Tag: Suicides

While 3,884 suicides were reported in different police stations of Odisha in 2016, they increased to 4,151 in 2017 and 4,447 in 2018. Their number went up to 4,636 in 2019.

Bhubaneswar: Commissionerate Police on Friday came up with an advisory for parents to prevent their children from falling prey to the online ‘Blue Whale’ challenge, which is allegedly leading to suicides among youngsters. As per the guidelines, the cops have advised parents to use ‘parental control’ software to keep an eye on the online activities […]

Toronto: Journalists should take extra care while reporting suicides as providing details such as methods of suicides on the headlines can influence vulnerable people to take the extreme step, warns a study. “It is important for reporters and media outlets to understand that how they report on suicide can have a real impact across the […]

New Delhi: To draw the attention of thousands of Delhiites towards farmers’ suicides, Jai Kisan Andolan of Swaraj India displayed farmers’ dummies hanging from various flyovers in Delhi and Noida on Thursday. With a message, “Three lakh farmers committed suicide in India, Let’s stop this now”, Jai Kisan Andolan is trying to solicit people’s support […]