140 teenagers suicide in Kerala in 6 months, State Human Rights Commission pitches in
4 years, 3 months ago

140 teenagers suicide in Kerala in 6 months, State Human Rights Commission pitches in

India TV News  

A disheartening trends has been witnessed in Kerala where at least 140 teenagers ended life for trivial reasons in the last six months, a study said, prompting the state Human Rights Commission to direct the Social Justice Department to examine the effectiveness of its suicide prevention measures. "As per a complaint received by the panel, a study conducted by DISHA, an NGO, shows that at least 140 youngsters in the age group of 13 to 18 had committed suicide during the period of January 2020 to June 2020," a commission release said. The release said the SHRC asked the Social Justice Department to review the effectiveness of the suicide prevention measures being taken up by it and sought a report. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had in July said instances of suicidaltendencies were being witnessed among children and termed it as an "extremely serious social issue".

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Kota student suicide cases declined by 50 pc compared to 2023, says DM
1 week, 4 days ago

Kota student suicide cases declined by 50 pc compared to 2023, says DM

India TV News  

Kota student suicide cases have declined by 50 per cent this year as compared to 2023, claims the district administration. After the spike in suicide cases, the district administration and Rajasthan government took several measures to curb the pressure on students. Suicide cases have declined by 50 pc In an interview, Goswami said "In comparison to last year, the suicide …

Notice issued to Kerala government, police chief over rising tribal suicides
1 week, 6 days ago

Notice issued to Kerala government, police chief over rising tribal suicides

India Today  

The National Human Rights Commission sent a notice to the Kerala government and the state’s police chief following reports “alarming increase in suicides” among tribals in the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram district. The Commission observed that the content of the media report, if true, indicated a “serious issue” relating to the right to life and the social, economic and cultural rights …

Madhya Pradesh: 17-year-old kills self at shooting academy in Bhopal, probe launched
1 month, 1 week ago

Madhya Pradesh: 17-year-old kills self at shooting academy in Bhopal, probe launched

India TV News  

In a tragic incident, a 17-year-old boy allegedly shot himself dead at a shooting academy in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal district. Teenager kills self in Uttar Pradesh Earlier in September this year, a 17-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself following an argument with his father, according to police. India's student suicide rate surges A new report reveals that incidents …

India’s student suicide rate has surpassed overall trend, population growth rate: Report
4 months, 1 week ago

India’s student suicide rate has surpassed overall trend, population growth rate: Report

The Hindu  

Incidents of student suicides in India have grown at an alarming annual rate, surpassing the population growth rate and overall suicide trends, according to a new report. Based on the National Crime Records Bureau data, the ‘Student suicides: An epidemic sweeping India’ report was released on Wednesday at the Annual IC3 Conference and Expo 2024. The report pointed out that …

India's student suicide rate has surpassed overall trend, population growth rate: Report
4 months, 1 week ago

India's student suicide rate has surpassed overall trend, population growth rate: Report

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Incidents of student suicides in India have grown at an alarming annual rate, surpassing the population growth rate and overall suicide trends, according to a new report. The report pointed out that while the overall suicide numbers increased by 2 per cent annually, student suicides cases surged by 4 per cent, despite a likely "under reporting" of student …

Teaching mental well-being will reduce suicides: experts
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Teaching mental well-being will reduce suicides: experts

The Hindu  

A recent article in the Lancet has once again turned the spotlight on suicide. The aim was to establish effective surveillance mechanisms for suicide within three years and establish psychiatric outpatient departments to provide suicide prevention services through the District Mental Health Programmes in all districts within the next five years. But two years later, nothing has happened,” said Lakshmi …

Gone too soon — the subject of youth suicide in India
9 months ago

Gone too soon — the subject of youth suicide in India

The Hindu  

Suicide is the tragic and untimely loss of human life, all the more devastating and perplexing because it is a conscious volitional act. Suicide in young people is best understood as multidetermined and the result of interaction between biological, psychological, familial, and social cultural factors. A current review of adolescent suicides in India shows that the most commonly reported risk …

