CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World Suicide Prevention Day: 10 September
- World Suicide Prevention Day is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year, in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides, with various activities around the world since 2003.
- The 2021 theme of World Suicide Prevention Day is “Creating Hope Through Action”, which promises a collective initiative towards suicide prevention.
- World Suicide Prevention Day was first celebrated in 2003.
- The pandemic has increased anxiety and depression among a lot of people all over the world, young and old.
- On the occasion of World Suicide Prevention Day, here are seven ways to reduce stress and depression amid the pandemic without taking any medication.