With larger Supreme Court bench set to hear stray dogs matter amid celebrations on one side & anger on the other, ThePrint digs deep into the burning issue at the centre of the debate.
Nationwide survey on animal bite burden & human rabies estimates 5,726 human rabies deaths annually, down 75% in 20 years, suggests steps to eliminate dog-mediated human rabies by 2030.
Animal Welfare Officer Dr Ajay Kumar Singh says Agra civic body plans to rope in private agency that will aim to vaccinate 250-300 dogs per day, and make pet registration mandatory.
About 96 percent of the mortality and morbidity due to rabies is associated with dog bites. India faces uphill struggle as it attempts to eliminate disease by 2030.
In a posh area in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority, strays have suddenly vanished, and residents are claiming that they have been culled by the municipal body.
Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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