As suicide attempts report on a daily basis, mental health experts assert that families and society must take individual warning signals seriously. The pandemic, politics and protracted freeze of routine life, coupled with economic hardships have added a new load to the mental morbidity and some of the people are unable to manage it, reports
Minhaj Masoodi
Army soldiers carry out a rescue operation for a 16-year-old girl, who committed suicide by jumping into river Jhelum, in Srinagar, Saturday, May 8, 2021. KL Image: Bilal Bahadur
A Block Development Council (BDC) member affiliated with Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party recently attempted suicide for being kept locked in a hotel for the last year. Under the garb of personal security, he alleged he was not allowed to move out or meet his family. For a failed bid to end his life, a case was registered against him. People have dubbed it the first suicide attempt on
Jammu
Jammu-and-kashmir
India
Anantnag
Udhampur
Kashmir
Ganderbal
Shalteng
Magam
Ramban
Baramulla
Kupwara
31 May 2021
A Kashmiri doctor in a protective suit takes a nasal swab sample of a nomad to test for COVID-19 in Kashmirâs Budgam, on 18 May 2021. The current spike in cases in Kashmir is, at least in part, because the administration encouraged an influx of tourists in an attempt to portray Kashmir as having returned to normalcy. Dar Yasin / AP Photo
A Kashmiri doctor in a protective suit takes a nasal swab sample of a nomad to test for COVID-19 in Kashmirâs Budgam, on 18 May 2021. The current spike in cases in Kashmir is, at least in part, because the administration encouraged an influx of tourists in an attempt to portray Kashmir as having returned to normalcy.
Jammu
Jammu-and-kashmir
India
Qazi-idrees
Qazi-aftaab
Shafa-deva
Kashmir
Covid-19
Coronovirus
Srinagar
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