India, May 26 -- An 18-year-old student preparing for the National Entrance Eligibility Test (NEET) to get admission to any undergraduate medical course died by suicide on Sunday night in Kota - the seventeenth such case this year across the state, sixteen of which were reported from Kota alone - officials said. Last year, at least 23 students died by suicide in Rajasthan of which 20 were reported from Kota, down from 27 a year ago. Police said the student is a native of Jammu and Kashmir and arrived in Kota only a month ago to prepare for NEET at a coaching centre. "She had been staying in a rented accommodation in Mahaveer Nagar area," said Ramesh Kabia, the area SHO.htc
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