Nearly every fratricide and suicide case in the Indian armed forces has a mental health backdrop. It's time to formalise counselling and psychological profiling of soldiers.
Lance Naik Gopal Singh Bhadoriya's medal was delayed due to a dispute between his parents & widow over service benefits. He gave his life fighting terrorists in J&K in 2017.
Rather’s family and neighbours believed he was working with the Army. But, after he was shot dead by suspected terrorists in March, Army claimed he was ‘overground’ worker.
Col Ashutosh Sharma, Major Anuj Sood, two Army jawans and J&K Police sub-inspector Shakeel Qazi had gone to rescue civilians taken hostage by 4 terrorists.
Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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