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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicAnimal trafficking

Topic: animal trafficking

Illegal wildlife trade persistent & pervasive, warns UN crime agency, calls for urgent action

Soumya Pillai -
The third edition of UN World Wildlife Crime Report 2024 finds worrying rise in illegal wildlife trade. Rhino horns, pangolin scales, and elephant ivory lead the illegal wildlife market.

Mizoram excise officials seize 98 kg of pangolin scales, was ‘being passed off as smoked pork’

Isaac Zoramsanga -
One person driving a cab from Shillong to Aizawl with the haul was arrested at checkpoint in Mizoram’s Kolasib district, it's learnt. Pangolins are protected under Wild Life Protection Act.

Curious case of the missing camels—trafficked from Rajasthan, lost in Varanasi, court steps in

+TFP Shubhangi Misra -
Nobody has seen the 'missing camels' in the last three weeks–not the villagers, or animal rights activists.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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