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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
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Topic: Pets

Pet adoption ads need to be better written than ‘adopt, don’t shop’

David Markowitz -
I studied and quantified the language patterns of nearly 680,000 adopted and unadopted pet ads. This is what I found.

Urban India’s love for pets is growing. Without any rules

Ramanath Jha -
The absence of any rules and regulations on pet control in India means there are no mechanisms to settle a range of disputes.

Here’s what you need to do if your dog looks depressed. First, don’t Google it

Vishwam Sankaran -
Researchers have long studied similarities between human & animal mental health. Turns out, depressed pets can do with a therapist too. 

People are probably better at choosing a pet than a spouse

Faye Flam -
In a paper on Behavior Research Methods, researchers noted that 43% of marriages end in divorce within 15 years but only about 13% of people returned their pets to the shelter.

Here’s how to pet your cat, according to science

Lauren Finka -
Lots of cats do like being touched, but lots probably don’t – and many tolerate it at best.

We have to ask ourselves – is it ethical to keep pets?

Corey Lee Wrenn -
The institution of pet-keeping is fundamentally unjust as it involves the manipulation of animals’ bodies, behaviours and emotional lives.

Economists are stumped on the price of your pets

Faye Flam -
Pet owners are willing to spend thousands of dollars to get their pets treated.

Bengaluru has an ‘approved list’ for pets and your Golden Retriever didn’t make it

Chinthana Gopinath -
Neither did Beagles, Cocker Spaniels, Boxers, or Indian dogs. The new rules also require owners to muzzle their German Shepherds.
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How India lost its geopolitical sweet spot in the world

Sidharth Raimedhi -
India appears to have gone from occupying a near-perfect geopolitical sweet spot to now inhabiting a geopolitical no-good-option deadlock.

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Economy

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

Shanker Arnimesh -
New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Defence

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

Snehesh Alex Philip -
New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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