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TopicAvni

Topic: Avni

T1 or Avni knew when to stay away from humans. She was a smart man-eating tigress

Nawab Shafath Ali Khan -
In ‘Avni’, Nawab Shafath Ali Khan, the man who led the operation to kill T1, reveals the true story behind the biggest man-eating tiger operation in independent India.

Human-animal conflict is clear & present danger, and India can’t afford to ignore it

Sanya Dhingra -
Increasing human and animal population, shrinking forests etc. have made the conflict inevitable. But it’s not as though there are no solutions.

Autopsy of tigress Avni suggests foul play, discredits self-defence theory

Sanya Dhingra -
Tigress Avni, a six-year-old mother-of-two, was killed by an unauthorised hunter in a highly controversial operation in Maharashtra last week.

Gender barriers in the country as Pak channel goofs up on Imran Khan China speech

Rupanwita Bhattacharjee -
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It was a sad day for us: Maharashtra forest officials react to tigress Avni’s death

Manasi Phadke -
Union minister Maneka Gandhi severely criticised Avni’s killing but Maharashtra forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar defended this as an act of self-defence.

Maneka can order any inquiry she deems fit on tigress Avni death: Maharashtra minister

Manasi Phadke -
Under fire, forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar says Maneka Gandhi should’ve called him to verify facts, says team shot tigress in self-defence.

Festival of no lights and the killing of Avni

Rupanwita Bhattacharjee -
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Killing Avni: Trigger-happy solution or failure of India’s tiger conservation policy?

ThePrint Team -
Tigress Avni, who was being hunted for allegedly killing 13 people in the Pandharkawada-Ralegaon forests of eastern Maharashtra, was shot dead by hunter 'nawab'...

China trip has given Imran Khan a lot to be happy about

Rajgopal Singh -
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Cautious optimism — India’s new relationship with Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh

Sushant Sareen -
Both Bangladesh and India will have to work together to repair the damage done during the Yunus administration.

5 years of Ukraine war—why Delhi must de-hyphenate Moscow from the West

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India can sell its vision, but it can’t spectacle its way to AI power

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

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

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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