Kadaba: Amidst lockdown, liquor addict commits suicide as alcohol shops remain closed
Kadaba: With liquor vends in the state shut for days amid a national lockdown, a 50-year-old alcohol-addicted man committed suicide here on Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Tony Thomas, a resident of Pattanamtitta in Kottayam district of Kerala.
He was a rubber tapping worker and drug addict. He is believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself at his home in Nanduguri in Bantra village on Saturday.
A case in this regard has been registered at Kadaba Police Station.
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ICSE, ISC results: Girls outperform boys, pass rate over 99%
New Delhi (PTI): The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations on Thursday announced the Class 10 and Class 12 results for 2026, with overall pass percentages of 99.18 per cent and 99.13 per cent, respectively.
A total of 2,58,721 candidates appeared for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), or Class 10, examination.
About 1,03,316 students took the Indian School Certificate (ISC), or Class 12, exam.
Girls outperformed boys in both examinations.
In ICSE, girls recorded a pass percentage of 99.46 per cent compared to 98.93 per cent for boys.
In ISC, girls achieved a 99.48 per cent pass percentage, while those of boys stood at 98.81 per cent.
Students can now access their scorecards on the official website cisce.org.
