{"id":15476,"date":"2021-06-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/01-06-2021\/facts-in-news-166\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T18:25:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:55:17","slug":"facts-in-news-166","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/01-06-2021\/facts-in-news-166","title":{"rendered":"Facts in News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Facts in News<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary (Ecology & Environment)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • It is located in the <\/span><\/span><\/span>flood-plains of Brahmaputra<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in<\/span><\/span><\/span> Morigaon <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>district of <\/span><\/span><\/span>Assam<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is often called \u2018<\/span><\/span><\/span>Mini Kaziranga<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2019 due to its <\/span><\/span><\/span>similar landscape and vegetation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It has <\/span><\/span><\/span>exceeded its <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>rhino<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>-bearing capacity<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and is <\/span><\/span><\/span>overpopulated<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and harbors the<\/span><\/span><\/span> world’s highest density of rhinoceros<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • Other Mammals Found: <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>Leopard, Leopard cat, Fishing cat, Jungle cat, Feral Buffalo, Wild pigs, Chinese pangolins etc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • In winter, it becomes a birder\u2019s heaven, with thousands of waterfowl thronging the wetlands.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • It can be <\/span><\/span><\/span>divided into three distinct categories:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> forest, grassland and water bodies or beels.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • About 72 per cent of the area consists of the <\/span><\/span><\/span>wet savannah <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>of Arundo donax and Saccharum and the remaining is covered by water bodies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Water hyacinth<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (an <\/span><\/span><\/span>invasive aquatic <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>plant) is a <\/span><\/span><\/span>major problem<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> as it forms thick mats on the water surface.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve (STMR) (Ecology & Environment)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • It is the<\/span><\/span><\/span> fifth tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, approved by the state government in <\/span><\/span><\/span>February 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • The <\/span><\/span><\/span>National Tiger Conservation Authority<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (NTCA) gave in-principle approval under <\/span><\/span><\/span>Section 38 V(1)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of the<\/span><\/span><\/span> Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in <\/span><\/span><\/span>January 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • It encompasses the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Meghamalai and Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuaries<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It will lead to <\/span><\/span><\/span>wildlife protection <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>of various species and result in the <\/span><\/span><\/span>rejuvenation of the Vaigai<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> river by protecting the river\u2019s origins.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • Vaigai is a lifeline for five districts and provides drinking water to nearly one crore people.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • It will give a <\/span><\/span><\/span>boost to tiger conservation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in the State.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Tigers from the neighbouring <\/span><\/span><\/span>Periyar Tiger Reserve<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span><\/span>Anamalai Tiger Reserve<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> can find significant habitats and breed in the terrains of Megamalai and Srivilliputhur which are <\/span><\/span><\/span>largely uninhabited<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and could offer <\/span><\/span><\/span>excellent genetic exchange grounds<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AmbiTAG (S&T)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Recently, the<\/span><\/span><\/span> Indian Institute of Technology<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (IIT) <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ropar<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, Punjab has developed a <\/span><\/span><\/span>first-of-its-kind Internet of things (IoT) device<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span>AmbiTag<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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  • It <\/span><\/span><\/span>records real-time ambient temperature<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> during the <\/span><\/span><\/span>transportation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of perishable products, vaccines, even body organs, blood, animal semen, etc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • The recorded temperature helps in <\/span><\/span><\/span>knowing if the item transported is still usable or perished<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, which is critical information.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Shaped as a USB device, AmbiTag continuously records the temperature of its immediate surroundings from <\/span><\/span><\/span>-40 to +80 degrees<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in <\/span><\/span><\/span>any time zone for a full 90 days<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> on a single charge.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It <\/span><\/span><\/span>generates an alert when the temperature goes beyond a pre-set limit<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It has been developed under <\/span><\/span><\/span>Technology Innovation Hub-AWaDH<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (Agriculture and Water Technology Development Hub) and it’s startup ScratchNest.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It will be made available to all companies involved in Covid-19 vaccine transportation at the <\/span><\/span><\/span>production cost of Rs. 400<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Department of Energy Science and Engineering (S&T)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Recently, the<\/span><\/span><\/span> Indian Institute of Technology<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (IIT) <\/span><\/span><\/span>Delhi <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>has\u00a0 announced the establishment of a new department named, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Department of Energy Science and Engineering<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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  • Aims<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • To expand the scope and depth of activities being undertaken by the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Centre for Energy Studies <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>(CES).