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Sunday, October 26, 2025
TopicStudent suicides

Topic: student suicides

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.

Daily wagers worst affected by suicide, numbers for housewives twice that of farmers — NCRB data

Self-employed & unemployed individuals and students also among groups with high numbers of suicide cases according to NCRB data for years 2018-2022.

IIT-Delhi student dies by suicide, cops suspect ‘friend’s death drove him to depression’

The 20-year-old was found dead at his home in Shahdara late Tuesday night. Cops say in touch with IIT-Delhi officials.

‘Why such stress? Why did my child suffer?’ asks father of IIT Kharagpur student who died by ‘suicide’

K Kiran Chandra, 21, was found hanging in his hostel room Tuesday. In a statement, IIT Kharagpur says police investigation is underway. Father says Kiran was stressed about a project.

Police, politicians, parents, psychiatrists—everyone’s at work to stop the next Kota suicide

The face of competition has changed in the coaching hub of Kota: Who can spot and stop the next suicide of NEET or JEE aspirants.

No one knows what really caused Jadavpur University student’s suicide. Yet it’s an open secret

Whispers in Jadavpur University have grown to a crescendo—not just in classrooms but across West Bengal. The Commission for Protection of Child Rights has called the student's death an 'unpardonable crime'.

‘NEET will be scrapped,’ CM Stalin to aspirants after student, father die by suicide

Expressing shock over the recent demise of aspirant Jagatheeswaran, who unsuccessfully attempted to clear the entrance test, the CM said he was at a loss to console his family.

IITs, IIMs are failing Dalit students. Work with Harvard, Johns Hopkins to counter suicides

Aniket Ambhore and Darshan Solanki aren't mere names in a statistical report. Our esteemed institutions have failed to protect them.

President Murmu expresses concern over student suicides, seeks action from educational institutions

In her inaugural address at the Visitor's Conference, she said it should be an endeavour of heads of institutions, teachers to provide students with a safe and sensitive environment.

How IITs & other top science institutes are trying to boost mental health on campus

In IIT-D workshop, top public and private technical colleges discussed their best practices, challenges & way ahead to improve mental health grievance redressal mechanisms on campus.

On Camera

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.