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For nearly four decades, residents in southern India's coastal city of Chennai have patrolled moonlit beaches at night trying to protect sea turtles and their hatchlings that for millennia have nested along these shores.

Between 2018 and 2022, suicides in India linked to mental health rose by 44 percent, according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. Three in five such suicides were reported among the 18-45 age group. The NCRB classifies suicides linked to mental health under ‘insanity’ or ‘mental illness’.

Sri Lanka releases 14 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture. PM Modi emplanes for Tamil Nadu from Anuradhapura Airport. Read more at Dynamite News.

Muslim Women's Board backs new Waqf law, seeks transparency and women's rights in management of Islamic properties. Read more at Dynamite News

Lakhs of devotees are visiting various temples across the country. Since morning, long queues of devotees have been seen outside temples. Read further on Dynamite News:

‘It’s mind-blowing... a total misrepresentation,’ one British tattoo artist whose work was cited as a symbol of the crime syndicate Tren de Aragua tells Io Dodds

Philippines nears $200M deal for India's Akash missiles amid South China Sea tensions with China. Read more at Dynamite News

In northern Kerala, far from India’s big cities and tourist trails, an ancient ritual brings the gods down to earth – and takes aim at injustice. RFI went to the town of Payyanur to witness this Hindu ceremony carried out by Theyyam performers.

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards,” said the nineteenth century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. In this piece, we will try and understand life backwards.