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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicElephants

Topic: Elephants

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.

African nations demand lifting ban on hunting elephants, ivory trade

Heads of states such as Botswana and Zimbabwe, which are home to most of the world’s elephants, are unhappy with "others" debating and taking decisions on the issue.

To protect India’s elephants, we have to preserve wildlife corridors not just forests

Although forest cover in India has increased, crucial wildlife corridors are shrinking leading to both human and animal deaths.

Wild elephants in India have killed more than 1,700 in four years

The deaths have prompted the government to step up measures to minimise potential clashes of elephants with humans.

India has lost nearly 500 elephants to unnatural factors since 2013

Of the 490 deaths recorded in the past 5 years, more than half the deaths — 267 — occurred due to electrocution.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.