Is India Winning the War Against Rising Non-Communicable Diseases? The latest health statistics paint a concerning picture: diabetes, heart disease, and cancer rates are climbing, impacting millions across the country. From rural healthcare access to the burgeoning urban health crisis, challenges remain significant. This week, we delve into the crucial initiatives underway – government policies, technological advancements in telemedicine, and the rising role of preventative healthcare – that aim to address this national health emergency. Experts weigh in on the effectiveness of current strategies and the critical need for increased public awareness campaigns targeting lifestyle diseases. Are these efforts enough? Explore Abtak.com's in-depth coverage on healthcare in India and discover the vital information you need to protect your well-being and the future of public health. Stay informed; stay healthy.
Bengaluru: A 29-year-old woman died by suicide minutes after her 11-month-old child accidentally drowned in a bucket of water at their home in Bengaluru. The woman, identified as Pratibha, was a software professional, and her child, Agastya, was reportedly crawling around the house when the accident occurred. The incident, as per a report by NDTV, took place on Wednesday (April 1) while Pratibha was home alone with the child, her husband Mahantesh being at work. At one point, Pratibha went to the terrace to collect dry clothes. During this brief period, Agastya is believed to have crawled into the washing area and accidentally fallen into a water-filled bucket. When Pratibha returned, she found her child dead.
BALASORE: In a heart-wrenching incident, a man was forced to carry his 17-year-old daughter's body on a trolley rickshaw for around 7 km to a community health centre in Balasore's Baliapal for postmortem after reportedly failing to afford an ambulance. Asha Bindhani, a minor girl suffering from mental illness, reportedly died by suicide on Thursday afternoon in Deula village under Baliapal police limits. After spotting her, locals informed her father Madhu Bindhani and the police. Madhu, a daily wage labourer, rushed to the spot and found his daughter dead. Shortly after, police arrived and ...Read More >
Police arrested a software engineer in Satara for abetment of suicide. A doctor named him and a police sub-inspector in her suicide note. The doctor was found hanging in a hotel room. Relatives allege harassment and pressure to alter medical reports. Political figures are also implicated. Investigations are ongoing into the death and the alleged involvement of others. Police on Saturday arrested a software engineer in connection with the alleged suicide of a 28-year-old woman doctor in Maharasht ...Read More >
Asian Championship bronze medalist Rohini Kalam was found dead at her home in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh. Initial police findings suggest suicide, though no note was found. Her sister reported Rohini was under considerable job-related stress and facing pressure from her school's faculty and principal. Rohini Kalam, a bronze medalist at the 8th Asian Championship in Abu Dhabi and a Jujitsu martial arts coach, was found dead at her home in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh. According to local reports, the 28-year- ...Read More >
Bengaluru Tragedy: A tragic incident unfolded in Bengaluru where a 29-year-old software professional, identified as Pratibha, died by suicide shortly after her 11-month-old son, Agastya, accidentally drowned at their home. The tragic event took place on April 1 when she was alone with the child with the husband, Mahantesh, at work. Bengaluru Tragedy: What Happened Here? Bengaluru Tragedy: As per a report by NDTV Reports indicated that the unfortunate event occurred as the infant was crawling around the house and the accident happened thus making the day a devastating loss to the family. Acco ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 7: A same-sex relationship ended tragically after a youth killed his partner in Mumbai. The development comes after the Mumbai police recently arrested a 19-year-old youth for allegedly killing his same-sex partner in the city. The accused was arrested after the victim's father lodged a complaint against him. The complainant claimed that his 16-year-old son died of poisoning after the accused gave him a spiked cold drink. Acting on the complaint, the police arrested the youth and are investigating the reason behind the "cold drink" murder. According to the complainant, the victim ...Read More >
