Extreme wet conditions linked to increase in suicides in rural India: Study
(WorldNews India)

Extreme wet conditions during cultivation months have been linked to an increase in the number of suicides among adults living in rural parts of India, an international study has found. Between 2001 and 2013, a total of 9,456 adult suicides were linked to changes in water availability (excess) during the cultivation months spanning between June and March in the country. The study led by Columbia University noted deaths by suicide were almost equal among both men and women aged between 15 and 40 years, during these months. Researchers say that mitigating extensive wet conditions was a tougher challenge than surviving extreme dry conditions like droughts. “Very wet conditions could be...