
The Cost of Silence: Why Indian Soldiers Are Taking Their Own Lives
Indian military faces rising suicides as over 1,325 personnel take their own lives, amid corruption and declining morale.

Indian military faces rising suicides as over 1,325 personnel take their own lives, amid corruption and declining morale.
![3bf81b1a-973d-43ad-eed5-08dd4a81f35f_cx0_cy7_cw0_w1023_r1_s Top political meetings in China tackle economic challenges, US tariffs, tech innovation, and policy shifts amid global tensions. [Image via AP]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3bf81b1a-973d-43ad-eed5-08dd4a81f35f_cx0_cy7_cw0_w1023_r1_s.webp)
Top political meetings in China tackle economic challenges, US tariffs, tech innovation, and policy shifts amid global tensions.
![2025newsmlRC2L5DAQRDS3917961333 Israel sees first fatal attack since the Gaza ceasefire began, as a stabbing in Haifa leaves two dead amid rising tensions. [Image via The Khaleej Times]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025newsmlRC2L5DAQRDS3917961333.webp)
Israel sees first fatal attack since the Gaza ceasefire began, as a stabbing in Haifa leaves two dead amid rising tensions.
![Untitled-2-1140×570 Pakistani scientist wins top international award for agricultural innovation, boosting Pakistan’s role in sustainable farming. [Image via Economy]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Untitled-2-1140x570-1.webp)
Pakistani scientist wins top international award for agricultural innovation, boosting Pakistan’s role in sustainable farming.
![Untitled-design-20 UN report warns of worsening human rights in Afghanistan under Taliban, citing gender persecution, repression, and a crisis. [Image via Amu/File]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Untitled-design-20.webp)
UN report warns of worsening human rights in Afghanistan under Taliban, citing gender persecution, repression, and a crisis.
![arrest Nepalese police arrest Indian sharpshooter Guddu Patel in Kathmandu for Lal Mohammad’s murder, exposing cross-border crime. [Image via The Himalayan Herald]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/arrest.webp)
Nepalese police arrest Indian sharpshooter Guddu Patel in Kathmandu for Lal Mohammad’s murder, exposing cross-border crime.

Pakistan’s first manned space mission with China announced, as Shehbaz Sharif highlights economic reforms and investment plans.
![web1_2025-03-02T035615Z_1_LYNXNPEL21012_RTROPTP_4_TESLA-PROTEST-NEW-YORK 9 arrested in NYC demonstration targeting Elon Musk over federal job cuts under Trump, sparking nationwide Tesla protests. [Image via Reuters]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/web1_2025-03-02T035615Z_1_LYNXNPEL21012_RTROPTP_4_TESLA-PROTEST-NEW-YORK.webp)
9 arrested in NYC demonstration targeting Elon Musk over federal job cuts under Trump, sparking nationwide Tesla protests.
![AFP__20250302__36Z2469__v1__Preview__IranPoliticsEconomyParliament-1740914142 Iran’s economy minister impeached as parliament blames him for inflation, currency woes, marking a setback for Pezeshkian. [Image via AFP]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AFP__20250302__36Z2469__v1__Preview__IranPoliticsEconomyParliament-1740914142.webp)
Iran’s economy minister impeached as parliament blames him for inflation, currency woes, marking a setback for Pezeshkian.
![AP25056624089896-1-1740625942 US reports first measles death in a decade amid Texas outbreak, raising concerns over falling vaccination rates. [Image via AP]](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AP25056624089896-1-1740625942.webp)
US reports first measles death in a decade amid Texas outbreak, raising concerns over falling vaccination rates.