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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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Topic: rhinos

Assam’s Pobitora sanctuary slipped through cracks for 25 yrs. Now it’s rhino vs villagers

The Supreme Court has blocked the Assam govt’s decision to withdraw the 1998 notification for Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. Now, villagers are worried they could lose their land.

Pobitora, a wildlife sanctuary still — SC stays Assam’s withdrawal of 1998 notification

SC was hearing petition seeking directions to Assam govt to demarcate sanctuary land as per the 1998 notification. Pobitora is a critical habitat for one-horned rhino.

‘Visit us’ — Himanta tells Leonardo DiCaprio after actor lauds Assam’s anti-poaching effort

In an Instagram post Thursday, the Hollywood actor applauded the Assam government's effort to end the poaching of the endangered one-horned rhinos in Kaziranga National Park.

Human beings are pushing larger animals like rhinos & elephants to extinction faster

The future belongs to smaller, faster, more fecund, more generalist and preferentially insect-eating species.

Talk Point: Are rhinos ‘overpopulated’ or is their habitat shrinking?

Is the 'overpopulation' of rhinos, lions and leopards a result of successful conservation or due to shrinking habitats and slow relocation drives? We ask  experts.

On Camera

The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.