Delhi records highest suicides in India, most victims married; Bengaluru second highest: Crime dataDelhi reported the highest number of suicides in 2024 with 2,905 cases, though this marks a decline from previous years. Family-related iss...
08 May, 2026, 04.30 PM IST
eGaming regulator takes charge, focuses on eSports registrationsIndia's new Online Gaming Authority of India is now operational. Its immediate focus is registering eSports companies and resolving player ...
02 May, 2026, 08.09 AM IST
Is the Indian middle class dream over? Saurabh Mukherjea on the 3 forces crushing your futureIndia's middle class is in deep trouble. Education no longer guarantees prosperity. Jobs are disappearing, especially in IT. Wages are not ...
21 Apr, 2026, 09.52 AM IST
'More loss than luck': West Bengal's lottery system faces public backlash before pollsAs West Bengal gears up for elections, residents of Alipurduar's Falakata constituency are demanding a complete shutdown of the lottery sys...
17 Apr, 2026, 06.40 PM IST
Trump caught between the devil and the deep Gulf seaPresident Trump faces a critical challenge as the United States appears to be losing its conflict with Iran. This situation threatens his p...
15 Apr, 2026, 09.56 AM IST
Airbus bets on helicopter tech for war drones, expands facilities to double production by 2027Aerospace giant Airbus is enhancing its drone capabilities. The company is developing drones to work alongside manned aircraft. This initia...
03 Apr, 2026, 07.27 AM IST
US Defense Secretary Hegseth says he will allow troops to take personal weapons onto military basesDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth will permit service members to carry personal firearms on military bases, citing the Second Amendment and re...
03 Apr, 2026, 06.03 AM 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
Work-life balance helps reduce suicides committed by CISF jawans by 40% for the first time in five yearsCISF has reduced its suicide rate by 40%, bringing it below the national rate with comprehensive measures focusing on mental health, work-l...
03 Jan, 2025, 01.36 PM IST
'Peak government ridiculousness': Social media reacts to Japan booking 17-year-old dead girlA teenager in Japan fell from a shopping centre rooftop, landing on and killing a pedestrian, prompting her posthumous prosecution for gros...
02 Dec, 2024, 05.08 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
New study links improved air quality to decreased suicide ratesA study conducted in China by researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara, suggests that lower air pollution levels may be a...
29 Feb, 2024, 06.24 PM IST
Suicide rate in Korea rises, highest among developed countries. Here's whySouth Korea recorded a suicide rate of 26, the highest among all developed nations. The rising rate is being attributed to the economic tur...
27 Sep, 2022, 04.09 PM IST
Japan's suicides jump 16% in COVID-19 2nd wave after fall in 1st wave: StudyThe July-October suicide rate rose 16% from the same period a year earlier, a stark reversal of the February-June decline of 14%, according...
16 Jan, 2021, 05.08 PM IST
NCRB data shows 42,480 farmers and daily wagers committed suicide in 2019According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data on accidental deaths and suicides, 10,281 farmers committed suicide in 20...
01 Sep, 2020, 10.44 PM IST
10k student suicides in ’18, highest in 10 yrsYearly figure of suicide rates by students turned out to be the highest in a decade-- over 10,000 in 2018. Twenty-eight students on an aver...
11 Jan, 2020, 12.12 PM IST