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SC seeks Centre, states responses on plea to prevent suicides
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from Centre and state governments on a petition seeking direction to formulate and implement a public health programme for the prevention and reduction of suicides in the country.
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Mahakutami leaders taken into preventive custody for staging protests in H
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 7 (ANI): The Hyderabad city police on Saturday took 57 Mahakutami leaders into preventive custody for taking out procession regarding suicides of intermediate students at Charminar.
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Suicide prevention services struggle with demand after celebrity suicides:
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 1 (ANI): Suicide prevention services including hotlines and websites are considered critical resources in helping curb the rate of suicides worldwide. However, when a celebrity dies, the authorities may lack the resources needed to meet the sudden increase in de
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'13 Reasons Why' associated with increase in youth suicide rates: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Apr 30 (ANI): Netflix's uber-popular show '13 Reasons Why' was associated with a 28.9 percent increase in suicides among youth ages 10 to 17 in the U.S. in April 2017, recent findings suggest.
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NHRC issues notice to Telangana over 18 student suicides
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr 26 (ANI): Taking suo motu cognisance of suicides of 18 students who had reportedly failed in the intermediate results in March this year, NHRC issued a notice to the chief secretary on Friday.
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Pawar accuses PM Modi of not attending political party meet after Pulwama
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 17 (ANI): NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not attending a meeting of political parties convened by the government after the Pulwama terror attack and instead addressing a rally in Maharashtra.
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Trump gives nod to new task force to prevent veteran suicides
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 6 (ANI): President Donald Trump on Tuesday officially nodded for creating a new Cabinet-level task force, aimed at creating a road map strategy across all the provincial governments to prevent veterans' suicide.
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'Momo is dead’, says creator of sick sculpture behind viral social media g
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], March 4 (ANI): Creator of the freakish Mother Bird, announced that the artwork has been destroyed after it rotted away. The horror artwork was associated with a viral social media game that was allegedly linked with a number of teen suicides.
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Jobless growth, rural indebtedness has made aspirational youth ‘restless’:
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 17 (ANI): Jobless growth, together with rural indebtedness and urban chaos, has made the aspirational youth of our country more and more restless, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday.
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Capt. Amarinder lashes out at Centre for failure to help beleaguered farme
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Anandpur Sahib (Punjab) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday lashed out at the BJP-led central government for failing to come to the rescue of the beleaguered farmers and said that farmer suicides will continue in Punjab and other states if the Cen
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'Why is PM Modi not talking about farmers, employment': Kamal Nath
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 26 (ANI): Launching a counter-attack on Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Monday questioned as to why the former doesn't speak about himself or his party, youth, farmers, employme
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Finance Commission to visit Maharashtra to discuss urbanisation, intra-sta
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 16 (ANI): The Fifteenth Finance Commission is slated to visit Maharashtra from September 17 to 19, during which they will focus on issues related to urbanisation and intra-state disparity.
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