Topic: Elephants
Why don’t elephants get cancer? New book delves into fascinating tales from animal kingdom
Janaki Lenin's book 'Every Creature Has A Story' published by Harper Collins India, will be released on 13 August on SoftCover, ThePrint’s e-venue to launch select non-fiction books.
Activists suspect Chhattisgarh elephant deaths result of poaching, want shorter probe time
After 3 cow elephants were found dead last week on consecutive days, activists allege this could either be a case of poaching or intentional killing.
Pregnant elephant may have accidentally eaten cracker-filled fruit: Environment Ministry
The Environment Ministry also noted that locals often resort to an illegal act of planting explosive-filled fruits to repel wild boars from entering plantation farms.
Pregnant elephant hadn’t eaten for 2 weeks due to major oral wound, says post-mortem report
Preliminary report stated that drowning followed by inhalation of water and then lung failure was the immediate cause of death of the wild elephant in Kerala.
Varun Gandhi on understanding God, Sachin Pilot beats the safa challenge & Hogwarts letter
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.
One arrested in pregnant wild elephant killing case in Kerala
A 15-year-old pregnant elephant died last month after it allegedly consumed a pineapple stuffed with firecrackers.
Elephant blame-game in Aaj Tak, ABP & Navika Kumar claims victory over Lutyens lobby
A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.
Elephants are lightweights and can get drunk on rotten fruit
Anecdotes about wild animals seemingly getting drunk after eating rotting fruit are widespread. There may be some truth to it after all.
Human beings are pushing larger animals like rhinos & elephants to extinction faster
The future belongs to smaller, faster, more fecund, more generalist and preferentially insect-eating species.
Study shows saving elephants helps us fight climate change
What elephants eat and how they eat contribute significantly to forest biomass, research has shown.
Inflation in India well above benign level, but RBI is not uncomfortable yet: Manpreet Badal
Should India go back to Keynes and start spending? Sadly, Modi govt does not have sufficient fiscal space to propel a strong enough multiplier.
India isn’t facing up to the true financial cost of Covid
Truth is currently as scarce as capital in India. The govt doesn’t have the appetite for large-scale socialisation of private losses, lest the opposition accuse PM Modi of cronyism.
Defence
Army begins process to recruit second batch of 100 women soldiers for military police
Army intends to induct 1,700 women recruits in the military police by 2036, increasing the percentage of women in the cadre to 20 over 17 years.
Modi redefined secularism with Ram Mandir as Hindu voters were fed up of Sonia-Left version
Assumptions that Indian secularism died with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan are bunk. It is enshrined in the Constitution, and is worth preserving.