Thursday, 26 May, 2022
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Topic: Suicides

Suffocated in a self-made gas chamber—triple suicide story of a Delhi mother & 2 daughters

Sukriti Vats -
Depressed and ailing, three women in Delhi's Vasant Vihar area were found dead in a house with windows covered in plastic and four suicide notes detailing their financial troubles.

‘Nothing improbable’ about conversion, says Madras HC, orders CBI probe into girl’s suicide

Bhadra Sinha -
The court pulled up police for dismissing claims that forced conversion attempts by missionary school had led to Class 12 girl’s suicide, saying allegations needed further investigation.

Many more people commit suicide due to bad marriage than divorce, NCRB data shows

Nikhil Rampal -
NCRB's Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India report shows there were over 37,000 suicides for marriage-related reasons from 2016 to 2020, but only 7% of them were due to divorce.

10.1% who killed themselves in 2019 were unemployed, Maharashtra tops suicide chart — NCRB data

Ananya Bhardwaj -
A total of 1,39,123 suicides were reported in India in 2019, of which 2,851 or 2% killed themselves due to unemployment. The highest number of these deaths were in Karnataka.

‘We didn’t do enough’ — AIIMS faculty and students say after suicides by doctors

Simrin Sirur -
Since 5 June, AIIMS has seen six suicides — 3 of them were doctors. Resident doctors say mental health issues can compound continuous academic pressure.

Man from UP commits suicide after suspecting of having contracted Covid-19

PTI -
The 35-year-old man who had self-isolated after having cough and cold, hanged himself after some villagers suspected he was suffering from Covid-19.

There’s a science behind suicides, just like any other public health issue

Faye Flam -
As the number of suicides climb, understanding the science behind it will help identify those at risk and also find ways to address their suffering.

Suicides & drought plague Maharashtra – India’s ‘angriest’ state

Ameya Karve -
BJP had pledged to make Maharashtra drought-free this year but many dams, ponds & tanks remain dry.

What the history of foreign invasions tell us about suicides across India

Lakshmi Vijayakumar -
On suicide rates, there is a clear divide between north and south India.

Suicides high among married women: Crisis in Indian marriages or mental health stigma?

ThePrint Team -
Nearly four out of 10 women who commit suicide globally are from India, and most of them are married, says a study published by...

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Opinion

US President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on 16 August 2021. Biden defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan | Samuel Corum | Bloomberg

US blames failure to shut Pakistan border for Afghan defeat. India, please take note

Praveen Swami -
The US could have used its coercive resources to compel Pakistan to shut down the Taliban’s transborder sanctuaries. It chose not to—costing its victory.
An electric vehicle is parked in a bay at a charging station in New Delhi | Representational image| Photo: T. Narayan | Bloomberg

EV makers are losing their sheen. Turns out, making future-forward cars is kind of hard

Cotton balls grow on a plant | Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg

Cotton, other crops shouldn’t meet fate of wheat. Govt needs an empowered group

Economy

Vendors at a store selling edible oils at Begum Bazaar in Hyderabad, India| Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg

Modi govt to allow duty-free import of soybean, sunflower oil, cool surging prices

Pratik Parija -
The government will permit purchases of 2 million tons each of the two vegetable oils per annum this fiscal year and the next, according to a notification by the finance ministry.

Defence

Naval helicopters | Representational image | indiannavy.nic.in

What’s Combined Military Forces-Bahrain? US-backed coalition India joined on Quad sidelines

Suchet Vir Singh -
India is 35th member of the maritime counterterrorism partnership that also includes Pakistan, Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany and Greece, among others.

National Interest

Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation

Shekhar Gupta -
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.

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