{
  "id": 1853987,
  "title": "SC asks Centre to ensure well-being of captive elephants",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/sc-asks-centre-to-ensure-well-being-of-captive-elephants",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T03:04:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-asks-centre-to-ensure-well-being-of-captive-elephants-101787081769044.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to take steps for ensuring the well-being of captive elephants prescribing their mandatory medical check up and constant monitoring after being told that more than half of the over 2700 captive elephants in the country remain in possession of private individuals",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}