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Topic: Bears

Uttarakhand forests are turning deadly for women. They’re victims of rising animal attacks

+TFP Soumya Pillai -
Uttarakhand forest department data show that in 2025, there were nearly 71 bear attacks in the state, leading to at least six deaths.

Why Japan is bringing in troops and drones to fight bears

Manisha Mondal -
Bear attacks have killed at least 12 people and injured more than 100 since April in Japan. It’s also a human demographic problem.

Life in the shadow of Kashmir human-bear conflict, where dense forests meet human action

+TFP Shaz Syed -
The reechh is on the rampage in the valley, spurred on by climate change, human action & military installations. 2000-2020 period saw 2,357 attacks, taking toll on locals & economy.

Stand up to Trump or cave on Russian crude? Why US President’s move has put Modi ‘in a bind’

Antara Baruah -
A piece in The Economist says India will eventually be able to replace its Russian supply, but China will be the final benefactor.

From bears to chitals & wild boars, photographer Aadil Saif tells how Kota plays host to wild animals

Aadil Saif -
A large part of Kota is covered with forest. Hundreds of kilometers of forest here is a boon for animals. Wildlife is increasing rapidly here.

After leopards, tigers & elephants, Uttarakhand to radio-collar wild bears as attacks rise

Prithviraj Singh -
Officials say the exercise comes amid a rise in human-bear conflicts in the hill state. Forest dept will tag four wild bears to begin with.

Polar bears unlikely to survive till end of century with current rate of carbon emissions

Olivia Rosane -
A new study predicts when and where the Arctic sea’s warming will threaten the bears' survival.

Bears having sex with women: Folklore or fact, it catches the fancy of rural India’s imagination

Radhika Govindrajan -
Anthropologist Radhika Govindrajan explores why tales of bears having sex with women tell us more than just about feminine expressions of desire, in her book 'Animal Intimacies'.

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Opinion

CJ Roy’s death raises an important question. Why isn’t there a time limit on tax raids?

K.B.S Sidhu -
Deterrence cannot mean institutional licence for an endlessly extensible raid. A search that extends across days, followed by seals and freezes that linger for weeks, begins to resemble a siege.

How ThePrint’s foreign affairs team makes sense of the world for Indian readers

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Economy

Land, labour, licences: From UP to Tripura, states race ahead on Centre-led deregulation push

Moushumi Das Gupta -
76% of Centre’s deregulation reforms implemented across states under Phase-I of compliance reduction exercise. Several states & UTs adopted flexible land use, 3rd party inspections, labour reforms.

Defence

During Op Sindoor, hackers targeted NSE website 40 crore times in 10 minutes, Exchange CEO says

Snehesh Alex Philip -
NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan was speaking at Off The Cuff event hosted by ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta. He said that NSE, on average, sees 20 crore cyberattacks each day.

National Interest

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

Shekhar Gupta -
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.

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