CURRENT AFFAIRS DESTINATION FOR IAS & STATE CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATIONS
According to the latest Annual Monitoring, which was conducted on 24 February, the Chilika lake in Odisha has the largest habitat of Irrawaddy dolphins in the world. The first Annual Monitoring of 2018 says that ‘155 numbers of endangered Irrawaddy Read More …
The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal announced major initiatives aimed at enabling the waterways potential of Nagaland during the Stakeholder’s Conference held in Dimapur, Nagaland. He announced the development of Tizu Zunki (National Waterways 101) Read More …
11 Asian and South American countries on October 24 signed a landmark deal in Bogotá (Capital of Colombia) to save the world’s six surviving species of river dolphins from extinction by 2030. Global Declaration for River Dolphins About river dolphin
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The dolphin population along Odisha’s coast and in its waterbodies rose from 544 in 2021 to 726 in 2022. The data was released by the Principal Chief Conservator Forest (Wildlife), Odisha. Key highlights of census The increase in the State’s Read More …
Almost 60 per cent questions asked in UPSC CIVIL SERVICES PT EXAM are current affairs oriented and related to the applied topics. These topics are asked from various sources. In this background, everyday our team make 7 to 9 IAS Read More …
According to a recent publication by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), India is home to 4,371 species of deep-sea fauna, including 1,032 species under the kingdom Protista and 3,339 species under the kingdom Animalia. What the report says? Of Read More …
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The population of dolphins in Odisha’ Chilika brackish water lake, and along the Odisha coast has doubled this year compared with last year. The data was released by the the wildlife wing of the State Forest and Environment Department. Three Read More …
A webinar was on “Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the ecosystem health of rivers and its dolphin population was organised on August 25, 2020. Besides India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal representatives also participated in this webinar. The rich discussion would Read More …
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By S Suresh Ramanan (Twitter handle: @sureshramanan01) Jammu, January 7 : A five-year study conducted in the Sundarbans region has found that raising water salinity level is threatening the habitat of Gangetic river dolphins. The survey was conducted in the lower Read More …
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources’ (IUCN) in its latest red list of threatened species (which was published in Tokyo in the first week of December 2017)upgraded the status of the two birds of New Zealand Okarito kiwi Read More …