Bengaluru Double Suicide Case: Husband And Wife Found Dead, Marital Issues SuspectedA tech couple from Telangana, living in Bengaluru, died in a suspected suicide case. Bhanu Chander Reddy was found dead inside their flat, while his wife Bibi Shaziya Siraj later died after jumping from their building. Police suspect marital issues and possible health concerns. Two cases have been registered, and further investigation is ongoing. A young couple working in the tech sector was found dead in a suspected case of suicide in Bengaluru, Karnataka on Monday. The incident took place in the Kothanur are ...Read More >
The family of a 25-year-old Air India pilot, who died by suicide at her Mumbai home, alleged that her boyfriend used to humiliate her and extort money from her. Aditya Pandit, 27, was arrested on Wednesday on charges of abetment to suicide. Srishti Tuli was found dead at her rented accommodation in Mumbai's Marol after an argument with her boyfriend over the phone. She allegedly used a data cable to hang herself. ALSO READ: 'Can't Be Divided Or Silenced': Hemant Soren's Dig At BJP Before Taking Oath As Jharkhand CM Pandit told police that he rushed to Tuli's flat, which was locked from the ...Read More >
Patna, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major action against corruption, the State Vigilance Unit (SVU) on Saturday arrested Sub-Inspector Putul Kumari, the SHO of the Women's Police Station in Samastipur, for accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000. Her driver was also arrested in the case. The arrest has created a stir within the police department. According to an official, Putul Kumari was caught red-handed while taking the bribe from Rajiv Ranjan, a resident of Chhatauna village under Mufassil police station limits, in connection with an assault case. Rajiv Ranjan had filed a written complaint with ...Read More >
Bengaluru, September 15: A 25-year-old Indian Air Force (IAF) engineer died by suicide on Sunday evening, September 14, after jumping from the 24th floor of a high-rise apartment complex in Bengaluru. The deceased IAF engineer had gone to his sister's house before ending his life. According to the NDTV report, the deceased has been identified as Lokesh Pavan Krishna, a resident of the Halasuru military quarters. Police said the incident took place at Prestige Jindal City Apartments, where Lokesh allegedly leapt to his death shortly after visiting his sister, Lakshmi. Bengaluru Shocker: Couple ...Read More >
Jamtara 2 Actor Sachin Chandwade Death: Actor Sachin Chandwade, known for his role in Jamtara 2, passed away on October 24, 2025, after being found hanging at his home. He was a software engineer who pursued his acting passion, with his upcoming Marathi film Asurvan set for release later this year. Actor Sachin Chandwade, known for his role in the popular series Jamtara 2, has died by suicide at the age of 25, leaving fans in shock. As reported by Maharashtra Times, Sachin Chandwade was found h ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A nine-year-old boy tragically died by suicide after allegedly being bullied by his classmates for not wearing his school uniform correctly. Prashanth, a class 4 student from Hyderabad, was found hanging in the washroom of his home in Chandanagar. The police have recorded statements from his parents and are investigating the incident. According to a report by NDTV, Prashanth had been suffering due to persistent teasing from his peers about his uniform. On Tuesday evening, after returning home from school and finding himself alone, the boy reportedly went to the bathroom, where he u ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The decomposed body of an unidentified man, believed to be in his late 30s, was found in the Pochammakunta in Gachibowli, on Thursday morning. The body was first spotted by the security staff of a company during a routine patrol around 8.30 am. Pentala Anil Kumar, a senior executive at the company, was informed by security officer Goreta Suresh Babu and alerted the Gachibowli police. Assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Shanker K. and his team visited the spot, retrieved the body from the lake, and began a preliminary investigation. According to ASI Shanker, the man is suspected to have ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Sneha Debnath, a 19-year-old girl from Sabroom in South Tripura district, reportedly went missing in the national capital. Following this, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha gave necessary instructions to the police to take immediate and appropriate action on the matter. Also Read | Trump Announces 30% Tariffs on EU Goods as Trade Talks Stall. In a statement posted on its official social media account, the Tripura Chief Minister's Office stated, "The report of Miss Sneha Debnath, a resident of Sabroom, who has reportedly gone missing in New Delhi, has come t ...Read More >