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • The Government of India <\/span><\/span><\/span>established CES at the IIT-D in 1976<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, realizing the need for education and research in the field of energy.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • To provide the much-needed <\/span><\/span><\/span>focus and visibility to the teaching and research activities in the energy field<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to meet increasing energy requirements at affordable price in an environmentally sustainable manner.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Eighth Global Nitrogen Conference (Ecology & Environment)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • It is being virtually held by the <\/span><\/span><\/span>International Nitrogen Initiative<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (INI) from 31<\/span><\/span><\/span>st<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span> May-3<\/span><\/span><\/span>rd<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span>June 2021.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • INI is an <\/span><\/span><\/span>international programme<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, set up in <\/span><\/span><\/span>2003 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>under sponsorship of the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (SCOPE) and from the <\/span><\/span><\/span>International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (IGBP).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • The key <\/span><\/span><\/span>aims <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>of the INI are to<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • optimize nitrogen\u2019s beneficial role in sustainable food production, and<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • minimize nitrogen\u2019s negative effects on human health and the environment resulting from food and energy production.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • It is addressed by speakers from the <\/span><\/span><\/span>United Nations Environment Programme<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (UNEP), <\/span><\/span><\/span>Food and Agriculture Organisation <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>(FAO) and UN <\/span><\/span><\/span>Economic Commission on Europe<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, etc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> Assessing and managing <\/span><\/span><\/span>reactive nitrogen compounds<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> sustainably will be <\/span><\/span><\/span>crucial to achieve <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>the <\/span><\/span><\/span>17 Sustainable Development Goals<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (SDGs) targeted for 2030.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • Reactive nitrogen compounds<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (NOx, ammonia and the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide) <\/span><\/span><\/span>impact air, water and soil quality<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, health, biodiversity and <\/span><\/span><\/span>climate change<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, etc.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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          • Nitrous oxide has upto 300 times higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • These compounds are <\/span><\/span><\/span>lost from fertilisers, manures and sewage<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> as well as from <\/span><\/span><\/span>fuel burning<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in transport and industry.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
          • South Asia<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> is one of the <\/span><\/span><\/span>global hotspots for nitrogen pollution<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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            • The<\/span><\/span><\/span> Indian nitrogen assessment of 2017 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>has provided a huge <\/span><\/span><\/span>impetus to the UN resolution<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, as well as to the ongoing South Asian nitrogen assessment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
            • The <\/span><\/span><\/span>Berlin Declaration<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> will be finalised and adopted during the concluding session of the conference on 3<\/span><\/span><\/span>rd<\/sup><\/span><\/span><\/span> June.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Banrawats (Social)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • They are a native <\/span><\/span><\/span>endangered tribe<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> originating and living in Uttarakhand and also<\/span><\/span><\/span> called Banrajis, Vanrawats, Vanrajis.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • They are basically <\/span><\/span><\/span>nomadic hunter-gatherers<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, but also work as agriculture and forest labourers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • They practise<\/span><\/span><\/span> shifting cultivation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • Shifting cultivation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> is an agricultural system in which a person uses a piece of land, only to abandon or alter the initial use a short time later. T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • This system often involves the clearing of a piece of land followed by several years of wood harvesting or farming until the soil loses fertility.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Language:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> Tibeto-Burman language generally<\/span><\/span><\/span> called \u201cRawat\u201c.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Facts in News Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary (Ecology & Environment) It is located in the flood-plains of Brahmaputra in Morigaon district of Assam. It is often called \u2018Mini Kaziranga\u2019 due to its similar landscape and vegetation. It has exceeded its rhino-bearing capacity and is overpopulated and harbors the world’s highest density of rhinoceros. Other Mammals Found: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[30,26,25],"class_list":["post-15476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-gs-2","tag-gs-3","tag-gs1"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2023\/07\/5831082current-affairs.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15476"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25432,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15476\/revisions\/25432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}