Is your job silently eroding your mental health? New study reveals the most depressing professionsCertain professions are silently eroding mental well-being, a new study finds. Jobs in social services, arts, and healthcare top the list f...
07 Jun, 2025, 09.28 PM IST
SC panel to examine silent struggles pushing students to the edgeThe Supreme Court's National Task Force (NTF) is launching a comprehensive investigation into student mental health and rising suicide rate...
04 Jun, 2025, 11.45 PM IST
Elon Musk criticizes gender-affirming surgeries, cites mental health concernsElon Musk has spoken against gender-affirming surgeries, claiming they negatively impact mental health. His comments follow a study suggest...
06 Mar, 2025, 07.36 PM IST
Are men defenceless against domestic violence laws? What SC says about men's rights in these casesSupreme Court on Men's rights in dowry cases: More than 50% of men in India face domestic violence, be it emotional or physical, at the han...
05 Mar, 2025, 11.29 AM IST
LGBTQ+ creators brace for Meta's pro-Trump changesThe changes to Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads, were announced last week by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, with critics saying the m...
15 Jan, 2025, 06.03 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
Melinda French Gates to give $1 billion for women's rightsFrench Gates, one of the biggest philanthropic supporters of gender equity in the US, said Tuesday in a guest essay for The New York Times ...
29 May, 2024, 12.44 AM IST
Why eating disorders are considered the most 'lethal' mental health issues?In fact, nonsuicidal self-injury, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts and suicide deaths are all more prevalent among those with any type o...
01 Feb, 2024, 11.43 PM IST
Mental health matters: Looking at psychological well-being with a gender-less lensMental health issues affecting men require more attention than they currently get due to social stigma, gender dynamics and inaccurate ster...
21 Aug, 2023, 05.55 PM IST
Women's health issues need special attentions; Make sure your health insurance cover addresses theseA WHO report indicated that 4.7 million women died from non-communicable diseases in 2012; these deaths were more significant in low-middle...
08 Mar, 2023, 10.27 AM IST
From dowry harassment to domestic violence: Now, #MenToo seek gender neutralityAlthough the acquittal rate in rape cases is 74%, stretched litigation destroys a man’s reputation.
12 May, 2019, 12.38 PM IST
'Suicide is not just a mental health issue'Rakhi Dandona, lead author of The Lancet Public Health study, talks about the report’s findings and the need for a national prevention poli...
13 Oct, 2018, 11.50 PM IST
Notebandi, bewafa Sonam test even IIT students in examsThe sociology question paper of IIT-Delhi, TOI has a copy of it, sought answers from students on the effect of demonetised high value curre...
01 Dec, 2016, 12.11 PM IST
Need a movement against foeticide, dowry: Arvind KejriwalKejriwal called for a movement against female foeticide, dowry and unnecessary expenses during marriages, saying his government will back s...
08 Mar, 2016, 07.16 PM IST
Women account for 2% of central forces, but 40% of suicidesData from BPRD shows that of the nearly 9.3 lakh people employed in these forces just a little over 18,000 were women compared to over 9.1 ...
23 Jul, 2015, 10.18 AM IST
Delhi gang rape: New Year's resolution must be to ensure braveheart has not died in vainThe New Year’s resolution must be to ensure this braveheart has not died in vain and that 2013 will be very different for the Indian woman.
31 Dec, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
- Microfinance struggles to restore its reputation
As the industry indulges in a bout of soul searching over what has gone wrong, some say microfinance is suffering, in part, from its own su...
07 Mar, 2011, 08.50 PM IST