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Sunday, July 20, 2025
TopicPet dogs

Topic: Pet dogs

‘We will fight for our pets’. Surat’s NOC rule brings confusion, fear for dog owners

While Surat is not the first city in India to require NOCs from neighbours for pet dog registration, it is the first to mandate consent from as many as 10 neighbours — the highest so far.

Vet is the hot new job in India. No longer step-sister of MBBS

Pet care is booming and veterinary medicine isn’t plan B anymore. But colleges are still teaching students how to treat buffaloes.

World’s most expensive dog turned out to be a hoax. Abusive breeding is still very real

We have the laws, what we don’t have is the data—registered or unregistered breeders and pet shops, number of pets being sold or bought, pets registered. All this is crucial to act.

‘Lack of devotion & incompetence’: Former Delhi HC judge sought suspension of cops after losing pet dog

In his letter to the Delhi Police, Justice Gaurang Kanth said he lost his pet dog due to security personnel’s failure in locking the door of his residence.

‘Pets fulfil emotional deficit’ — Mumbai court grants maintenance to woman with 3 Rottweilers

Couple separated in 2021. Woman sought maintenance citing poor health, lack of income & her dogs. Husband argued against woman's claim of maintenance for pets.

Even dogs can be right or left-handed. Science tells you how to know the difference

Unlike in humans, paw preference appears to be roughly evenly split. Handedness in dogs is therefore specific to the individual, rather than the population.

Pedigree dogs are India’s new therapists. ‘Rent-a-dog’ latest business on the block

Personal dog therapy can be just as expensive as hiring a snazzy Mumbai therapist with three master’s degrees and a PhD.

2022 was the year they came for your dogs — govt, RWA, neighbours

Authorities must think before harassing and alienating innocent pets and their unwitting owners.

Dogs can smell when you’re stressed too, this UK study says

Gaining new knowledge of the human-dog relationship can be useful for training anxiety and PTSD service dogs that right now respond to visual cues.

RWAs of Indian cities have declared a war on dogs. Pet lovers are on the back foot

While dog parents are feeling alienated in their high-rise societies and housing colonies, a new line of attack has been opened against people who feed stray dogs as well.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

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.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

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.