Students at NIT Silchar clash with police after suicide on campus
Guwahati: On Friday night, students at the National Institute of Technology at Silchar in Cachar district of Assam, clashed with the police during a massive student protest against NIT authorities. This protest took place after one of their students allegedly hung himself at the college hostel after he failed exams and couldn't clear his back papers, reports NDTV.
According to sources, the fellow student was from Arunachal Pradesh, was in the third semester of the electric engineering course, had requested the college authorities to allow him to register for the next semester, but it was reportedly turned down.
The students were upset over the new guidelines introduced by the college administration. Speaking to NDTV, one of the protesting students said they waited whole night for NIT Silchar Director to meet them, but he declined all their requests. The college has been introducing new guidelines for students everyday. The student added, “The students are not happy with the behaviour of the administration of NIT Silchar. Today, one of the students died by suicide due to depression.”
According to the students, they were protesting peacefully, and wanted to meet the Director of the institute, but were met with police batons instead
Another protesting student said, “Our student, our senior, died by suicide, and we were doing peaceful agitation but the authorities of NIT Silchar didn't even bother to come and talk to us. They unleashed police on us, police lathi-charged us."
According to the college administration, the student allegedly killed himself due to depression, they said, the student had problems since his first year itself and he might have been depressed as he couldn't clear backlogs.
The police said they had to take steps to de-escalate the situation as the students were not ready to negotiate, they also vandalised cars and ransacked the residence of the Dean. A case of unnatural death has been registered, and the police have recovered the dead body and sent it for post-mortem.
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LS passes bill to open up nuclear sector for private participation
New Delhi (PTI): Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the nuclear energy bill with Union minister Jitendra Singh asserting that it would help India achieve its target of 100 GW atomic energy generation by 2047.
The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, which seeks to open the tightly-controlled civil nuclear sector for private participation, was passed by voice vote amid a walkout by the opposition.
Singh termed the bill a "milestone legislation" that will give a new direction to the country's developmental journey.
"India's role in geopolitics is increasing. If we have to be a global player, we have to follow global benchmarks and global strategies. The world is moving towards clean energy. We too have set a target of 100 GW of nuclear energy capacity by 2047," he said.
The opposition contended that the bill diluted provisions of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 that passed on the liability for a nuclear incident on to the suppliers of nuclear equipment.
