The Assam’s Golaghat and Nagaon districts authorities have begun probing cases of clearance of forest land, digging and construction activities on at least three animal corridors within the eco-sensitive zone of the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Golaghat and Nagaon districts share large swathes of the 1,300-sq. km. […]
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Researchers of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata, have now developed tools to tell apart the scales of Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) and Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), to enforce the appropriate national and international laws and to track the decline of the species. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Pangolins, despite being listed in Schedule I
Eight Asiatic lions at Hyderabad’s Nehru Zoological Park have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, perhaps the first known case of the human infecting the felines and making them sick in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 LaCONES or Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species, is a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research lab
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Saudi Arabia will join the United States, Canada, Norway, and Qatar informing the ‘Net Zero Producers Forum’ for oil and gas producers to discuss how they can support the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, will be part of the new
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With severe groundwater depletion, the cropping intensity or the amount of land planted in the winter season may decrease by up to 20% by 2025 in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 India is the second-largest producer of wheat in the world, with over 30 million hectares in the country dedicated to producing this crop.
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Government of India and German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety signed an agreement on Technical Cooperation titled ‘Cities Combating Plastic Entering the Marine Environment’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The project’s outcomes are in line with the objectives of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban focusing on sustainable solid waste management and Hon’ble Prime
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The recent shooting of two Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) in Pakistan’s Cholistan desert, with the poachers brazenly getting themselves photographed with the carcasses of birds in their hands and guns on their shoulders, has left wildlife activists in Rajasthan shocked and outraged. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The GIB, which is the State bird of
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India has undertaken various steps for the conservation of migratory species. In February last year, India hosted the 13th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 India was able to successfully list Asian Elephant, Great Indian Bustard and Bengal Florican to the Appendix I of CMS for
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The ambitious Indian Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV2020) came to a close with the release of two rhinos an adult male and a female in Assam’s Manas National Park transported from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary about 185 km to the east. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Designed in 2005, the IRV2020 is believed to have achieved its
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Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier also called the “Doomsday Glacier” is a matter of grave concern due to its enormous potential to raise the sea level which will be caused by its melting due to the warm water underneath which was overlooked in past. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Thwaites Glacier is 120 km wide at
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