farmer suicides
World Suicide Prevention Day 2020: India making a parody of suicide prevention
September 10, 2020
On World Suicide Prevention Day, observed annually on September 10, India holds an unprecedented record of suicide attempts and suicide deaths owing to the pandemic, economic crisis, lockdown stress and lack of suicide preventive measures. The insensitivity of media and unperturb...
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Climate change caused 60,000 farmer suicides in India – Report
August 2, 2017
The dark sides of climate change are attributed to nearly 60,000 Indian farmer suicides in India as per a recent research that noted the vulnerable sides of the rising temperature in the developing nations.
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Yogi Adityanath waives off farm loans of INR 360 bn
July 12, 2017
While India's farmer suicide stories don't make headlines too often, the Chief Minister of Indian State of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath's first budget has already grabbed eyeballs of the country and beyond. Keeping his electoral promises in mind, the UP CM announced a farm loan...
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Freedom from Hunger – a luxury in India?
October 19, 2016
India is ironically home to 200 million food-insecure people. According to the Global Hunger Index, India ranks 97 out of 118 countries.
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Indian tobacco farmers wary of ensuing diktat
October 14, 2016
With the Supreme Court’s determined ban on all forms of chewable tobacco and nicotine, the Government is reportedly in the process of formulating tobacco control policies, as the country gears up to host its first World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Contro...
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