-The Indian Express Understanding the many buried stories in India’s Suicide statistics A study in the British journal Lancet has found that Suicide is now reaching alarming levels in India, and educated young people are particularly at risk. Suicide is all set to overtake maternal deaths as the leading cause of death among young women, and rivals road accidents as a cause of death among young men. Suicide is not a matter of...
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Study questions sustainability of Bt cotton in water-starved Vidarbha-Amruta Byatnal
-The Hindu Lack of irrigation found to be one of the major causes of farmer Suicides Lack of irrigation is one of the major causes leading to cotton farmer Suicides in Maharashtra, a new study by the Council of Social Development (CSD) has stated. Titled ‘Socio-economic impact assessment of Bt cotton in India,’ the study has yet again raised the question of whether the marginal land of Vidarbha is suited for Bt...
More »Suicide may soon be leading cause of death in India, reveals study-Kounteya Sinha
Four of India's southern states — Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnakata and Kerala — that together constitute 22% of the country's population recorded 42% of Suicide deaths in men and 40% of self-inflicted fatalities in women in 2010. Maharashtra and West Bengal together accounted for an additional 15% of Suicide deaths. Delhi recorded the lowest Suicide rate in the country. In absolute numbers, the most Suicide deaths in individuals, aged 15 years...
More »Invisible health risk that stalks India’s youth-Vikram Patel
-The Hindu A Lancet study reports that Suicide is the second highest cause of death among the young The medical journal, The Lancet has published a study today which should bring attention to a little known human tragedy which is being played out across our country. The research is based on the first national survey of the causes of death, conducted in 2001-03, by the Registrar General of India. Many people die...
More »CBI rules out any foul play in IPS officer's death-Rajesh Ahuja
-The Hindustan Times After ruling out any foul play in the death of IPS officer Rahul Sharma, 37, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now focusing on the circumstances that forced the 2002-batch Chhattisgarh cadre officer to commit Suicide. Sharma's family had demanded a CBI probe claiming that he was a victim of the system. Sharma, Bilaspur superintendent of police, allegedly shot himself in the head with his service weapon...
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