OVER 470MN VACCINES ADMINISTERED: HEALTH MINISTRY

NEW DELHI: The cumulative Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 470 million with 6,015,842 doses being given in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Sunday.

More than three crore balance and unutilised Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and union territories and private hospitals to be administered.

About 4,94,989,550 vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far, through all sources and a further 804,220 doses are in the pipeline. Of this, the total consumption, including wastage is 4,67,026,662 doses (according to data available at 8 am Sunday). Cumulatively, 4,70,298,596 vaccine doses have been administered through 55,71,565 sessions.

NEW DELHI: Over 24,000 children in the age bracket of 14-18 years committed suicide from 2017-19, with failure in examination being the reason in over 4,000 such cases, according to government data.

The consolidated data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on children’s suicide was recently presented in Parliament.

According to the data, as many as 24,568 children, including 13,325 girls, aged 14-18 years, died by suicide between 2017-19. In 2017, as many as 8,029 children in the age group of 14-18 years died by suicide. The number rose to 8,162 in 2018 and then further increased to 8,377 in 2019, it said.

The highest number of deaths by suicide among children in this age bracket was reported from Madhya Pradesh at 3,115 followed by West Bengal at 2,802, Maharashtra at 2,527 and Tamil Nadu at 2,035.

Failure in examination was given as the reason behind the suicide of 4,046 children, while marriage-related issue was the reason behind the suicide of 639 children, including 411 girls, according to the data.