Suicide trends in India: 31% cases among daily wage workers, this state reports highest numbers, shows NCRB 2024 dataDaily wage earners now represent the largest group of suicide victims in India, accounting for 31% of all deaths in 2024, a decade-high. Th...
11 May, 2026, 01.49 PM IST
Raghav Chadha's BJP move has a lesson from corporate employees: 'Leave the company if not...'. Check the viral post hereFormer Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha has joined the BJP and the politician's move has a lesson for corporate employees. In a post go...
25 Apr, 2026, 02.55 PM IST
Parivaar, Shaadi aur Pyaar: Nearly 50% of India's youth are dying by suicides due to family, love and marriageGovernment data reveals a concerning trend in India. Relationship issues are a major factor in youth suicides. Family problems, love affair...
25 Jun, 2025, 04.57 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi expresses concern over 'rising' suicide rate among youths, urges govt to ensure supportThe "rising" suicide rate among the youth in the country is very sad and worrying, the former Congress chief said in a post on his WhatsApp...
31 Aug, 2024, 09.42 PM IST
India's student suicide rate has surpassed overall trend, population growth rate: ReportStudent suicides in India are rising alarmingly, outpacing both population growth rates and overall suicide trends. The report notes that m...
28 Aug, 2024, 04.55 PM IST
As suicides surge in Delhi, police write to metro over installing platform doorsAccording to the Times of India, there were 18 reported suicides at Delhi Metro stations in 2022 and 22 in 2023. As of July 15 this year, 1...
26 Jul, 2024, 01.50 PM IST
View: Neither freebies nor loan waivers will reduce farmer suicidesThere is little evidence that farm loan waivers, or water, fertiliser and electricity subsidies reduce farmer suicide.
18 Dec, 2018, 06.40 PM IST
View: Farmer agitations reflect clout more than distressRising farmer agitations are not good indicators of distress. Rather, they reflect high returns to agitations, increasing the incentive to ...
08 Apr, 2018, 07.00 PM IST
Skymet's web drive to help farmers with weather forecastSkymet also prepared a four-minute short film which follows the story of a young girl who was in constant fear that her father, a farmer, m...
22 Aug, 2015, 10.59 AM IST
Opposition Congress walks out of Madhya Pradesh Assembly over farmer suicidesBabulal Gaur admitted that several farmers had committed suicide and said that efforts were on to open yoga centres to overcome this proble...
23 Feb, 2015, 01.35 PM IST
Suicides by Indians in Oman on decline: ReportOn an average, five Indians had reportedly committed suicide every month in the Gulf country in 2013 but the number came down to three in 2...
28 Jan, 2015, 12.23 PM IST
Amnesty demands release of Irom SharmilaIn a statement Shailesh Rai, programme director at Amnesty International India, said Sharmila should not have been arrested in the first pl...
16 Dec, 2014, 04.10 PM IST
Researchers in UK say Switzerland is hotspot for suicidesThe numbers of 'suicide tourists' going to Switzerland to take their own lives have doubled within four years with citizens from Germany an...
21 Aug, 2014, 11.55 AM IST
Number of farmers' suicide decline in 2013 to 11,772: GovernmentHe quoted the data from the report on 'Accidental deaths and suicides in India' released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
08 Jul, 2014, 06.04 PM IST
- Pakistan tops in violence among South Asian countries
Pakistan tops the list of South Asian countries having the worst law and order situation, according to statistics collected by a website.
30 Aug, 2008, 12.18 PM IST
- The fine line between aspiration & resignation
As farmers suicides have forced their way into government and public consciousness, research into the causes of this phenomenon is now begi...
29 Jan, 2007, 02.02 AM IST
- Nabard stresses on new techniques to stem farm issues
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development managing director KG Karmakar said the suicide by farmers in the country.
25 Dec, 2006, 01.43 AM IST