New Delhi, May 11 -- The number of student suicides in India climbed to 14,488 in 2024 -- the highest in at least a decade -- marking a 4.3% rise from 13,892 cases in 2023, even as overall suicides in the country declined marginally by 0.4% during the same period, according to the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Student suicide cases grew at a sharp pace - rising 15.7% from 12,526 in 2020 and surging at a much steeper 62.2% from 8,934 in 2015. Student suicides accounted for 8.5% of the 170,746 total suicides in 2024, up from 8.1% of 171,418 cases in 2023, according to NCRB's Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India report.P6...