One-third of all 2022 suicides were of daily wage earners and farmers Context According to the National Crime Record Bureau’s (NCRB) Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) 2022 report, India reported over 1.7 lakh suicides in 2022, roughly one-third of whom were daily wage […]
Army holds study to address suicides, fratricides in force Context In August 2023, the Army launched a study in collaboration with the Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR) to assess the mental health of troops and their families as part of measures to address stress […]
Government-run Tele MANAS handles 2 lakh distress calls Context The main mental health issues that led Indians to contact the government-run national tele-mental health program, Tele MANAS, the digital extension of the District Mental Health Programme inaugurated in October 2022, were general feelings of depression, […]
Captive-bred vultures take wing in forest expanses Context: At the Jatayu Conservation Breeding Center in Pinjore, Haryana, eight highly endangered oriental white-backed captive-bred vultures were released into the wild for the first time in India in 2020. About oriental white-backed vultures South and Southeast Asia […]