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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
TopicHuman-Elephant Conflict

Topic: Human-Elephant Conflict

Should Karnataka elephants be kept in confinement camps? Everyone has a different view

With more than 6,000 elephants, Karnataka faces one of India’s toughest conservation challenges.

Male elephants are dying more than female in human-animal conflicts. Loners & bachelors

In the Nilgiris, six out of 10 elephants that died between 1979 and 2011 were males. The implications for wild populations are long-term.

Which elephant will lead Mysuru Dasara procession—torture vs tradition clash in Karnataka

The state has no record of the number of elephants killed during capture operations. Now, the govt wants to revive khedda, an older and more brutal practice of taming wild elephants.

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India-Pakistan is ready for lehenga diplomacy. Maryam Sharif has made the first move

Sometimes, we end up embroidering the truth as we overthink and overanalyse a fastidious lady’s personal wardrobe preferences for significant occasions.

India & EU announce “mother of all trade deals”. This is why it matters

Two sides also announce signing of a Security & Defence Partnership, launch negotiations for an intelligence sharing agreement & explore India’s addition to Horizon Europe programme.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.