Shortage of teachers and professors: Over 10,000 faculty posts vacant in central universities, IITs, IIMs, government tells Parliament

Theatre of the absurd: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) removes ceiling fans from students’ rooms to prevent suicides

Women suicides: According to the recently released data by the government's National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 22,372 housewives took their own lives last year; Independent research shows that one-third of Indian women who take their lives have a history of suffering domestic violence

Charges against minister: Modi’s junior home minister Ajay Mishra Teni has charges of murder, witness intimidation, evading arrest; he is now under storm for attacking a journalist who questioned him about his son’s violence against protesting farmers

Unsafe drinking water in Karnataka: High levels of uranium in groundwater of eastern Karnataka’s 57 villages