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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicStudent suicides

Topic: student suicides

Delhi & Jaipur student suicides prompt schools to step up, expose a crisis of care

While schools in Delhi and Rajasthan announce sensitisation drives, analysts say the root problem—severe counsellor shortages and fragile support structures—demands long-term systemic reform.

‘Teacher kept torturing him’: father blames school after Delhi Class 10 student’s death

Class 10 student, who died by suicide, left a note accusing teachers of harassment. Son was even threatened with expulsion before prelims, says his father.

21-year-old MBBS student commits suicide in Pune college hostel

The woman was found hanging Tuesday night. A note was found saying she was undergoing psychiatric treatment and wished to continue her studies, police said.

Sharda University suicide case: Report in SC cites ‘delays, protocol violations, scene compromised’

Amicus curiae Aparna Bhatt, who submitted the report, compared two alleged suicides that happened the same day, at Sharda University & IIT Kharagpur, and how the institutions responded.

SC issues pan-India guidelines to protect mental health of students in colleges & coaching centres

Justices Vikram Nath & Sandeep Mehta issued the guidelines, while hearing a petition by the father of a student who died by suicide in Andhra Pradesh, seeking a CBI probe. 

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.

Sharda University student suicide case: Kin say she was ‘harassed by faculty members’, 2 in police custody

Police said the 21-year-old died by 'suicide' in the University hostel. FIR has been lodged against five people. The university held discussion with relatives of the deceased.

Another Nepalese student found dead in Bhubaneswar’s KIIT

This comes over two months after the alleged suicide of Prakriti Lamsal, another Nepalese student of the same institute in February.

GNLU suicide: Friends of Vansh Gaint recall ‘begging to break down door, a nurse who didn’t know CPR’

The incident has once again put the spotlight on the university, racked with students' allegations of rape, hate speech & queerphobia over the last two years.

Beyond ragging & stress, task force formed by SC to review policies aimed at curbing student suicides

Proper identification of gaps & loopholes is first step to ensure better mental health resources and support systems for students, says SC.

On Camera

How Gen-Z is changing the violent extremist landscape online

The evolving extremist threat now hinges on young people online, demanding new strategies beyond traditional counter-terror models.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.