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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
TopicAnimal welfare

Topic: Animal welfare

For love & freedom: Teen wages battle for lonely African elephant at Delhi zoo

Simrin Sirur -
Delhi HC has ordered an inspection of the living conditions of Shankar, the elephant who was a gift to India from Zimbabwe in 1998, and has since lived in Delhi zoo.

India last in first-ever pet homelessness index of 9 countries, Germany tops list

Tenzin Zompa -
First-ever State of Pet Homelessness Index by American pet-care firm Mars has given India a score of 2.4, while Germany has scored 8.6, UK 7.0 and US 6.4.

Nagaland bans sale of dog meat after incidents of pets being ‘shot at sight’ spark outrage

Bismee Taskin -
Local authorities had in May released a ‘shoot-at-sight’ order to kill dogs found roaming the streets purportedly from fear they might spread coronavirus.

Media rumours and vicious RWAs have been worst for animals during Covid: Maneka Gandhi

Maneka Gandhi -
I am delighted by the coming of age of the volunteer animal movement but RWA cruelties are increasing and street police have been a nuisance.

Viral mama bear & cub were likely pushed to steep icy slopes by pesky drone

Sandhya Ramesh -
The video of a cub struggling to climb a steep icy slope to get to its mother has stoked a debate about the use of drones to record wildlife.

Electrocution, rail accidents, encroachment: Why elephants keep dying in India

Sanya Dhingra -
Just last week, 7 elephants died of electrocution in Odisha. Experts deplore lack of research and data into changing behaviour of elephants.
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Opinion

Bondi Beach, Bangladesh lynching — once again, the elephant in the room will be side-stepped

Meenakashi Lekhi -
Perhaps there is need for a moral ‘jihad’ against those indulging in the promulgation of terror in the name of religion.

Bengaluru & Hyderabad share many of Dubai’s characteristics. Why they don’t function the same

India’s PDS isn’t future-ready. It needs five major reforms

Economy

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Defence

Turkiye delivers second MILGEM-class corvette Khaibar to Pakistan Navy, two others in making

Vaibhav Pant -
Contract for construction of four MILGEM-class ships was signed in 2018. PNS Bedir is to be delivered by June 2026, while PNS Tariq is due for delivery in first quarter of 2027.

National Interest

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

Shekhar Gupta -
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.

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