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Sometimes people need to be heard, not advised

We often judge people from brief encounters, forgetting that every person carries experiences that can change how we see them. Everyone has...

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International

Pakistan’s Punjab assembly seeks social media ban for children under 16

Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly has passed a resolution calling for an effective legal ban on social media accounts for children under 16 amid...

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Opinion

The things we watch and ignore in Kashmir

I wish I were talking about a wristwatch, but unfortunately, I am not. In Kashmir, whether you step outside or stay behind...

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International

Donkeys lead the way to recovery at French psychiatric hospital

A psychiatric hospital near Paris is helping people with mental health conditions through a unique animal therapy programme centred on donkeys, the...

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Jammu & Kashmir

After SC directions, JK Govt forms dist panels to oversee student mental health, suicide prevention

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has constituted district-level monitoring committees in all districts of the Union Territory to ensure implementation, conduct...

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Jammu & Kashmir

Nearly 30% of all suicide attempts in India took place in Jammu and Kashmir

125% increase in suicide attempts in 2021 Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir had the highest number of reported cases of attempted suicide in...

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Jammu & Kashmir

Mental health authority to come up in JK: Admin

All professionals, establishments to be registered with it; MD NHM to be Chief Executive Srinagar: The administration of Jammu and Kashmir has...

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International

New Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab a ‘momentous’ breakthrough: Research

The first drug to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer’s has been hailed by the experts and termed it momentous,...

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Jammu & Kashmir

Training programme on children’s mental health held in Pulwama

Pulwama: A capacity-building training programme on ‘the identification of mental health/psycho-social issues among children and adolescents was conducted at Govt Government Degree...