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Student suicides spur changes at NLU Delhi. ‘No detention’ policy to compassionate leave

Last month, 3 university students allegedly died by suicide. Students say competitive atmosphere & academic pressure has led to a 'growing mental health crisis on campus'.

IIM-A student body wants independent probe into student ‘suicide’. ‘Grave concerns’ over police probe

Student body says management event-related stress led to Akshith Bhukya's death, alleges 'lack of seriousness' in admin's approach. Police say they found no proof of abetment to suicide.

Indraprastha University student suicide brings up a storm of anger and a long list of woes

Most of the students didn't know Gautam Kumar, as the new academic year had just begun a month ago. But his death has sparked an unprecedented protest at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.

India is cultivating a demographic time bomb that no number of coaching centres can defuse

Coaching centres in India are an open wound that everyone sees festering but no one dares to stitch up. Meanwhile, the body count rises.

‘NEET took my nephew’s life’ — in Tamil Nadu, kin of candidates who died by suicide say exam must go

Amid countrywide protests over alleged paper leaks and mismanagement at testing centres, these families say the medical entrance test puts underprivileged students at a disadvantage.

18-year-old NEET-UG aspirant jumps to death in Kota a day after results declared

This is the 10th case of suspected suicide by a student in Kota, the country's coaching hub, since January this year.

Principal, teacher booked over student’s suicide on father’s complaint — ‘abused son, insulted wife’

Class 10 student of Army Public School died allegedly by suicide Monday. His father, an Army havildar, also says accused threatened to withhold son's admit card for board exam.

Class 10 student of Delhi’s Army Public School dies by suicide, no suicide note found

The 16-year-old, son of Army personnel, hanged himself from a ceiling fan with a ‘dupatta’ in his Delhi Cantonment home, say cops.

BTech student hangs himself, third such suicide in 2 weeks in Rajasthan’s Kota

DSP Dharmveer Singh said Noor Mohammed, 27, studied in coaching institutes from 2016 to 2019 and after being admitted to SRM University, he used to take online classes at his PG.

How the world reacted to Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

On Camera

Where is Skill India money going? It’s a Rs 48,000 crore mystery

All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.