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Kerala temple robot-elephant huge in God’s own country. Revolutionary Raman must win hearts

Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple's robot Raman elephant has its skin made of rubber and can carry four people. It was PETA's gift supported by Parvathy Thiruvothu.

PETA India urges Rajya Sabha MPs to revise Wildlife Bill, prohibit ‘ownership’ of elephants

Ahead of Parliament’s winter session, animal rights group is pushing to include certain provisions in Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2022 to curb illegal trade of elephants.

‘Emotional point’ — why Assam and Tamil Nadu are locking horns over ‘abused’ elephant Joymala

Assam govt planning to move court for the elephant’s ‘return’ after video of ‘mistreatment’ at a Tamil Nadu temple went viral last month. The southern state has claimed all is well.

Collapse of horse on busy US street renews calls for carriage ban in New York City

The horse named Ryder was filmed collapsing while pulling a carriage on a busy Manhattan road and his driver repeatedly striking him to get up.

Vegan awareness has Amul ‘worried’, explains its ‘aggressive’ ad, says PETA

Amul had taken on non-profits last week over charges of animal cruelty. This came after PETA India asked the cooperative to switch to producing vegan milk.

PETA India asks Amul to switch to producing vegan milk

In a letter to Amul’s Managing Director R S Sodhi, PETA India said it should benefit instead of wasting resources trying to fight the demand for plant-based products.

Why we eat meat without guilt, but hate seeing animal slaughter

In her book ‘For A Moment of Taste’, former PETA CEO Poorva Joshipura writes about how categorising an animal as ‘food’ changes our view of it. Until we see it being killed.

From birth to slaughter — an account that ‘blows lid off meat, egg and dairy trade secrecy’

Poorva Joshipura's 'For a Moment of Taste', by HarperCollins, will be released on 5 August on SoftCover, ThePrint’s e-venue to launch select non-fiction books.

PETA against Indian culture, says RSS affiliate, asks Amit Shah to probe animal rights body

Ashwani Mahajan, national co-convenor of Swadeshi Jagran Manch, was responding to PETA's tweet calling for a stop to elephant rides at the Amer Fort in Rajasthan.

Animal welfare body pulls up Tamil Nadu govt for ‘death’ of bulls during Jallikattu

Animal Welfare Board of India has sent a letter to Tamil Nadu govt, asking it to furnish comments/views of Jallikattu inspection report at the earliest.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.