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India Today
14 hours ago
- General
- India Today
Bhutan's 100% street dog sterilisation and Dutch model: What Delhi can learn
The Supreme Court has issued a sweeping directive for Delhi-NCR municipalities to remove all stray dogs from public spaces within eight weeks, relocating them to shelters, whether sterilised or not, with no return to the streets permitted. This order, issued on August 11, 2025, is part of a hard-line response to escalating rabies cases and rising public safety concerns, especially for children. Yet, animal welfare groups warn the plan is unfeasible, potentially harmful, and contradicts India's ABC (Animal Birth Control) Rules 2023 that mandate sterilisation, vaccination, and release back to COMPASSIONATE TRIUMPH: 100% STREET DOG STERALISATIONOver a 14-year bipartisan campaign, Bhutan became the first country globally to sterilise and vaccinate its entire street dog population. Starting in 2009 with Humane Society International (HSI), the program expanded nationwide under government leadership. It achieved sterilisation and vaccination of over 150,000 street dogs, microchipped 32,000 pet dogs, and ultimately declared 100% coverage by 2023. Key ingredients included phased implementation, strong community engagement, veterinary training, surveys to track progress, and gradual funding transition from HSI to NETHERLAND'S ETHICAL EVOLUTION TO ZERO STRAYSThe Netherlands offers another humane success story. From early, ineffective measures like culling and dog taxes, the country transformed its approach with a multi-pronged, welfare-first strategy:Steep taxes on pet store purchases, incentivizing adoption from (Collect, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return) programs offering free services to sterilise and vaccinate anti-cruelty laws with harsh penalties for abandonment.A dedicated animal welfare enforcement unit to rescue and enforce adoption campaigns and public led to over a million adoptions, eliminated stray populations, and cemented the dog as a beloved household DELHI CAN LEARN?Bhutan's methodical, long-term strategy and phased roll-out ensured success. Quick fixes won't Bhutan and the Netherlands prioritised community buy-in, India needs mass sterilisation, education, and adoption return of sterilised dogs under India's ABC Rules clashes with removal orders, creating legal and ethical estimated Rs 15,000 crore cost to build shelters for Delhi's estimated 1 million strays, in just eight weeks, is widely considered stray dog crisis demands immediate attention, but it demands humane, strategic, and sustainable solutions. A middle path combining sterilisation, vaccination, infrastructure building, legal enforcement, and compassionate governance, modeled on Bhutan and the Netherlands, could deliver safer streets and happier dogs. After all, true progress respects both human safety and animal dignity.- EndsTune InMust Watch
India Today
3 days ago
- Business
- India Today
Putin, Brazil President discuss Ukraine peace ahead of US-Russia meet in Alaska
After speaking with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed BRICS cooperation with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Incio Lula da Silva on Saturday, ahead of his meeting with US President Donald Trump in Alaska next week. During the call, Putin shared information about his discussions with the United States and 'recent peace efforts between Russia and Ukraine.'The Brazilian presidential palace said the 40-minute conversation also covered cooperation within the BRICS group of emerging economies, the global political and economic call with Lula follows a series of recent conversations with other foreign leaders, including those from China, India, and Central Asia, as he intensifies engagement with BRICS partners amid US tariffs targeting India and Brazil. Lula and Modi have both discussed expanding trade ties and exploring a joint BRICS response to Trump's tariff moves, which include a 50 per cent levy on Brazilian goods and similar measures against Indian imports over New Delhi's purchase of Russian justified the 50 per cent tariff on Indian imports by pointing to New Delhi's purchase of Russian oil, while Brazil has faced steep tariffs amid Republican efforts to halt the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro on charges of attempting a Wednesday, Lula told Reuters that he planned to reach out to BRICS leaders, including South Africa, on a joint response to Trump's tariffs imposed on their exports to the US. Trump had also threatened BRICS nations with additional 10 per cent tariffs last month, as the group gathered in a summit in Rio de Janeiro in response to the US tariffs, India pushed back strongly, calling the 25 percent additional duties on Indian goods "unfair, unjustified, and unreasonable." Shortly after Trump's executive order, New Delhi said Washington had "targeted" its oil imports from Russia and vowed to "take all actions" necessary to protect its national interests.- EndsTune InMust Watch
India Today
5 days ago
- Health
- India Today
Bihar tops in child malnutrition. Will it matter this poll season?
