Nae Disha, a special youth resilience programme, has been rolled out in government schools in Dehradun and Uttarkashi. This could serve as a good template for mental health interventions across the Himalayan state.

Between 2020 and 2023, there has been a spike in mental health issues amongst young Indians as per a report that surveyed 106,427 respondents across 36 States and Union Territories, aged between 18 and 74 years.

The principal of a private school in a small town in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan, is not only working for the cause of education, but is also a leading participant in a movement to spread awareness about mental health awareness amongst rural inhabitants in Rajasthan as well as Haryana and Punjab.

युवाओं के मानसिक स्वास्थ्य के बारे में राजस्थान में मानसिक स्वास्थ्य के क्षेत्र में काम करने वाली संस्थान आरोग्यसिद्धि फाउंडेशन के जनस्वास्थ्य विशेषज्ञ भूपेश दीक्षित बता रहे हैं...

India has around 420 million active online gamers and the industry is slated to grow to five billion dollars by 2025. The number of children who are addicted to gaming for stakes and online gambling is increasing and many of them are dying by suicide as they lose money online. The central law that governs gambling was enacted way back in 1867 and is toothless.