Sir India has one of the highest rates of suicide among people aged between 15 and 29. The growing suicide rates of youths are a major concern today. One of the major reasons behind it is our Education Policy. In India parents are important forces behind their subject they are studying or area in which […]
On 21st June 2019 Legislative assembly informed that from 2015 to 2018 in Maharashtra over 12,000 farmers committed suicide. Approximately 6,888 cases were found to be eligible for government aid after scrutiny by district – level committees, Minister Subhash Deshmukh told in a written reply. He considered this issue as a major issue for the […]
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain dies aged 61, after ‘taking own life’. He was found dead in a hotel room in Strasbourg, France, where he had been working on an upcoming episode of his programme. His close friends are shocked, hurt, even angry. News of his death was announced by CNN, who he presented the award-winning […]
More than 50 orphaned children (after their farmer parents committed suicide due to the agrarian distress) have been touring the length and breadth of Maharashtra, appealing to people not to take the ‘drastic step’. The children are inmates of `Adhartirth Ashram’, set up by Trimbakrao Gaikwad at Tupadevi in Trimbakeshwar tehsil of Nashik district. The […]
Are people from small towns in places like Bihar, sending their kids to ‘suicide city? Puzzled? Read on The town of Kota in northern Rajasthan state is ‘famous’ its numerous study centre that coach students prepare for India’s extremely competitive admission exams for medical and engineering colleges. But Kota produces high stress levels and has […]