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India: What Is Behind the Rise in Student Suicides?

  • The Supreme Court took Suo Motu cognisance of suicide cases involving students from IIT Kharagpur and Sharda University, with a hearing scheduled for July 28.
  • Ritam Mandal, a fourth-year student from IIT Kharagpur, died by suicide on July 18; this is the fourth suicide at the institute in 2025.
  • The court has requested reports from the West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh governments and responses from both institutions on whether the suicide cases were reported to police promptly.
  • Sharda University is conducting an investigation into the suicide of a BDS student, with two staff members detained based on the family's complaint about management harassment.
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A sensational case of suicide of a college student has come to light in Karnataka's capital Bengaluru. Here a 22-year-old student, upset by the insults of classmates, committed suicide. He has not blamed anyone for his death in the suicide note.

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Interview Times broke the news in on Monday, July 21, 2025.
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