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Third IIT Bombay suicide this year puts student pressure under spotlightFollow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. A Dalit B.Tech student at the Department of Energy Sciences and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) died by suicide on Friday, September 18, in what is the third such suicide this year at the campus. 19-year-old Sahil Wakode from Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district was accused of using his phone to cheat in the midterm exam conducted on Friday. He was found unresponsive in his room at Hostel No.The News Minute
Why strengthening ties with the Global South was a top priority for Putin’s recent diplomacy blitzAmong them were the leaders of heavyweights of the Global South such as China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia and Turkey, just to name a few. The Ukraine war certainly featured in these conversations. Russia has recently ramped up its attacks on Ukraine, further fuelling some fears in the West that Ukraine could end up losing the war . Tellingly, however, the main thrust of discussions led by the Russian president had a different focus: fuel, trade and transit.The News Minute
BRICS explained: The bloc’s origins, members and its challenge to the global orderThe flags of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and other countries were lined up in New Delhi this weekend as leaders gathered for the 18th BRICS Summit. Hosted by India on September 12 and 13, the summit came at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions, wars in West Asia and Ukraine, US tariffs and growing debates over who gets to shape the global economic and political order.The News Minute
Gujarat to host National Film Awards for first time, breaking decades-old traditionThe National Film Awards ceremony is set to leave New Delhi for the first time in decades, with the 72nd edition scheduled to be held at Ekta Nagar in Gujarat’s Narmada district on September 22. The ceremony will mark a rare break from a tradition that has largely kept India’s premier national film awards in New Delhi. There has been at least one notable exception.The News Minute
Nepal disaster reinforces the need for regional preparednessAn entire mountainside of ice and rock fell into the Lhende Khola river on the Tibet-Nepal border, on the morning of August 26, triggering an earthquake and a flood that rose nine metres, killing hundreds, sweeping away at least six dams and hydropower stations, over a dozen crucial bridges, homes, roads and even a herd of elephants all the way downriver to India.The News Minute
US religious freedom panel seeks to revoke Mohan Bhagwat's visaFollow TNM’s WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has expressed concern over Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s visit to the United States. It has urged the US government to consider targeted sanctions against RSS members and Indian officials allegedly linked to religious freedom violations.The News Minute