Health service worried about suicide among Amsterdam young people; Up 40% in four years
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Health service worried about suicide among Amsterdam young people; Up 40% in four years

NL Times  

Health service GGD is concerned about the increasing number of young people taking their own lives in Amsterdam. In four years, the number of suicides among people under 30 in Amsterdam increased by 40 percent, Parool reports based on figures from Formatus, the GGD’s forensic medicine registration network. “What we can do is focus on prevention in certain risk groups …

What’s killing our students? Understanding the Causes of Student Suicides
1 year, 3 months ago

What’s killing our students? Understanding the Causes of Student Suicides

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 21, 2023 11:00 IST - 13 MINS READ Arjun Gupta, 25, had a troubled adolescence. Adolescents could also have issues relating to sexual identity and orientation.” According to Arjun Kapoor, a research fellow at the Centre for Mental Health Law & Policy, half of India’s suicides are due to mental health issues while “the remaining 50 per …

Rajasthan: Cops, Coaching Centres Blame Parents For Pressuring Kids As Kota Reports 23rd Suicide This Year
1 year, 3 months ago

Rajasthan: Cops, Coaching Centres Blame Parents For Pressuring Kids As Kota Reports 23rd Suicide This Year

ABP News  

A 16-year-old girl from Ranchi, Jharkhand, allegedly hanged herself in her hostel room less than six months after moving to Kota to prepare for the medical entrance exam NEET, news agency PTI reported citing officials. According to official figures, Richa Sinha became the 23rd student who committed suicide in Kota this year, the highest ever for the country's coaching hub. …

Sensitization is paramount to prevent suicides, say doctors
1 year, 4 months ago

Sensitization is paramount to prevent suicides, say doctors

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The World Health Organisation has themed this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day, like for the past two years, ‘Creating hope through action’. The latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau indicates a 7.2 per cent rise in suicide cases in India from 11.3in 2020 to 12 in 2021. As per the report, amongst various factors, family problems were …

Kerala man dies by suicide after attempting to kill 3 daughters
1 year, 4 months ago

Kerala man dies by suicide after attempting to kill 3 daughters

Hindustan Times  

A man died by suicide after allegedly attempting to kill his three minor daughters in the early hours of Monday in Pala town in Kottayam district of Kerala, police said. While the two daughters, aged 13 and 10, respectively, are out of danger, the third daughter is undergoing treatment, the police said “The man, a resident of Chettukulam colony, attacked …

Kota recorded average 3 suicides monthly in 2023; 20 incidents this year: Data
1 year, 4 months ago

Kota recorded average 3 suicides monthly in 2023; 20 incidents this year: Data

Hindustan Times  

Rajasthan’s Kota recorded an average of three suicide incidents monthly in the first eight months of 2023, according to data from the district administration. On July 17, another 17-year-old NEET student allegedly died by suicide in Kota’s Jawahar Nagar within a week of his arrival in the city while another JEE student also took the extreme step on July 8 …

Data | Tamil Nadu ranks highest in suicides among government employees
1 year, 6 months ago

Data | Tamil Nadu ranks highest in suicides among government employees

The Hindu  

While it is known that the State’s suicide rate is among the highest in the country, further analysis of NCRB data from 2017 to 2021 showed that Tamil Nadu witnessed a sharp increase in suicides of government employees in 2020 and 2021. This graph shows the number of suicides of “Professionals/Salaried Persons” in 2021 in the five States that recorded …

Three years into pandemic, Himachal reports 14% decline in suicide cases
1 year, 8 months ago

Three years into pandemic, Himachal reports 14% decline in suicide cases

The Hindu  

The spurt in the number of suicides witnessed in the immediate wake of the COVID pandemic due to job loss, poor health, and uncertainty about the future, has relented a little, declining by 14% from 889 in 2021 to 758 in 2022. As per the data procured from the police department, 709 persons died by suicide in 2019 with the …

Do or Die: Instead of Bullying, Students Must Be Shown World Can Be Their Oyster
1 year, 9 months ago

Do or Die: Instead of Bullying, Students Must Be Shown World Can Be Their Oyster

The Quint  

There have been several suicides over the years. Professor Neerada Reddy's committee in 2007 called these institutes 'concentration camps'. Reports say around 500-700 students have attempted suicide in Vijayawada from 2012-2017. National Crime Records Bureau data show that 333 students committed suicide in 2016 alone. It's high time these institutions start acting like educational institutes instead of money-making factories.

