A new report has sounded an alarm over an increase in suicide cases, especially among the older population in the US, as nearly 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2022.
A 23-year-old Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) student from Odisha, allegedly battling depression, died by suicide at the college campus here in Telangana's Sangareddy district, police informed on Tuesday.
The Raigad police have registered a case of abetment to suicide against five, including Edelweiss MD Rashesh Shah, based on the complaint filed by Desai’s wife.
In a special mention about the issue told the Rajya Sabha that there have been 10, 732 suicide cases of students below the age of 18 years in 2021 only showing a growth of 4.5 per cent from 2020.
Union Minister for state Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday informed Lok Sabha in a written reply that 1,532 cases of suicides by personnel of CAPFS, Assam Rifles (AR) and National Security Guard (NSG) since 2011.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Chairman Priyank Kanoongo on Thursday instructed higher-level officials to conduct a probe into the suicide case of a minor, who ended her life after being troubled by molestation in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district.
When the NCPCR chairman came to know about the matter, he visited there and met with the family members, police and the other persons concerned on Wednesday.