World Mental Health Day 2023: The global burden of mental health disorders Ahead of World Mental Health Day, on October 10, know the data: pre-pandemic, in 2019, an estimated 970 million people in the world were living with a mental disorder; worldwide, 1 in 8 individual lives with a mental health condition,...
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KOLKATA: Trouble broke out between a group of residents and office bearers of a New Town complex over payment of maintenance, leading to a fight between a resident and a group of security guards. Both parties have filed separate police complaints.On Thursday, Praveen Kumar, a tenant at Uniworld City complained that he and his wife were assaulted by a group of security guards. The latter were demanding...
CHENNAI: It was around 6 am on Saturday that a siren blared across Tel Aviv, a few seconds before the missile attacks by Hamas. Manoj Shanmugasundaram, pursuing PhD in a University in Tel Aviv and his friends rushed to the bomb shelter in the dormitory and have been there since then."I could hear gunshots and explosions initially. I have been in the shelter since yesterday morning. I have not stepped...
NEW DELHI: The city's air quality improved from 'poor' on Saturday to 'moderate' on Sunday. However, experts attributed it to implementation of Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) and hence, measures under stage I will remain in force.Central Pollution Control Board's data shows that Air Quality Index was 164 on Sunday, against Saturday's 214. "The air quality improved after implementation of stage I...
SILIGURI: Hope of finding survivors among the 142 people reported missing since Wednesday's monster flash flood in north Sikkim fast faded as nine more bodies washed ashore downstream of the Teesta on Sunday, taking the casualty count to 82.Officials said 49 of the confirmed victims of the flood that cut a swathe through the Teesta basin were found in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar districts of Bengal and a...
THANE: Investigators booked four persons linked to the hacking of the software of a payment gateway company and siphoning of Rs 25 crore. Officials have found that the accused set up a fake firm using forged documents to transfer money. The police said that two persons were already arrested in the crime and both are from Gujarat. In the offence registered, the investigation revealed that from the Rs 25...
IMPHAL: A grenade hurled from a motorbike towards Manipur minister Yumnam Khemchand's house in Imphal West late Saturday exploded after hitting an electricity pole near the main gate, injuring a young woman from the BJP politician's extended family and a CRPF sentry.Dinesh Chandra Das (57) of the CRPF's F30 Battalion suffered a splinter wound to his right hand, while Purnilesha Yumnam (25), the...
NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said appearing for Class X and XII board exams twice a year won't be mandatory as the system is being introduced in a bid to reduce stress on students caused by the fear of getting just one opportunity.In an interview to PTI, Pradhan also said the issue of 'dummy schools' cannot be ignored and the time has come to have a serious discussion about...
TRICHY: A power shutdown has been announced by Tangedco in several parts of Trichy city and suburbs on October 10 (Tuesday) due to maintenance works planned at Kambarasanpettai, Thuvakudi, and Main guard gate substations. City and suburban areas including Thuvakudi, Bhel factory, Anna arch, Nehru Nagar, Devarayaneri, Thuvakudi Sidco, Government Polytechnic, Woraiyur, Salai road, Nawab Thottam, Takkar...
NEW DELHI: In southwest Delhi's Munirka, the bodies of a woman and her two children were found on Sunday, all bearing wrist injuries from a sharp weapon, according to authorities.The deceased individuals have been identified as Varsha Sharma and her two children, aged four and two-and-a-half years.Initial suspicions point to a tragic sequence of events where the woman may have taken the lives of her...
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