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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicKalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

Topic: Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

KIIT to blame for suicides of Nepalese students, says UGC; orders academic audit

UGC has called for criminal proceedings against Kalinga institute & the ICC members who handled the complaints filed by one of the students.

‘Kicked & molested’: KIIT students allege assault by 3 men near campus in presence of police van

Students say they were ‘targeted’ for taking part in Feb campus protests after Prakriti Lamsal's death. The assault allegedly took place the day a 2nd Nepalese student 'died by suicide'.

Bajrang Dal men protest outside KIIT campus amid heavy security, burn founder Achyuta Samanta’s effigy

Tensions have been high in the campus since the death of a third-year BTech computer science student Prakriti Lamsa, who allegedly died by suicide.

Nepali student’s death at KIIT campus sparks protests, diplomatic incident as university faces backlash

A 3rd yr student from Nepal died allegedly by suicide at KIIT in Bhubaneswar. Following protests, admin ordered their departure from campus, but later rescinded order.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.