Indian Student's Death in US Possibly Linked to Blue Whale Suicide Game
by India West
India West— WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) – In a grim first for Indians studying in US colleges and universities, a first-year student took his own life in March while playing, it is understood, a macabre online game of dares called the “Blue Whale Challenge”, which has also been […]
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