NOTE – This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. Artificial intelligence chatbot makers OpenAI and Meta say they are adjusting how their chatbots respond to teenagers asking questions about suicide or showing … Read more
Motorists make their way through an air-polluted street during the festival of lights Deepavali by lighting fire crackers in Hyderabad on Thursday night (October 31, 2024). | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal “The Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services received a total of 33 fire-cracker-related distress calls on Deepavali, including three major ones,” said the … Read more
All India Krishak Sabha (AIKS), the peasant wing of the Communist Party of India ( Marxist) on Tuesday held a rally in Kolkata and blamed the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal and the BJP government at the Centre for agrarian distress. The AIKS leaders also raised concern over alleged ‘agrarian suicides’ in the State. … Read more
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh in New Delhi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma One of the basic objectives of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) was to minimise distress migration but excessive reliance on technology was reversing the trend, Congress general secretary and former Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said. He … Read more
Staff attend calls at the tele-mental healthcare service centre on the premises of Siddhartha Medical College in Vijayawada. | Photo Credit: GIRI K.V.S. Mental health issues among people are on the rise of late and access to mental healthcare is still a distant dream for many, particularly those in rural areas. To make mental healthcare … Read more