'Parents don't realise that motivating your child or pushing them to do better is one thing and pushing them to the brink is another.'
Rocked by a spate of student suicides, the city police has set up a dedicated "Student Cell" to reach out to students and make attempts to detect early signs of stress and depression.
Hostel owners said such steps to make their premises "suicide proof" are crucial to avoid tragic incidents.
'There is no concept of friendship here...there are only competitors.' 'Every student sitting next to you is seen as an additional burden to fight with.'
Students can then appear for a board exam in subjects they have completed and feel ready for.
The ministry of education is yet to take call on the recommendations by the empowered expert committee and the University Grants Commission.
Captain Vikram Batra died fighting Pakistani forces during the Kargil war in 1999 at the age of 24. He was given the highest wartime gallantry award 'Param Vir Chakra' posthumously.
The battalion launched an attack and came under intense fire from the enemy after reaching the hill top. Singh died in the gun battle and was awarded a Sena Medal posthumously.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said India is ready to cross the Line of Control (LoC) to maintain its honour and dignity, and called upon civilians to be ready to support the soldiers in such a situation.
He said his biggest takeaway from the Kargil war is that the enemy cannot be trusted even if there is "political show" of friendship.
According to Kota police and district administration records, at least 14 students studying in coaching centres in the city committed suicide this year.
'He did not do anything wrong. There was no crime and no evidence'
Eminent epidemiologist Dr Chandrakant Lahariya said these fluctuations in the figures will continue for a fairly long time and it is difficult to predict till when it will continue.
'I have been supplying meat to JNU for the last 25-30 years and never has it happened that I have been asked not to supply meat'
There is no power, no water supply and shops are refusing to accept cards, even though ATMs have run out of cash, said the Sumy State University student.
The volunteering students are studying in China, Uzbekistan and Philippines.
'I request the embassy to evacuate me from here, provide me facilities like a wheelchair, help me with documentation'
"As of now, there are no norms and regulations under the National Medical Commission to accommodate medical students, who were studying abroad and had to return to India midway, in Indian medical colleges in between an academic session," a health ministry official told PTI, on the condition of anonymity.
' We have run out of food items and there is no place to stock up again. When will this end?'
97 people lost the battle to coronavirus in the last four days. Of them, seven were aged below 18, including three who had not even turned a year old. One of the babies was aged three months and the other seven months.
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