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IIT Student Deaths Rise Sharply As 173 Cases Reported Over 2 Decades, Alumni Group Flags Mental Health Concerns

IIT Student Deaths Rise Sharply As 173 Cases Reported Over 2 Decades, Alumni Group Flags Mental Health Concerns
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New Delhi: As many as 173 students of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) died by suicide or unnatural death over the last two decades, with around 70 per cent of the deaths recorded in the last 10 years, according to an IIT alumni group. The data, compiled for the period from 2006 to Sept...

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