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These two categories are now heading the list, having outnumbered the suicide figures of those working in the farming sector. Unemployed persons (12,936) were slightly behind those self-employed (13,149) who took their own lives, with the number of farmers taking lives being 10,349. It is now clear that, even while we need to address agrarian distress on a war footing, the challenges posed by unemployment and underemployment have become equally grim.

Creating meaningful livelihood for all the greatest challenge

India has witnessed a relatively high aggregate economic growth, but also abounds in persistent and endemic deprivation...

6 Feb 2020 2:28 AM IST

Indian jails remained overcrowded and under-staffed in 2019, says NCRB data. (AFP Photo)

Indian jails are massively overcrowded and understaffed, reveals NCRB...

According to the data, the sanctioned strength of jail staff was 87,599, while the actual strength was 60,787 by the end...

30 Aug 2020 2:59 PM IST

The 30-year-old went missing in May, according to media reports, and a crime of passion was suspected as she had been pregnant and married to another man at the time. (Photo: File/Representational)

Govt plans registry of crimes against women

The NCRB functions under the administrative control of the ministry of home affairs. In 2015, as many as 34,651 cases of...

22 May 2018 2:26 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

We don't need judgments that blunt laws

The Indian law already has safeguards against the risk of false cases.

25 March 2018 12:13 AM IST

Congress factions join hands against Centre, AAP government

The DPCC president also said that the government was claiming that 84 per cent households were getting power subsidy.

30 March 2018 7:12 AM IST

Shailza Dwivedi, wife of Major Amit Dwivedi, was found at the Delhi cantonment area on Saturday with her throat slit and signs of being run over. (Facebook Screengrab | Shailza, Mrs India EARTH MoSt Creative)

Can't take no for answer: Experts on stalking after Army Major wife...

Stalking leads to more gruesome crimes when individual is unable to 'recognise boundary', says psychiatrist Nimesh...

27 Jun 2018 9:08 AM IST

Many times, students commit suicide after failing in an exam due to the fear of how their parents will react.

End negativity, not life

Suicide prevention needs to be taken seriously in a country where more than one lakh people kill themselves every year.

28 Sept 2018 5:42 AM IST

Police torture isnt the only cause of unlawful custodial death. NCRB statistics show 1,584 deaths in prison in 2015, pointing to a death every six hours. (Representational image)

Getting away with torture in India

Despite strict laws, ill-treatment of prisoners continue unabated in prisons.

20 Aug 2017 2:49 AM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: File)

Ruling on section 498A has been guided by NCRB data

According to NCRB data, conviction rate under section 498 A is among the lowest of all IPC crimes.

6 Aug 2017 1:42 AM IST

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Most missing kids traced in West Bengal: Government

Ahir said out of the missing children, 4,875 were female (70 per cent) and among the kidnapped children, 1,424 were...

3 Aug 2017 6:20 AM IST

Supreme Court of India. (Photo: PTI)

Provide relief to farmers in distress

Quite brazenly this government has trotted out the argument that it has brought the crop insurance scheme.

29 Jan 2017 4:10 AM IST

A file picture of Nirbhayas parents Badri Singh and Asha Devi. (Photo: PTI)

Nirbhaya' platform to give legal aid to female victims

NyayaJyoti foundation launched in collaboration with legal firm.

17 May 2017 3:00 AM IST