3 MONTHS CURRENT AFFAIRS ❤ Rakesh Royal ❤ 0:53 TOPIC:-01:- ANAMALAI TIGER RESERVE 1. On border of kerala and TAMILNADU 2. South of the palakkad gap 3. Tiger reserve in 2007 4. Best practices:- innovative alert system, anti poaching strategy 5. Indigenous peoples residential 6. M- STrIPES protocol by NTCA 3:28 TOPIC:-02:- BUXA TIGER RESERVE:- WEST BENGAL 1. north Bengal's alipurduar district 2. Rare siting of tiger 3. Establishment in 1983 as 15th tiger reserve, National park in 1992 4. Infiltration, control 5. Rivers:- sankosh, raidak , jayanti,churnima etc. 6. IUCN:- endangered 5:55 TOPIC:-03:- POLAR BEAR DIES OF AVIAN FLU IN THE ARCTIC 1. IUCN-vulnerable 2. Habitat;+ arctic Ocean, sea ice , and adjacent coastal areas 3. Thik body fat 4. HPAI:- "bird flu":- Majorly effects birds human also :- zonotic disease 🦟 :- H5N1 8:43 TOPIC:-04:-EUROPEAN UNION CARBON BORDERS ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM (CBAM) 1. carbon emissions - low 2. £65 CBAM tax 3. India is against this phenomenon 4. Trade issues 5. Fit for 55 IN 2030 package 13:18 TOPIC:-05:- GANGETIC DOLPHIN 🐬 1. platanista gangetica gangetica 2. Susu, soos , shushuk ,socho 3. National aquatic animal of India 4. Only freshwater 5. Ganges Brahmaputra meghna 6. Tiger of the Ganges, top predator 7. IUCN:- endangered 8. Echolation :- ultrasound 9. Project gangetic dolphin 10. Amazon river dolphin:-endangred, indus river dolphin:- endangered Irrawaddy dolphin:- critically endangered 16:39 TOPIC:-06:- MELANISTIC TIGER SAFARI:- ODISHA 1. rare varient of the bengal tiger 2. Black tiger 3. Raise awareness 4. Pseudo melanism:- Different from melanism :- single mutation 5. Simlipal tiger reserve:- odisha, mayurbhanj elephant reserve :- partvof UNESCO World Heritage 18:58 TOPIC:-07:- ARSENIC AND FLUORIDE IN GROUND WATER Arsenic:- 1. permissible 0.01mg/l 2. Highly toxic element Fluoride:- 1. WHO limits 1.0 PPM only 2. In the toothpaste NGT:- specialised judicial body unde NGT act 2010 1. Environmental issues and disputes 2. Tribunal not bound by court 3. Based on natural justice 4. Legislation related to 7 laws ;- wildlife protection act 1972 not dealing :- forest rights act 2007 not dealing 5. Chairperson+ judicial member :- not eligible for reappointment 25:09 TOPIC:-08:-SNOW LEOPARD 🐆 1. habitat:- central aisa 2. 12 countries distribution 3. Hemis national park in ladakh:- snow leopard capital of world 4. Western Himalayas, Eastern Himalayas 5. IUCN-vulnerable listed in CMS 6. List of critically endangered:- name of snow leopard 7. Project snow leopard:-2009 8. SECURE Himalayas:- GED AND UNDP 9. GSLEP program -2013 -- bishkek declaration 10. Ghost of the mountain 29:26 TOPIC:-09:- 5 YEARS OF CLEAN AIR PROGRAMME (NCAP) 1. MoEFCC:- in January 2019 2. National Ambient air quality index 3. Report:- dukhdai findings 4. PM10 highest standard 5. NAAQS 6. Non attainment cities :- durgapur City worst 7. Varanasi:- improvement 32:57 TOPIC:-10:- INCREASE IN POPULATION OF SALTWATER CROCODILES 1. 1811 saltwater crocodiles in odisha bhitarkanika 2. Location:- kendraparaa Odisha 3. Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary, gahirmata beach and marine sanctuary 4. Brahmaani river , dhamra , pathsala, baitharini 5. Ramsar site , chilika lake first 6. Second largest mangrove forest 7. Gharial:- critically endangered, :-mugger crocodiles:- vulnerable, :-saltwater crocodiles-least concern :--- brackish water, Sundarbans, A&N :---- Largest crocodiles 36:38 TOPIC:-11:-VULTURE RESTAURANT IN JHARKHAND 1. restaurant awaits:- protocol with shelters 2. Diclofenac - free animal carcasses 3. Address the adverse impact of livestock 4. In- situ conservation 5. South Africa in 1996 6. First in raigarh Maharashtra 7. 9 species in India :- Indian vulture:- critically endangered 8. Pinjore haryana:- VCC 9. vulture action plan -2020 10. Ketoprofen , diclofenac aceflonac 11. Safe zone declaration 41:28 TOPIC:-12:- NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS 1. cigaritis conjunctiva 2. Blue signing colour 3. Distinct 4. Brahmgiri wildlife sanctuary:- karanataka :- river laxmanthirtatha 44:26 TOPIC:-13;- PUNGANUR BREED:- Andhra Pradesh 1. Indigenous breed native 2. Pure and graded category 3. Maximum in Andhra Pradesh 4. Financial assistance 5. PV narsimha rao telengana veterinary 6. National Kamdhenu breeding centre 46:41 TOPIC:-14:- MOSQUITOFISH 1. freshwater fish 🐠 2. Eats mosquito larvae 3. Originally from the US 4. Its small in comparison 5. Gambusia affinis and gambusia Holbrooki species 6. Invasive species:- disrupte local food 7. Harmfull for human health 8. The Indian council of medical research 49:37 TOPIC:-15:- LAKE RETBA:- SENEGAL 1. lac rose or the pink lake 2. Dunalia salina algae, halophilic green alage 3. SENEGAL:- lac Rose 🌹 :- west African country 51:37 TOPIC:-16:- HIMALYAN WOLF:- IUCN ASSESMENT 1. Near 3000 wolf 2. Threat to Himalayan wolf 3. Human animal conflict 4. Hibedization with dogs 5. Habitat:-High altitude grassland 6. IUCN:- vulnerable