguilar García and Antonio Voce in London; Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan in Delhi
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Monday 27 July
Opinion
Here’s why India’s cockroach protests were such a success – and why the Mamdani effect means more to come | Mukul Kesavan
Mukul Kesavan
Opinion
Sweet, fragrant, impossible to resist – south Asian mangoes in Australia’s winter summon memories and unite historic enemies | Shadi Khan Saif
Shadi Khan Saif
Saturday 25 July
Friday 24 July
World
‘I will die for this cause’: how India’s cockroach meme became the biggest challenge to Modi’s grip on power
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
World
Indian Cockroach activist ends hunger strike after 26 days as protests spread
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
Thursday 23 July
World
‘Cockroach’ protests: India’s Modi promises to punish officials over exam leaks
Amrit Dhillon in Delhi
Wednesday 22 July
World
Opposition parties shut down Indian parliament in solidarity with ‘cockroach’ protests
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
Tuesday 21 July
World
India’s Cockroach movement protesters show no sign of backing down
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
Monday 20 July
World
Who are India’s Cockroach Janta party and why are they staging protests?
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
World
Tens of thousands of Cockroach movement protesters defy police with Delhi march
Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
