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The tragic death of Dr Soundarya Neeraj, which police said may be linked to postpartum depression (PPD), has renewed focus on a condition that is said to affect as much as 22% of new mothers in the country. Soundarya, former chief minister B S Yediyurappa's granddaughter, was found hanging in her house in Bengaluru on Friday.
For nearly a decade now, researchers have been watching India’s C-Section rate nearly double from 8.5% to 17.2% in the span of 10 years. A pioneering study has now determined that this could be due to pesticides.