No study yet on suicides tied to pandemic, government informs Lok Sabha
The Hindu
Centre lists steps taken to give psychosocial support to those hit by COVID-19.
The Central government has taken several initiatives to provide psychosocial support to people, given that may have an impact on their mental health, according to a Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) written reply in the Lok Sabha. The Ministry said no study to assess the impact of the pandemic on suicides had been conducted, but the government had taken a series of measures.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.