. NEW DELHI: The family of a 28-year-old woman doctor, who allegedly died by suicide in Satara district last week, has raised concerns over possible tampering with her mobile phone after her death. They claim that someone used her fingerprint to unlock the device and deleted crucial information related to the case.The doctor, originally from Beed district and posted at a government hospital in Satara, was found hanging in a hotel room in Phaltan town on the night of October 23. In a suicide note written on her palm, she alleged that sub-inspector Gopal Badane raped her multiple times, while Pr ...Read More >
Harimurali, who started out as a child actor, was now working as a VFX artist. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Harimurali, former Malayalam child actor, was found dead at his home in Kerala * He was 27 years old and acted in around 50 films as a child artist * Harimurali worked as a VFX artist in the film industry after his acting career Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Harimurali, former child actor known for Malayalam movies such as ...Read More >
Mumbai: A suicide case of a 32-year-old Chartered Accountant in the Yashwant Nagar area of Santacruz (East) in Mumbai, Maharashtra has shocked everyone. He died by suicide on Tuesday by consuming poison, allegedly after being blackmailed into paying Rs 3 crore over a private video. A three-page suicide note was recovered from the scene by the police, in which he named two individuals, Rahul Parwani and Saba Qureshi, responsible for his death. The deceased, identified as Raj Leela More, was reportedly fed up with the harassment and took the extreme step. According to the Vakola police, an FIR ...Read More >
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 16 (ANI): In a heartfelt tribute, both daughters of Haryana-cadre IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar performed the 'mukhagni' to his mortal remains during his last rites at the Sector 25 crematorium. The solemn ceremony was attended by Haryana DGP OP Singh, along with other dignitaries, honouring the legacy of the esteemed officer. Puran Kumar allegedly shot himself at his residence in Chandigarh on October 7. In the 'final note' he left behind, he accused eight senior cops, including Haryana director general of police Shatrujeet Kapur, of "blatant caste-based ...Read More >
'India should look to add an extra bowler' IMAGE: Ajinkya Rahane has a piece of advice for head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill- play an extra bowler in the fourth Test at Old Trafford. Photograph: BCCI/X As India gear up for the fourth Test at Old Trafford, former captain Ajinkya Rahane has raised a tactical alarm: the team's all-rounder-heavy approach might be hurting their chances. His solution? A fourth specialist bowler -- even if it comes at the cost of batting depth. Now in England, and having witnessed India's narrow defeat at Lord's, the veteran batter has a piece of ...Read More >
Jhargram, Jul 18 (PTI) Three elephants, including two calves, were run over by an express train near Banstala railway station in West Bengal's Paschim Midnapore district, police said on Friday. The incident, which took place on Thursday night, occurred when an elephant herd that probably came from Jharkhand's Dalma forest was traversing, they said. The three pachyderms were mowed on the tracks by a speeding Janshatabdi Express on the Kharagpur-Tatanagar section, a police officer said. It was difficult to go near the carcasses for some time, as the herd of 30 elephants was passing through th ...Read More >
Pune, Oct 27 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sushma Andhare on Monday raised several questions regarding the alleged suicide of a woman doctor in Phaltan in Maharashtra's Satara district. The 28-year-old doctor, hailing from Beed district of central Maharashtra and posted at a government hospital in Satara district, was found hanging in a hotel room in Phaltan town on Thursday night. In the suicide note written on her palm, she alleged that police sub-inspector Gopal Badane raped her on multiple occasions, while Prashant Bankar, a software engineer, mentally harassed her. The sub-inspector and ...Read More >
VMPL New Delhi [India], August 14: Ellenox, India's largest venture studio, is accelerating its global push in enterprise AI development. In the past year, the company has grown its headcount by 50% over the last year, bringing in senior AI talent from Amazon and Google to power its next phase of expansion. Already delivering AI transformation for Fortune 50 leaders in fintech, cloud computing, consumer social, and sports-tech, Ellenox has built systems that replace costly call centers with natural-voice AI agents and deployed end-to-end social media pipelines capable of scaling global brand ...Read More >
