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‘Institutional murder’ — as DU’s ad hoc faculty lose jobs en masse, ex-professor’s death sparks protests

Former ad hoc assistant professor at Hindu College lost his job amid DU's drive to recruit permanent faculty. He was found hanging from ceiling fan Wednesday, say police.

IIT Madras student dies in campus in suspected suicide, 4th such incident this year

The second-year B. Tech student’s body has been taken for autopsy, while preliminary investigation is underway, they said.

IIT-Madras scholar who died by suicide was under ‘undue pressure’, brother alleges

In a letter to IIT-M director, Bhavesh Jain has sought a probe into his brother Sachin Kumar’s suicide, saying he had been under mental duress but was still subjected to 'inhuman behaviour'.

Belgian man takes life after 6-week conversations with chatbot about climate issues

‘Eliza’ founder EleutherAI said that any person, who expresses suicidal thoughts to its chatbot, now receives message directing her to suicide prevention services.

436 Central Armed Police Forces personnel died by suicide in 3 years, says Centre

Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said a task force has been set up to identify risk factors, risk groups & remedial measures for prevention of suicides & fratricides in CAPFs.

SubscriberWrites: What we learnt in six months of working with senior citizens among urban poor

There is always a son who is unemployed, just lost employment, is looking for a job, or a divorced daughter with children to care for, write Aruna Chakravorty & Wyonna Dsouza

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.

SHO Anita Chauhan’s 10-min call that stopped Ghaziabad man’s Facebook Live suicide

The SHO office at Vijay Nagar police station turned into a therapist's office Thursday night.

TV actor Tunisha Sharma’s last rites to be held in Mumbai today

Sharma died allegedly by suicide on the sets of a TV serial. Her mother accused the actor's former boyfriend Sheezan Khan, the prime suspect in the case & urged the police not to spare him.

Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, officials state under revamp, says report

The social media platform removed the feature known as #ThereIsHelp following orders by new owner Elon Musk, says the report. Twitter head of trust & safety stated it is under revamp.

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Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.