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The Hindu explains deaths in prisons, the distinction between ‘natural’ and ‘unnatural’ deaths and why courts and experts think this classification is vague.

Suicide can be contagious. How do we talk about it responsibly?

ChennaiNadigar Sangam & Tamil Film Producers Council express concern over media coverage of actor Marimuthu's daughter's death. Nasser calls for self-regulation & respect for grieving family. Producers Council to hold talks with PRO union & create guidelines to eliminate fake news. (104, 14416, 044-24640050 for suicide prevention).

Maya Kowalski’s family allege her mother Beata was driven to suicide after being accused of Munchausen-by-proxy by Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital doctors

Social media challenges are wide-ranging – both in the stunts they involve and the reasons why people do them.

New laws come after weeks of protests sparked by a series of teacher suicides said to be linked to malicious complaints from parents

Hiram police chief says female was victim of male assailant and both were ‘younger people’

‘It scared me that I could not want to be here because I was in so much pain,’ actress says

Union Ministry of Railways revises ex-gratia relief for death/injury up to 10x. In case of death, ₹5 lakh for train accidents/manned level crossings; ₹2.5 lakh for grievous injury; ₹50,000 for simple injury; ₹1.5 lakh for untoward incidents. For hospitalisation, ₹3,000/day for train accident, ₹1,500/day for untoward incident; ₹750/day for further…

Kevin McCarthy can't control his own caucus, let alone Congress. His next move is likely political suicide

“Was she a school leader?” a reporter asks, thrusting a mic at a woman who is rushing out of a funeral. She pleads with the reporter not to ask such questions, saying they are already heartbroken about the death.