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IIT Bombay student suicide: Professor suspended after being slapped with the SC/ST Act, but are we ignoring parents’ role in creating a culture of...

Jinit Jain -
Parents must teach children that failure is temporary, but life is precious, and no exam, career setback or moment of shame is worth throwing it away.
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Faculty Forum of IIT Bombay extends support to Professor, accused of ‘caste discrimination’ by parents of student who died after cheating in exam

OpIndia Staff -
The development comes after Suryanarayana Doolla was booked under the draconian SC/ ST Act based on a complaint by the student's parent.
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As IIT-B suicide case is given a ‘caste spin’, read how the govt data about student deaths in top institutes exposes the one-sided narrative...

Shriti Sagar -
In 2023, the Centre revealed that 61 students had died by suicide across IITs, NITs, and IIMs during the preceding five years. A closer look at the caste-based breakup of these 61 deaths dismantles the idea that suicides are exclusive to any single community.
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Director of IIT Kanpur debunks fake news by ‘The Hindu’ about opposing VBSA Bill: Here is what you need to know 

OpIndia Staff -
The clarification came after, on Saturday, 11th July, The Hindu published a report titled, "IITs, IIMs push back against VBSA norms".
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Rape is normalised within the patriarchal ‘norms’ of Hindu society: IIT Patna professor Dr Priyanka Tripathi’s another research paper storms new controversy

Rukma Rathore -
"The spectacle of cinema depicts a sustained form of Savarna patriarchy in the act of public rape," Priyanka Tripathi claimed in the paper.
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Who is Dr Priyanka Tripathi: Meet the IIT Patna professor who misuses Hindu scriptures and uses Shakti to circulate her agenda via research papers

Rukma Rathore -
The IIT Patna professor has been dragging Hindu scriptures and deities to attack the Indian society for many years.
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Bihar govt to pay fees of SC/ST students studying at premier institutions, increase scholarships and more: Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
The decision "removes financial barriers, allowing our students to dream big without worry," according to minister Lakhendra Roshan.
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SpaDeX mission, 100th launch, collaboration with NASA, discovery of exoplanet and more: India’s major accomplishments in space research and exploration in 2025

Rukma Rathore -
Modi govt approved the Third Launch Pad (TLP) at ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
Government and Policy

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw approves setting up of ‘NaMo Semiconductor Laboratory’ at IIT Bhubaneswar

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, recently approved the setting up of the ‘NaMo Semiconductor Laboratory’ at IIT Bhubaneswar. The project...
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IIT Gandhinagar professor Ashish Xaxa dismissed from service, was in the spotlight for his controversial social media posts, has called Gujarat a ‘scam society’

OpIndia Staff -
IIT Gandhinagar, which has been in the news for controversies related to its professors , has dismissed one of the professors Ashish Xaxa. This information has been given by the institute itself through an RTI reply.
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