NCRB 2021 report: Dying young and jobless in India
2 years, 3 months ago

NCRB 2021 report: Dying young and jobless in India

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 22, 2022 10:15 IST India has overtaken the United Kingdom to become the fifth largest economy in the world according to the IMF and is poised to be the fastest growing Asian economy next year according to Morgan Stanley. A total of 1,64,033 cases of suicide were reported to the police during 2021, up 7.2 per cent …

Suicidal tendencies among teenagers a major concern, say experts
2 years, 3 months ago

Suicidal tendencies among teenagers a major concern, say experts

The Hindu  

Suicidal tendencies among teenagers have become a major concern for society, according to experts. In the backdrop of this, experts and doctors from the Maharaja Institute of Medical Sciences and police officials have planned to create awareness among the public about the importance of life by organising rallies and awareness programmes on September 10, which has been observed as World …

Suicide rate among males in Andhra Pradesh nearly triple of females
2 years, 4 months ago

Suicide rate among males in Andhra Pradesh nearly triple of females

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupathi: It is often widely believed that women are more vulnerable than men. As per the bureau data, of total 8,067 suicide deaths recorded in Andhra Pradesh during 2021, males numbered 6,046 and females 2,021. Inability to cope with family disputes, chronic illness, bankruptcy and indebtedness, love affairs and marriage-related issues are the major reasons for suicides every year. Significantly, …

India records highest-ever deaths due to suicides in 2021
2 years, 4 months ago

India records highest-ever deaths due to suicides in 2021

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: India recorded over 1.64 lakh deaths due to suicides in 2021, an average of nearly 450 daily or 18 every hour, with the figures reaching highest for any calendar year so far, according to official data. Of those who died by suicide, there were nearly 1.19 lakh males, 45,026 females and 28 transgenders, data from the National Crime …

Two more Tamil Nadu students die by suicide, five in fortnight
2 years, 5 months ago

Two more Tamil Nadu students die by suicide, five in fortnight

Hindustan Times  

Five cases of death by suicide involving students have been reported in Tamil Nadu in the past two weeks, including two in the past 24 hours, police said on Wednesday. Students of Government Arts College, Nandanam raise slogans during a protest over the recent death of Class 12th student Srimathi in the Kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu, in Chennai on …

Suicide rate up in 2020, Maharashtra tops the list with near 20,000 cases
3 years, 2 months ago

Suicide rate up in 2020, Maharashtra tops the list with near 20,000 cases

India TV News  

India recorded 153,052 suicides- an average of 418 daily- in 2020, according to the latest central government data. Majority of suicides, 19,909 in total, were reported in Maharashtra followed by 16,883 in Tamil Nadu, 14,578 in Madhya Pradesh, 13,103 in West Bengal, and 12,259 in Karnataka accounting for 13 per cent, 11 per cent, 9.5 per cent, 8.6 per cent …

Lack of mental health awareness in family units led to death of 324 children in 2020 in Kerala: Govt. committee
3 years, 3 months ago

Lack of mental health awareness in family units led to death of 324 children in 2020 in Kerala: Govt. committee

The Hindu  

A government committee has expressed shock at the death of 66 children by suicide in the State during the COVID-19 lockdown between March 25 and July 10, last year, and has called the situation alarming as these happened at home under parental or family care. As per State Crime Records Bureau statistics, 53 children died by suicide between January and …

Why are young women killing themselves in Kerala?
3 years, 6 months ago

Why are young women killing themselves in Kerala?

