World Suicide Prevention Day 2025: Surge in student suicides outpaces overall trend, warn expertsBihar witnessed a concerning number of suicides in 2024, with young adults aged 18-40 comprising over half the cases. Experts highlight a n...
10 Sep, 2025, 08.50 AM IST
What is CTE, the brain disease possibly linked to Shane Tamura’s NYC mass shooting? Note requested his brain be examined after deathShane Tamura fatally shot an NYPD officer and three others in Midtown. The incident occurred inside an office building on July 28. Tamura l...
29 Jul, 2025, 02.14 PM IST
Suicides in educational institutions: Supreme Court issues pan-India guidelinesThe Supreme Court has released nationwide guidelines to address rising student suicides. These guidelines aim to create a unified framework...
25 Jul, 2025, 06.47 PM IST
Should not pick holes in Indian assurances: UK High Court in Nirav Modi caseOn the second day of an appeal hearing being pursued by the 51-year-old diamond merchant against being extradited to face the Indian courts...
12 Oct, 2022, 07.43 PM IST
Nirav Modi: UK High Court to hear evidence from psychiatrists on suicide riskLord Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith and Justice Robert Jay concluded that three days, expected in October, will be set aside for a substantial...
28 Jun, 2022, 07.52 PM IST
Nirav Modi extradition appeal to be heard in UK High Court on June 28Lord Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith and Justice Robert Jay presided over an initial hearing at the court in December last year to determine wh...
03 May, 2022, 12.28 PM IST
London court hears Nirav Modi's extradition appeal on mental health groundsLord Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith and Justice Robert Jay presided over the hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice to determine whether Distr...
14 Dec, 2021, 07.19 PM IST
MHA creates taskforce to prevent suicides by CAPF troopsThe Union Home Ministry has set up a taskforce comprising its senior-most officers for the prevention of suicide by central paramilitary fo...
01 Dec, 2021, 06.25 PM IST
'The first step in suicide prevention is empathetic, non-judgmental listening; there's always a cry for help before it happens'Dr Lakshmi Vijayakumar, founder of SNEHA, says the myth that suicidal people won’t talk needs to be busted.
10 Sep, 2021, 12.45 PM IST
Suicide, COVID risks in Mumbai prison focus of Nirav Modi extradition appeal in UKThe 50-year-old diamond merchant, wanted in India to face charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab Natio...
21 Jul, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
People suffering from mental disorders are at high risk of attempting suicideSuicide is a complex issue and therefore prevention efforts require coordination and collaboration among multiple sectors of society.
13 Sep, 2016, 05.47 PM IST
Farmers suicides, documentary delves into crisisNearly 550 farmers have committed suicides in the past six months in the state, bringing the spotlight on the crisis.
16 Oct, 2015, 04.18 PM IST
Woman students more prone to depression, anxiety than men: SurveyThe surve covered more than 500 college students in the age group of 18-25 in the Delhi-NCR region on “Emotional health and Psychological w...
08 Oct, 2015, 03.28 PM IST
Risk factors to predict suicide foundDepressed people who display risky behaviour, agitation and impulsivity are at least 50 per cent more likely to attempt suicide.
01 Sep, 2015, 08.44 AM IST
Married men twice as likely to commit suicide than married women: ReportWhile there have been studies on men being more susceptible to suicide than women, there isn't research on trends related to marital status.
26 Jul, 2015, 10.46 AM IST
Limiting access to pesticides can prevent suicides: WHOMore than 800,000 people die by suicide every year, according to WHO's first global report on suicide prevention.
05 Sep, 2014, 02.29 PM IST
For whom the bells toll? YSR. And 124 othersThousands converged at the sprawling 300-acre Idupulapaya Estate here to bid farewell to YS Rajasekhara Reddy, the man whose immense popula...
05 Sep, 2009, 02.02 AM IST