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Death Becomes A Growing Business In Ageing, Lonely South Korea
South Korea has the highest suicide rate among developed nations, and these "lonely deaths" include those who died alone by their own hand.
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Over 30% Decline In Suicide Death Rates In India From 1990 To 2021: Report
India has seen a more than 30 per cent reduction in the suicide death rate in India from 1990 to 2021, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health on Thursday, marking a significant progress in health strategies.
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Japan To Prosecute Dead Teen Whose Suicide Attempt Killed A Woman, Move Sparks Debate
Many argued that pursuing charges against the dead teenager is unnecessary and a misallocation of resources, as it serves no practical purpose.
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Kagney Linn Karter: All About Adult Film Star Who Died By Suicide
The adult star wanted to be "in mainstream acting and have a singing career".
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This State Recorded Highest Rate Of Accidental Deaths In 2022
Chhattisgarh recorded the highest rate of accidental deaths at 56.4 and was placed third in rate of suicides among states in the country in 2022, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data.
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Opinion: Fortifying Minds, Not Rooms - Addressing Kota Student Suicides
Rajasthan's Kota - a sleepy town with a high success rate in coaching students to qualify for IITs and medical colleges. Over the past few years, that record has been clobbered by students' deaths by suicide. There have been 27 just this year.
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UK Plans To Restrict Paracetamol Sale To Reduce Suicides: Report
Ministers in the UK have pledged to reduce suicide rates in England within two and a half years.
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Suicide Rate 2.6 Times Higher Among Indian Men Compared To Women: Study
Cases of death by suicide among Indian men have grown over one-third in the past seven years, claimed a report by The Lancet Regional Health.
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South Koreans Lie Inside Closed Coffins For 10 Minutes To Simulate Death
A South Korean service is offering free funerals - but only to the living.
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Burdened By Debt, Indian-Origin Student Killed Himself In UK, Finds Probe
An Indian-origin student who had racked up debts with interest rates of up to 1,200 per cent hanged himself in his flat in the city of Leeds in northern England, an inquest into his death was told.
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Guns Are Now Killing As Many People As Cars In The US
For the first time in more than 60 years, firearms and automobiles are killing Americans at an identical rate, according to new mortality data released this month by the CDC. In 2014, the age-adjusted death rate for both firearms (including homicides, suicides and accidental deaths) and motor vehicle events (car crashes, collisions between cars and...
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Deaths Among US Whites Rise From Drugs, Alcohol, Suicide
Middle-aged white Americans are dying at increasing rates from drug and alcohol use and suicide, in what researchers described Monday as a "epidemic" that raises concern for the future.
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After Another Farmer Suicide in Karnataka, a House of Darkness for This Family
Karnataka has not traditionally been seen as a state with a large number of farmer suicides. But this year has been unusual, and the month of July saw 188 deaths in the state. Many were in debt as sugar factories stopped payments, fall in prices and exorbitant interest rates by moneylenders have forced farmers to take the extreme step.
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Karnataka Farmer Suicides: Opposition to Move No Confidence Motion Against Government
With 107 farmer suicide deaths reported in Karnataka this year, the state government has come under fire from the opposition. Most of the deaths have been reported from the fertile sugarcane belts of South Karnataka due to low prices of their crop.
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13 Suicides in 3 Weeks: A Bitter Reality for Karnataka's Sugarcane Farmers
Death of farmers due to financial stress is being reported from the sugarcane growing areas of Karnataka. Pending dues in factories and low sugar prices this year have added to problems. At least 13 farmers have reportedly committed suicide in the last three weeks in Mandya region.
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Death Becomes A Growing Business In Ageing, Lonely South Korea
South Korea has the highest suicide rate among developed nations, and these "lonely deaths" include those who died alone by their own hand.
-
Over 30% Decline In Suicide Death Rates In India From 1990 To 2021: Report
India has seen a more than 30 per cent reduction in the suicide death rate in India from 1990 to 2021, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health on Thursday, marking a significant progress in health strategies.
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Japan To Prosecute Dead Teen Whose Suicide Attempt Killed A Woman, Move Sparks Debate
Many argued that pursuing charges against the dead teenager is unnecessary and a misallocation of resources, as it serves no practical purpose.
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Kagney Linn Karter: All About Adult Film Star Who Died By Suicide
The adult star wanted to be "in mainstream acting and have a singing career".
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This State Recorded Highest Rate Of Accidental Deaths In 2022
Chhattisgarh recorded the highest rate of accidental deaths at 56.4 and was placed third in rate of suicides among states in the country in 2022, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data.
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Opinion: Fortifying Minds, Not Rooms - Addressing Kota Student Suicides
Rajasthan's Kota - a sleepy town with a high success rate in coaching students to qualify for IITs and medical colleges. Over the past few years, that record has been clobbered by students' deaths by suicide. There have been 27 just this year.
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UK Plans To Restrict Paracetamol Sale To Reduce Suicides: Report
Ministers in the UK have pledged to reduce suicide rates in England within two and a half years.
-
Suicide Rate 2.6 Times Higher Among Indian Men Compared To Women: Study
Cases of death by suicide among Indian men have grown over one-third in the past seven years, claimed a report by The Lancet Regional Health.
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South Koreans Lie Inside Closed Coffins For 10 Minutes To Simulate Death
A South Korean service is offering free funerals - but only to the living.
-
Burdened By Debt, Indian-Origin Student Killed Himself In UK, Finds Probe
An Indian-origin student who had racked up debts with interest rates of up to 1,200 per cent hanged himself in his flat in the city of Leeds in northern England, an inquest into his death was told.
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Guns Are Now Killing As Many People As Cars In The US
For the first time in more than 60 years, firearms and automobiles are killing Americans at an identical rate, according to new mortality data released this month by the CDC. In 2014, the age-adjusted death rate for both firearms (including homicides, suicides and accidental deaths) and motor vehicle events (car crashes, collisions between cars and...
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Deaths Among US Whites Rise From Drugs, Alcohol, Suicide
Middle-aged white Americans are dying at increasing rates from drug and alcohol use and suicide, in what researchers described Monday as a "epidemic" that raises concern for the future.
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After Another Farmer Suicide in Karnataka, a House of Darkness for This Family
Karnataka has not traditionally been seen as a state with a large number of farmer suicides. But this year has been unusual, and the month of July saw 188 deaths in the state. Many were in debt as sugar factories stopped payments, fall in prices and exorbitant interest rates by moneylenders have forced farmers to take the extreme step.
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Karnataka Farmer Suicides: Opposition to Move No Confidence Motion Against Government
With 107 farmer suicide deaths reported in Karnataka this year, the state government has come under fire from the opposition. Most of the deaths have been reported from the fertile sugarcane belts of South Karnataka due to low prices of their crop.
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13 Suicides in 3 Weeks: A Bitter Reality for Karnataka's Sugarcane Farmers
Death of farmers due to financial stress is being reported from the sugarcane growing areas of Karnataka. Pending dues in factories and low sugar prices this year have added to problems. At least 13 farmers have reportedly committed suicide in the last three weeks in Mandya region.
