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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
TopicIvory trade

Topic: ivory trade

Scientists find cannabis won’t make you ‘lazy & unmotivated’, but it can make you less reliable

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

The world needs to make the extinct woolly mammoth a protected species

As Siberian permafrost melts, preserved mammoths bearing huge tusks have been unearthed. Grade And the market for mammoth ivory is only expanding.

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Lifting night shift ban increased female employment in India—only among big firms

Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?