IIT Madras research scholar found hanging in his room after updating WhatsApp status
Third suspected suicide at IIT-M this year, 11th since 2018
Chennai: A PhD research scholar of the IIT Madras was found dead at his home on Friday in a suspected case of suicide in Velachery, Chennai, reported The Times of India.
The deceased, Sachin Kumar Jain, 23, ended his life after updating Whatsapp status as "I am sorry, not good. Enough".
According to police, Sachin had gone to his college(IIT Madras) as usual but returned to his rented home he shared with his other two mates around 11:30 am without informing anyone in the class. He then updated his status. Some of his friends who noticed his status rushed to his class to check on him. Learning that he could be at home, they rushed to his house and found him hanging from a ceiling fan.
The Velachery police registered a case and sent his body to the Government Royapettah Hospital for an autopsy.
IIT-M has posted a message stating that "We are deeply shocked and anguished to convey the tragic and untimely passing away of Sachin Kumar Jain of the Mechanical Engineering Department on March 31 afternoon.”
"A student with an exemplary academic and research record is a big loss to the research community. The student's family has been informed and they are on their way to Chennai. He was residing outside the campus. The institute expresses its heartfelt condolences and shares the grief of the friends and family of the deceased student."
According to The Telegraph, This is the third instance of suspected suicide by a student at IIT-Madras this year and the 11th case since 2018.
Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar on Monday told Lok Sabha that 33 students have died by suicide across the IITs since 2018.
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Trump says he called off dispatching envoys to Iran talks
Dubai (PTI): US President Donald Trump said he told his top envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, stating on Fox News that "they can call us any time they want”.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country won't negotiate while the United States imposes a blockade on its ports. Pezeshkian told Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a phone call Saturday night that the US “should first remove operational obstacles, including the blockade,” to allow a new round of negotiations, according to the ISNA and Tasnim news agencies in Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Pakistan on Saturday evening, two Pakistani officials told The Associated Press. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said Araghchi is expected back in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Sunday.
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The Trump administration is placing economic sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil.
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Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country won't negotiate while the United States imposes a blockade on its ports, according to Iranian media.
Pezeshkian told Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a phone call Saturday night that the US “should first remove operational obstacles, including the blockade”, to allow a new round of negotiations, the ISNA and Tasnim news agencies reported.
The Pakistani premier described the call as a “warm and constructive discussion”.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi concluded a one-day trip to Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Saturday after meeting with Pakistani military and government officials.
The trip did not produce a breakthrough in efforts to relaunch negotiations after US President Donald Trump canceled a planned trip by his envoys to Islamabad.
Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will return to Pakistan after his current visit to Oman on his way to visiting Russia.
The report said he was expected to be back in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Sunday and would join other members of his delegation who had gone to Tehran for consultations and “instructions on the topics related to the end of the war.”
