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Govt sets up task force to study impact of social media on minors

Published on Mar 28, 2026 05:08 am IST

Psychiatrists issue statement supporting same-sex marriage ahead of SC hearing

The Indian Psychiatric Society’s position statement that homosexuality is not an illness had played a key role in the Supreme Court striking down Article 377, which criminalised homosexuality, on September 6, 2018. (Representative Image)

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Updated on Apr 09, 2023 03:58 pm IST

Mental Hai Kya: New motion posters suggest no change in title of Kangana Ranaut-Rajkummar Rao’s film, see pics

Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao play lead roles in Mental Hai Kya.

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Updated on Jun 23, 2019 12:12 pm IST

Let’s talk about saving money, lives

According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 3.3% of the 1.33 lakh suicides in India in 2015 were a result of bankruptcy, change in economic status and financial distress, a rise compared to the 1.8% of total 1.31 lakh in 2014.

mumbai news

Published on Sept 04, 2018 12:49 am IST

Stop treating homosexuality as an illness, says Indian Psychiatric Society

Dr Ajit Bhide, IPS president, in a video uploaded on social media, said most respectable psychiatric societies have removed homosexuality from the nomenclature of mental illness.

mumbai news

Updated on Jun 06, 2018 11:50 am IST

Stop considering homosexuality as an illness: Psychiatric society to members

The legal battle against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that criminalises any form of sexual intercourse that is non-penile vaginal, irrespective of whether it is consensual or not, is nearly two decades old.

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Updated on Jun 06, 2018 12:07 am IST