As Bihar gears up for its Assembly elections, it's time for the public debate to move beyond caste equations and freebies, especially as the state continues to record some of the worst health and nutrition indicators in the country, especially for children and to the fifth National Family Health Survey (2019-2021), Bihar has the highest share of underweight children in India. About 41 per cent of Bihar's children are underweight, 43 per cent are stunted (low height for age), and nearly 23 per cent are wasting (low weight for height). Gujarat has the second-highest number of malnourished children, at 39.7 per In a Lok Sabha response on July 25, Savitri Thakur, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development, provided district-level data from Bihar's Anganwadi centres, which reveals that Supaul is the worst district in these parameters, with over 30 per cent of children underweight. This was followed by Jamui (26.8 per cent) and Jehanabad (26.2 per cent). Sekhpura has the best figures in the state, with only 13.4 per cent of children going to Anganwadi ranks the second highest nationally in anaemia, with 63.1 per cent of women aged 15-49 suffering from the affliction. Haryana tops the chart with 65.5 per cent. Nagaland is one of the best-performing states, with 22.3 per cent of women suffering from there are central schemes like Poshan Abhiyan and Anaemia Mukt Bharat, gaps in execution remain, as these programmes depend heavily on local-level these indicators, malnutrition and anaemia have found limited space in the political narrative as parties focus on alliance, freebies and caste dynamics - health and nutrition remain conspicuously absent from political speeches and manifestos.- EndsTune InMust Watch
India Today
7 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Fact Check: No Panchayat Polls in J&K yet, FAKE notification goes viral
A notification announcing the schedule for Panchayat Polls in Jammu and Kashmir has gone viral on social media. The document, allegedly from the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, claims that elections will be held after November shared the photo of the document on social media, claiming that the local body polls were going to be held in the Valley after almost eight India Today Fact Check found that this notification is fake. To date, no such announcement has been made by the Chief Electoral Office of Jammu and ProbeLooking closely at the viral notification, we noticed that the word 'facilitate' was incorrectly written as 'pacilitate' in the third point, which is highly unlikely in any government notification. A keyword search to confirm whether any schedule of the Panchayat Polls for Jammu and Kashmir had been announced also yielded no the viral image using Google Lens led us to a post, dated August 5, from the official account of the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, which debunked this notification with the caption: "Fake news alert."India Today Fact Check also reached out to a senior official in the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department of Jammu and Kashmir, who confirmed that the State Election Commission is the only competent authority to notify a schedule for Panchayat elections. He added that no such timeline had been officially announced yet. He also said, "The public is advised not to fall prey to such misinformation. Circulating fake government orders is a punishable offence under the Information Technology Act and relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code."It is worth noting that in July 2023, the State Election Commission of Jammu and Kashmir hinted that the Panchayat polls could be held in October that year. Later, however, it was postponed, and in October 2024, the Jammu and Kashmir government extended the mandate of the Local Bodies, hinting that the Panchayat and urban local body elections would be also found the official notification of the announcement of the 2018 Panchayat Elections in Jammu and Kashmir on the official website of the Chief Electoral Officer. A comparison of both notifications is it is clear that the viral notification is fake.- EndsTune InMust Watch Want to send us something for verification? Please share it on our at 73 7000 7000 You can also send us an email at factcheck@
India Today
04-08-2025
- Politics
- India Today
India to host UN troop contributor chiefs' conclave; Pakistan, China excluded
The Indian Army will host the United Nations Troop Contributor Chiefs' Conclave in October 2025. The four-day event will bring together army chiefs from countries that contribute to UN peacekeeping operations. However, Pakistan and China will not be to official sources, the process of sending invitations is ongoing and the names of Pakistan and China are not on the list. The decision comes after the Pahalgam attack, which India has linked to Pakistan-based informed that the exclusion of Pakistan and China from the conclave is in line with India's current diplomatic position and is intended as a clear message regarding recent actions and alliances. The conclave will begin in New Delhi and will include an integrated firepower demonstration on the third day at the Pokhran Field Firing Range near the India-Pakistan border. The demonstration will showcase the operational capability of the Indian is the third-largest troop contributor to UN peacekeeping missions, after Nepal and Bangladesh. Since 1950, India has contributed over 200,000 troops to 49 UN missions and has lost 179 soldiers during peacekeeping India has personnel deployed in nine of the eleven active UN missions, including officers serving as staff and observers in regions such as Western Sahara, Cyprus, the Middle East, and the Central African response to the Pahalgam terror attack, India has taken a series of diplomatic and military steps, including suspending the Indus Water Treaty, closing air and sea routes to Pakistan and halting all strategic ties. The Indian Army has also launched Operation Sindoor, which remains the terror attack, India briefed foreign diplomats in New Delhi but excluded both the Pakistani and Chinese ambassadors. A later briefing on the progress of Operation Sindoor was held with envoys from 70 countries. China was again not invited. Turkey's Defence Attach was invited but declined to attend.- EndsTune InMust Watch IN THIS STORY#Pakistan#India-Pakistan#India-China
