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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: Animals

Global media analyses India’s ‘animal problems’ & the right to a legible doctor’s prescription

Bloomberg looks at Indian govt's efforts to hasten approval of hydroelectric projects by 'outsourcing geological investigations'.

Over 300 animals ‘missing overnight’, there’s something fishy going on at Kolkata’s Alipore Zoo

City-based NGO Swazon has moved the Calcutta High Court alleging 'gross administrative negligence' at the British-era zoo, one of the country's oldest.

Butterflies mimic each other’s flight patterns to evade predators, finds study

Study was carried out by researchers at the University of York. They filmed the flight patterns of 351 butterflies from 38 different species.

Odisha Nandankanan Zoo set to receive cheetahs, lions & more from Dubai under exchange programme

Zoo officials have signed an agreement with Dubai Safari Park in UAE to bring these exotic animals and birds to India.

On Camera

The Supreme Court is losing its credibility. It should frighten us all—Maneka Gandhi

The dogs will survive whatever orders are passed. But institutions are more fragile than we imagine. Once lost, the trust they embody takes generations to rebuild.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.