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• Around 44 thousand calls have been received through Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS).
• Tele-MANAS aims to provide free tele-mental health services all over the country round the clock, particularly catering to people in remote or under-served areas. 
• The programme includes a network of 23 tele-mental health centres of excellence, with NIMHANS being the nodal centre and International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIITB) providing technology support. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bengaluru and National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHRSC) will provide the technical support. 
• At present, the Tele-MANAS services are available in 20 languages based on languages opted by states. 

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