Student suicides go up
The Hindu
More students ended their lives in 2020 than 2019: NCRB
More students ended their lives in 2020 than 2019, according to data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
Student suicides spiked to a new high of 12,526 in 2020 contributing 8.2% deaths, while farmer suicide rate stayed constant at 7.4% in 2019 and 2020. The biggest spike in deaths was recorded in Odisha, where the number of student suicides reached 1,469, a jump of 287% over 2019, when there were 379 deaths. Only Maharashtra recorded more student suicides than Odisha with 1,648 young people ending their lives. However in Telangana, 489 students ended their lives as against 426 in 2019.
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