The victim went missing on Tuesday (File photo) Prayagraj: A man murdered his 17-year-old grand nephew, severed his head and torso, and threw the body parts in different locations, allegedly on the advice of an occultist, a police official said on Thursday. The accused, identified as Sharan Singh, has been arrested from the Kareli area of Prayagraj, he said. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police Abhishek Bharti, Sharan was the brother of the victim's grandfather. "He was arrested on Wednesday night. During interrogation, Sharan confessed to the murder of his grand-nephew, Piyush, and ...Read More >
Bengaluru News: A young tech professional couple from Telangana died by suicide in a tragic sequence of events at their residence in Bengaluru. According to a report by NDTV, Bhanu Chander Reddy Kunta (32), a software engineer from Siddipet district in Telangana, allegedly died by suicide by hanging himself inside a room of their apartment on Monday. ALSO READ: 'Voter Hijacking': Mamata Banerjee Writes To EC, Accuses BJP Of Flooding Bengal CEO's Office His wife, Bibi Shaziya Siraj (31), who worked with IBM, a leading tech company, became suspicious when the room remained locked, and her hus ...Read More >
BENGALURU: A 31-year woman software engineer died by suicide by jumping from an upscale apartment complex on Thanisandra Main Road in Kothanur police limits on Monday morning, moments after seeing her live-in partner hanging dead in their flat. The man, R Bhanu Chander Reddy Kunta, 32, was working in the US in the software industry and is suspected to have lost his job to Artificial Intelligence (AI). He had returned to India in June last year. He and his live-in partner, M Bibi Shaziya, 31, were living in Nikoo Homes Bhartiya City since August. Both were from Telangana - Kunta from Siddipet ...Read More >
Arvind left a 28-page note alleging workplace harassment. His brother claimed the company paid ₹17 lakh posthumously, raising concerns of a cover-up. The Bengaluru police has booked Ola Electric's head for vehicle homologations & regulations, Subrat Kumar Dash, and founder Bhavish Aggarwal in connection with the suicide of their colleague K Aravind. A homologation engineer at the company's Koramangala office, 38-year-old Aravind ended his life on September 28 by consuming poison. His friends ...Read More >
New Delhi: A 27-year-old govt hospital doctor in south Delhi has alleged that she was sexually assaulted by a man who posed as an Army officer. Police have arrested the man who, it turned out, was a delivery worker with an e-commerce company.The woman said she came in contact with the man on Instagram earlier this year. Over time, communication between the two became frequent and moved to WhatsApp. Between April 30 and Sept 2, he kept up regular communication with her via Instagram and WhatsApp. ...Read More >
A suicide note written by Pratibha was found. (Representational) ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * A 29-year-old woman died by suicide after her child drowned in Bengaluru * The child accidentally fell into a water-filled bucket while the mother was away * A suicide note and empty pill strip were found; police have opened an investigation Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Bengaluru: A 29-year-old woman techie died by suicide minutes aft ...Read More >
Satara: In a chilling new revelation in the Satara suicide case, the four-page letter left behind by the 26-year-old woman doctor who died by suicide has exposed the depth of sexual violence and systemic exploitation she allegedly faced. The letter accuses a police sub-inspector of repeatedly raping her and details how she was pressured, by police officers and even a sitting Member of Parliament, to issue fake fitness certificates to accused persons in criminal cases. Raped By Cop Several Times, Faced Mental Torture The young medical officer, who worked at the Phaltan sub-district hospital i ...Read More >
A couple, both tech professionals, reportedly died by suicide in Bengaluru on Monday. The police have registered two separate cases of unnatural death after the families of the deceased filed complaints. Bibi Shaziya Siraj, 31, and Bhanu Chander Reddy Kunta, 32, died by suicide on Monday, reported NDTV. Both were software engineers from Telangana. Bhanu was found hanging in the bedroom, while Shaziya jumped to her death from the 17th floor of the building. According to the report, Shaziya found ...Read More >
A 19-year-old college student in Faridabad has died by suicide after being allegedly blackmailed with artificially generated obscene images and videos of his three sisters, in a case police are calling a serious example of AI-facilitated cybercrime. According to an NDTV report, Rahul Bharti, a second-year student at DAV College, succumbed in hospital on Saturday after consuming poison. His father, Manoj Bharti, stated that his son had been deeply distressed for the preceding two weeks after an u ...Read More >