India’s student-suicide crisis is no longer a series of isolated tragedies but a structural failure unfolding across classrooms and homes. NCRB data shows a steep decade-long rise, while recent cases expose how humiliation, bullying, fractured communication and stigma go unnoticed. Experts, principals and parents argue that prevention demands emotionally safe schools, responsive families and systems that learn to listen early.

A top Hamas leader told Qatari news channel Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the militant group is open to a weapons “freeze”, but rejects the demand for disarmament put forward in the US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza.

US President Donald Trump said he exchanged “pretty strong words” Wednesday with the leaders of France, Britain and Germany on Ukraine, in the latest sign of a growing rift on how to end Russia’s invasion.