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India's Suicide Cases See A 23% Surge in Five Years

The share of suicides was highest among daily wage earners, followed by housewives, unemployed and students. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff Haryana Additional Director General of Police Y......

SC allows entry of pregnant woman, child into India from Bangladesh

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed on "humanitarian grounds" the entry of a pregnant woman and her eight-year-old child into India, months after they were pushed into Bangladesh. IMAGE: Kindly......

Commuter tales from locked up Delhi: 'I stand to lose my daily wages'

To visit her gynaecologist in Delhi, over eight-month pregnant Madhu Kumari on Wednesday trudged wearily on foot trying to bypass the Singhu border made impregnable by the police using......

Karur CBI probe order: 2 families deny filing plea in SC

Two families, among those affected by the Karur stampede incident, have claimed that they were misled into filing writs in the Supreme Court seeking a probe by the CBI into the tragic incident that......

Daily wage workers battle for survival in COVID-19 days

India has been put in lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. People have been told to stay indoors, but for many daily-wage earners this is not an option. IMAGE: A rickshaw......

Why Are Bankers Committing Suicide?

In the past 10 years, over 500 PSB officers have died by suicide.When targets are overwhelming, senior management and customers are both impatient, and there is constant fear.Not every banker has......

A daily wage labourer who turned multimillionaire

The 39-year-old, the fifth child of an illiterate labourer couple and only the second of their eight to be educated, now helms various ventures that bring in a turnover of between Rs 75 crore and......

Almost 92% casual workers didn't get wages during lockdown: Survey

A Covid widow, who lost her job due to the pandemic, saw her five children being admitted to a hospital in Aligarh on June 15 for apparently going without food for days, according to PTI. IMAGE:......

Railway unions seek limit on fare subsidy

Expressing concern at the deterioration in railway finances, the two major unions of rail employees have asked the government to limit subsidy on fares to certain classes and to raise fares on the......

Fund houses target the bottom of the pyramid

Savita Devi, a daily wage earner in Gujarat, is saving for her future through a mutual fund. And she has company. Around 150,000 small investors are putting Rs 50-200 per month in UTI Asset......

How Preity Zinta is coping with the lockdown

Photograph: Kind courtesy Preity Zinta/Instagram Never one to complain about her circumstances, Preity Zinta is making the best of her prolonged isolation in Los Angeles. "My husband (Gene......

Why Nivin Pauly Is Full Of Rage In Thuramukham

'The audience's ability to connect with the character is what truly matters.''For example, in my previous film Kanakam Kamini Kalaham, I played a husband with deep-seated feelings of......

Prabhas contributes Rs 4 crore to fight coronavirus

With coronavirus taking on an epic scale, several score Indians are reeling under its impact. Stars from the south Indian movie industry have stepped up to do what they can to help out. Allu......

How much is Kareena contributing to fight COVID-19?

With India all geared up to fight the coronavirus pandemic, film folk have come forward to help out and contribute to the PM-CARES relief fund. Here's a quick look at the stars who came forward to......

Covid doesn't stop superstars from shooting!

Shooting is underway for Amitabh Bachchan's Goodbye, Shah Rukh Khan's Pathan, Salman Khan's Tiger 3 and Prabhas and Saif Ali Khan's Adipurush among other films. IMAGE: Akshay Kumar has been......

SEE: India footballer Subhashish providing meals for daily wage labourers

'The rickshaw pullers who have so many times offered me free rides to-and-fro to local matches, that local vendor and shopkeeper who had gifted me so many free packets of food after heart-warming......

Tendulkar provides financial support to 4,000 underprivileged people

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar made the donation to the Hi5 Foundation, a non-profit organisation based out of Mumbai. Photograph: Sachin Tendulkar/Instagram Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has......

Tendulkar motivates tribal footballers for UNICEF

IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar plays a game of friendly football with children for UNICEF at Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium. Photograph: UNICEF One has experienced extreme poverty while the other needs the......

How Uma Chetry broke barriers to become Assam's first national cricketer

Uma Chetry becomes first cricketer from Assam to make it to India senior team Raised by a mother who pushed her to break barriers, 20-year-old Uma Chetry of Assam's Golaghat district has scripted......

Lockdown Heroes: Nadeem, Jackson help the needy

IMAGE: Shahbaz Nadeem, right, with his brothers-in-law Nadeem Akhtar and Tasleem Arif prepare food packets to distribute to the needy in Dhanbad. Organisations and individuals have provided......