Every year, India loses more than one lakh lives to suicide, accounting for nearly a third of the world’s female suicides and almost a fourth of male suicides. These realities pose questions the nation can no longer afford to ignore.
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Ainnie Arif is a journalist covering diplomacy and international affairs with a South Asian lens. She focuses on how global events intersect with regional politics and local impact.
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While we are still grappling with making mental healthcare accessible and affordable to all, especially the disadvantaged society, many people are seeking help on social media and ChatGPT
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Classified as ‘partners’ rather than employees, many gig workers in India remain outside formal labour protections, with no enforceable safeguards against overwork or insecurity.
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Six Dead, 12 Injured After Roof Collapse At Dargah Patte Shah Inside Humayun’s Tomb Complex In Delhi
Officials say the ASI-protected site’s walls were already in a weak state; rain drove worshippers into the rooms moments before the collapse.
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Demonstrators question the order’s cost and efficiency, alleging that the MCD and local administration lack the infrastructure, manpower and planning needed to humanely manage the stray dog population.
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Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged industrial-scale electoral fraud in Karnataka, claiming over 1 lakh fake voters, invalid addresses, duplicate entries and misuse of form 6.
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In a single flash, Hiroshima was reduced to ashes—its people vaporized, its cityscape erased, and its future scarred by the shadows of nuclear fire. Eight decades later, it stands as a stark lesson from history, urging the world not to repeat its gravest mistake amid rising nuclear tensions.
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Bezwada Wilson speaks to Outlook about manual scavenging system and how it has become a new form of casteism and modern untouchability.
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The narrow legal definition of ‘manual scavenging’ is rarely satisfied. Hence, fatalities during hazardous cleaning get classified as sewer deaths, not manual scavenging deaths.
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In a place they have lived and worked for years, can a single order upend their entire livelihood—raising doubts about their identity and the language they speak, inviting scrutiny, and fuelling a growing sense of uncertainty in the only home they have known for decades?
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