Suicide rate among employed higher than jobless: NCRB report

Last Updated: Thursday, June 27, 2013, 00:13

As per NCRB report, jobless men and women are less likely to commit suicide than their salaried and self-employed counterparts.

Suicide rate comes down in Kerala

Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 14:24

Efforts to bring down suicides in Kerala seem to be paying off as the suicide rate in the state came down from 30 percent in 2001 to 25.25 percent in 2010, Social Welfare Minister MK Muneer said.

A US war veteran dies by suicide every 80 mins

Last Updated: Thursday, November 3, 2011, 14:25

A study said military suicides have gone up since the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Highest suicide rates occur in happiest places

Last Updated: Friday, April 22, 2011, 17:09

A new study has suggested that happiest places tend to have the highest suicide rates.

Suicide rate in Pak soars high: World Bank rpt

Last Updated: Sunday, April 3, 2011, 18:13

A World Bank report pegs the no. of suicides in Pak at 7,000 in 2008.

Record-breaking suicides in US Army

Last Updated: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 16:02

Suicides in the US Army this year have topped last year`s record-breaking numbers, with the military particularly troubled by new statistics showing a surge in suicide rates among young soldiers, officials have said.