India Today  

Three young women committed suicide within 48 hours on June 21-22, leaving behind notes saying 'dowry harassment' forced them to take the extreme step. The series of suicides by young housewives has exposed the dark side of Kerala society, one which treats women as second-class citizens while making the right noises in public about women’s liberation and empowerment. “A change …

Tiff with Siblings, Parents' Scolding: Why 158 Children in Kerala Died by Suicide in 6 Months
4 years, 2 months ago

Tiff with Siblings, Parents' Scolding: Why 158 Children in Kerala Died by Suicide in 6 Months

News 18  

What would you expect from a 13-year-old girl when her elder brother grabs her mobile phone after she did not activate the hotspot as asked by him? But there are connected issues- two children from Malappuram district committed suicide due to lack of gadgets for online education, one child because she was forbidden by parents from playing outside fearing Covid-19,” …

Suicide In India: 381 Suicides Reported Daily in 2019 on Average
4 years, 4 months ago

Suicide In India: 381 Suicides Reported Daily in 2019 on Average

The Quint  

A majority of the suicides were reported in Maharashtra, followed by Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka accounting for 13.6 percent, 9.7 percent, 9.1 percent, 9.0 per cent and 8.1 percent of total suicides, respectively. These five states together accounted for 49.5 percent of the total suicides reported in the country. Drug abuse, marriage related issues, love affairs, …

More than 90,000 young adults died by suicide in 2019 in India: NCRB report
4 years, 4 months ago

More than 90,000 young adults died by suicide in 2019 in India: NCRB report

India Today  

More than 1.39 lakh Indians died by suicide in the year 2019, 67 per cent of which were young adults, shows the latest data released by National Crimes Record Bureau. A detailed age-wise breakup of causes of suicides as provided by the NCRB report reveals that family issues, love affairs, drug abuse, mental illness appear as the top cause of …

Average 381 Suicides Daily in India in 2019; 50% Cases from Just 5 States: NCRB Data
4 years, 4 months ago

Average 381 Suicides Daily in India in 2019; 50% Cases from Just 5 States: NCRB Data

News 18  

India reported an average 381 deaths by suicide daily in 2019, totalling 1,39,123 fatalities over the year, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau data. A 3.4 per cent increase was observed in suicides during 2019 as compared to 2018 and 2017, the data showed. Family problems were behind 32.4 per cent of suicides, marriage-related problems and illness together …

Youth care centres under fire for number of suicides
4 years, 10 months ago

Youth care centres under fire for number of suicides

Dutch News  

Youth care centres are not doing enough to prevent suicide among teenagers and are insufficiently aware of the signs, the youth health inspectorate has told the Volkskrant. Frequent staff changes and transfers of youngsters from one centre to another means a comprehensive insight into the teens’ lives is lacking, the inspectorate said. In addition,centres are often specialised in one problem …

Youth care centres under fire for number of suicides
4 years, 10 months ago

Youth care centres under fire for number of suicides

Dutch News  

Youth care centres are not doing enough to prevent suicide among teenagers and are insufficiently aware of the signs, the youth health inspectorate has told the Volkskrant. Frequent staff changes and transfers of youngsters from one centre to another means a comprehensive insight into the teens’ lives is lacking, the inspectorate said. In addition,centres are often specialised in one problem …

Problems with care often played a role in teen suicide in 2017
4 years, 11 months ago

Problems with care often played a role in teen suicide in 2017

NL Times  

Problems with health care relatively often played a role in the suicide of young people between the ages of 10 and 20 years in 2017, according to a study performed on behalf of the Ministry of Public Health. Young people who took their own lives in that year also often struggled with bullying or having high expectations of themselves, the …

Teacher cannot be blamed for student's suicide: HC
5 years, 6 months ago

Teacher cannot be blamed for student's suicide: HC

India Today  

The Madras High Court Friday ruled that teachers cannot be held responsible for the suicide of students pulled up by them for committing mistakes. Justice RMT Teeka Raaman gave the ruling while dismissing an appeal by police against a sessions court's December 8, 2005 order acquitting three teachers of a government school in Kanyakumari district who were charged with abetting …

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