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Topic: student suicides

2 suicides in a month at IIT-Madras put focus on ‘academic stress & post-Covid mental health struggles’

Institute in its statement said post-Covid era has been challenging but newly-constituted internal inquiry committee, which includes student representatives, will look into such incidents.

Suicide or murder — Furore in Telangana over doctor’s death

D. Preethi, a medical student at a college in Warangal, was found unconscious on 22 February. She died Sunday while undergoing treatment. Family now alleges she might have been murdered.

After campus suicide, IIT-M students demand mental health study. ‘Stress, caste discrimination’

Students took out rally claiming they were not informed about death of Steven Sunny & another attempted suicide. IIT asserts all steps will be taken for their well-being.

Protests erupt after student dies by suicide at Punjab’s Lovely Professional University

Police have recovered a suicide note citing 'personal reasons' for the act & further investigation is underway. LPU has issued a statement extending its full support to the authorities.

What if? 5 student ‘suicides’ in 2 weeks raise big mental health question for Tamil Nadu schools

Cuddalore/Tiruvallur: Her suicide note was written in “Tanglish”, with the Tamil words transliterated into English, and left on the refrigerator. In neat cursive script...

‘Blood stains in hostel’ — 2nd autopsy conducted as Kallakurichi ‘suicide’ keeps TN town tense

The girl’s father had approached the Supreme Court Tuesday to get a doctor of his choice for a second autopsy. The atmosphere in the town, meanwhile, remains tense.

Out of 122 student suicides since 2014, 111 at central univs, IITs & NITs: Govt tells Lok Sabha

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also gave data for suicides of OBC/SC/ST students. MoS Annapurna Devi gave details of ragging complaints & anti-ragging measures implemented.

4 suicides in 7 months at IISc Bengaluru during Covid put spotlight on mental health issues

Students accuse IISc of paying little heed to mental health amid the Covid pandemic, while authorities say they have been looking at ways to address the issue.

19-year-old becomes second student to die by suicide due to NEET pressure in Tamil Nadu

The victim was found hanging at her residence and a purported suicide note said she was apprehensive about the exam and that others had high hopes for her.

Enraged over Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide? Students dying in Kota’s IIT, IAS factories too

Even a Rohith Vemula is not enough for India to acknowledge the scale of misery its students face in a country that places high premium on excelling at all cost.

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.