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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicThe Elephant Whisperers

Topic: The Elephant Whisperers

‘Treated Kartiki as a daughter, were exploited’— inside elephant whisperers’ dispute with filmmakers

Chennai: Mahout Bellie, who rose to fame as one of the subjects of the Oscar-winning documentary The Elephant Whisperers, lamented to ThePrint Thursday that...

Elephant Whisperers’ fight shows Indian documentaries need better contracts, IP regulations

Bomman and Bellie, the mahout couple from the Oscar-winning documentary, are seeking a ‘goodwill gesture’ of Rs 2 crore from filmmaker Kartiki Gonsalves.

PM Modi meets The Elephant Whisperers’ Bomman, Bellie at Karnataka’s Theppakadu Elephant camp

Earlier Sunday, PM Modi visited Bandipur Tiger Reserve where he interacted with frontline field staff involved in conservation efforts, as part of programmes to mark 50 years of 'Project Tiger'.

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MEA should stop living in dread of Trump. We’ve lived through Nixon before

Donald Trump seems to have rejected the old assumptions. He does not care that India is the world’s largest democracy. As for the Indian market, he wants access on his own terms.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

India’s defence sky gets a solar boost: Army orders iDEX solar-electric drone 

Indian Army has inducted loitering munitions, kamikaze and surveillance drones for over Rs 5,000 crore post Operation Sindoor from various domestic firms.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.