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Monday, September 22, 2025
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Topic: Tiger

Don’t celebrate jump in tiger numbers just yet. All is still not well with big cat’s health

Tiger census underlines the challenges reserves face – man-animal conflicts, dearth of buffer zones, staff shortage & inadequate compensation for villagers.

Indian forests don’t have space for more tigers. What will the tiger lobby do now?

Barring a few well-meaning supporters, most others who jumped on the ‘save tiger’ bandwagon were spurred by the scent of easy money.

The woman forest guard who stared a tiger down for 90 minutes, and lived to tell the tale

IFS officers say staff brave dangers, but the job has little recognition and low pay. 

Government veterinary body alleges breach of law in tigress Avni’s killing

Veterinary Council of India claims only a registered veterinary doctor can administer tranquilliser, a rule that was not followed in Avni's case.

Autopsy of tigress Avni suggests foul play, discredits self-defence theory

Tigress Avni, a six-year-old mother-of-two, was killed by an unauthorised hunter in a highly controversial operation in Maharashtra last week.

China trip has given Imran Khan a lot to be happy about

Your daily news capsule.

Tigers and the Taj

From trivialising our wildlife resorts to defacing monuments, from killing tigers to burying our historical sites with rubbish, we display the same, very Indian index of callousness.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.