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TopicShark finning

Topic: Shark finning

US and China have a new friction point – Chinese shark-fishing off Ecuador’s coast

Stephan Keuffner -
The US, backing Ecuador, said Beijing should stop its unsustainable fishing practices, rule-breaking, and willful environmental degradation.

DRI steps up crackdown on illegal export of shark fins, seizes 8,000 kg stock

Sanya Dhingra -
DRI requests head of foreign trade dept to consider moving SC against a Kerala HC order that’s being used to bypass govt ban on export of shark fins.

Maneka Gandhi wants central agency to probe Kerala shark fin ‘export scam’

Sanya Dhingra -
In her letter, Gandhi cites ThePrint report saying that a Kerala firm has been accused of skirting the ban on export of shark fins.

Kerala firm accused of skirting ban to kill endangered sharks

Sanya Dhingra -
Finning is the cruel practice of fishermen slicing off shark fins while they are alive and dumping them back into the water.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

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Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Vaibhav Pant -
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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