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A dog is made ferocious by circumstances & stray ones aren’t dangerous by nature: Kerala HC

A Kerala High Court bench said killing or maiming street dogs wasn't the way to make people safer and the better option was to rehabilitate the canines at animal shelters.

Who let the dog out? This Pakistani town went in a tizzy looking for commissioner’s lost pet

In a video that went viral, an autorickshaw mounted with a loudspeaker can be seen making announcements, asking people to return the dog to the commissioner.

Can a dog tell if you have Covid? Yes, according to a new study

The study says dogs’ detection reached 97% sensitivity, meaning that’s how well the canines could identify positive samples.

Indian Army trains indigenous dog breed chippiparai, cocker spaniels to detect Covid-19

The dogs are being trained to sniff out coronavirus by identifying unique metabolic biomarkers in sweat and urine samples of individuals.

How dogs became our best friends — new study on diet of Ice Age humans, wolves has an answer

Research proposes new theory on domestication of dogs based on evidence that indicates Ice Age hunter-gatherers shared leftover meat with the canine's ancestors, wolves.

Dogs are trained to sniff out coronavirus. Most have a 100% success rate

An international research team has been training dogs with sweat samples from Covid-positive people. And the results show they are friends to both humans and science.

Dogs can sniff out coronavirus infections with few days of training, German study reveals

Eight dogs from Germany’s armed forces were trained for only a week and were able to accurately identify the virus with a 94% success rate.

The itch of mainland Indians to ‘civilise’ northeast hasn’t gone. Dog meat ban another example

There needs to be a ban on hypocrisy in India. To eat chicken or pork and tweet rabidly against dog-meat eating in northeast is a bit much.

Walk, play, train — how dog parents are keeping pets happy, engaged and safe in lockdown

Lockdown is offering great bonding time but dog behaviourists caution that unhealthy attachments might be counter-productive later on.

Hong Kong dog tests ‘weak positive’ for coronavirus, could be first case among pets

Officials will carry out further tests to confirm whether the dog has really been infected or if it was a result of environmental contamination.

On Camera

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.