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Facts in News<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Bamboo Market Page on Govt e-Marketplace (GeM) Portal<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Recently, the dedicated window on the GeM portal named\u00a0 \u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Green Gold Collection\u201d for bamboo products<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> was launched by the Union Minister of State for Agriculture.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • The<\/span><\/span><\/span> National Bamboo Mission<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/u>and the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Government e-Marketplace (GeM)<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> have been working together to have a dedicated window on the GeM portal for marketing of Bamboo Goods (Bamboo based products & Quality Planting Materials).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Aim:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> To provide <\/span><\/span><\/span>bamboo artisans<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, weavers and entrepreneurs in rural areas with market access to Government buyers.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • It seeks to promote the adoption and use of bamboo products among Government buyers and usher in a sustainable rural economy for an Atmanirbhar Bharat.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Significance:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> This will provide an <\/span><\/span><\/span>electronic platform<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> for the <\/span><\/span><\/span>small manufacturers<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span><\/span>niche sellers<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> thereby vastly increasing their <\/span><\/span><\/span>reach to attract buyers<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and at the same time will provide niche products from trusted sources to the buyers.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • It showcases a range of <\/span><\/span><\/span>exquisitely handcrafted bamboo<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and bamboo products, handicrafts, disposals and office utility products on the GeM portal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Place In News: Burkina Faso<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Suspected fundamentalists linked to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State have killed at least 114 civilians in Burkina Faso near the borders with Mali and Niger.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Burkina Faso is a\u00a0 landlocked country in <\/span><\/span><\/span>western Africa<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Location:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> It is bounded by <\/span><\/span><\/span>Mali to the north<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and west, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, and C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Ghana, and Togo to the south.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • It is a <\/span><\/span><\/span>low-income Sahelian<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> country<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> with <\/span><\/span><\/span>limited natural resources<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Its economy is largely based on <\/span><\/span><\/span>agriculture<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, which <\/span><\/span><\/span>employs 80%<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of the workforce, although gold exports have increased.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • The country occupies an extensive plateau, and its geography is characterized by a <\/span><\/span><\/span>savanna<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> that is grassy in the north and gradually gives <\/span><\/span><\/span>way to sparse forests in the south.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Image Courtesy: Britannica<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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CSIR Society<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Recently, the Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Society<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> through video conference.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is the largest<\/span><\/span><\/span> research and development (R&D) organisation<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in India and has a pan-India presence.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It has a <\/span><\/span><\/span>dynamic network <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>of 37 national laboratories, 39 outreach centres, 3 Innovation Complexes and 5 units.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • It is <\/span><\/span><\/span>ranked 37th among 1587 government<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> institutions worldwide and is the only Indian organization among the top 100 global government institutions, according to the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Scimago Institutions Ranking World Report 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • CSIR holds the <\/span><\/span><\/span>7th rank in Asia<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and leads the country at the first position.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • The Prime Minister is the <\/span><\/span><\/span>President (Ex-officio) <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>and the Union Minister of Science and Technology is the<\/span><\/span><\/span> Vice President (Ex-officio)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    • It is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Science and Technology and the largest research and development (R&D) organization in India.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • CSIR <\/span><\/span><\/span>covers a wide spectrum<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> of science and technology from oceanography, geophysics, chemicals, drugs, genomics, biotechnology and nanotechnology to mining.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Raimona National Park<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

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  • Recently,Raimona in Kokrajhar district has become Assam\u2019s <\/span><\/span><\/span>sixth national park.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • The five national parks that existed before the 422 sq. km Raimona are Kaziranga, Manas, Nameri, Orang and Dibru-Saikhowa.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • The <\/span><\/span><\/span>Raimona National Park<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> is within the Bodoland Territorial Region.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It is an<\/span><\/span><\/span> integral part of the\u00a0 Manas Biosphere Reserve<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Chirang-Ripu Elephant Reserve<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • \u00a0It was bounded on the west by the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Sonkosh river<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> along the Assam-West Bengal border running southward from the India-Bhutan border and the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Saralbhanga river<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> on the east till it touched the India-Bhutan border on the north and the southern part of the Ripu Reserve Forest.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • The Pekua river defines Raimona\u2019s southern boundary.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Raimona also shares contiguous forest patches of the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary and the Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> in Bhutan creating a transboundary conservation landscape.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • It<\/span><\/span><\/span> is home to golden langur, Asian elephants, tigers, clouded leopards, Indian gaur, wild buffalo, spotted deer, hornbill, more than 150 species of butterflies, 170 species of birds and 380 varieties of plants and orchids.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • The new national park will open up huge opportunities for ecotourism for the fringe villagers, who currently are partially or dependent on forest resources for their livelihood.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Saltwater Crocodiles<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Recently, a <\/span><\/span><\/span>saltwater or estuarine crocodile<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> has been found dead in the<\/span><\/span><\/span> Patasala river<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> near Silapokhari village within the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Bhitarkanika National Park<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (BNP) in <\/span><\/span><\/span>Odisha<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (only State in India with all crocodiles species: <\/span><\/span><\/span>Gharial<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span>, Mugger and Saltwater crocodiles).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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  • Scientific Name: <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>Crocodylus porosus<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Features: Earth\u2019s largest living crocodilian<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, with average-size males reaching 17 feet and 1,000 pounds.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  • Habitat<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • Brackish <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>and<\/span><\/span><\/span> freshwater<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> regions of <\/span><\/span><\/span>eastern India<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Southeast Asia<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span><\/span>northern Australia<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • In and around <\/span><\/span><\/span>BNP<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Sundarbans<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Andaman and Nicobar <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>Islands, in India.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Threats<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • Illegal hunting for their hides<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span><\/span>habitat loss<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, and <\/span><\/span><\/span>antipathy<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> due to its reputation as a <\/span><\/span><\/span>man-eater<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Conservation Efforts<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • In <\/span><\/span><\/span>1975<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, the <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and the <\/span><\/span><\/span>United Nations Development Programme<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> (UNDP) started a <\/span><\/span><\/span>crocodile breeding and rearing project<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • Efforts have increased the number of crocodiles in BNP to 1,768 in January 2021 from just 96 in 1974.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Protection Status<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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I-Familia<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Recently, the <\/span><\/span><\/span>International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> has launched a new global database named \u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span>I-Familia<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u201d to <\/span><\/span><\/span>identify missing persons<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> through family DNA and help the police solve cold cases in member countries.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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  • It<\/span><\/span><\/span> applied cutting-edge scientific research<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> and used the <\/span><\/span><\/span>DNA of relatives<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to identify missing persons or unidentified human remains around the world.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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    • DNA kinship matching is used mostly in cases where a direct sample of the missing person is not available.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • More than 12,000 active <\/span><\/span><\/span>Yellow Notices<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, which are international police<\/span><\/span><\/span> alerts for missing persons<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, had been issued by the Interpol by late 2020.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • I-Familia is the <\/span><\/span><\/span>first global database to automatically control for such differences<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> without requiring knowledge of the missing person\u2019s genetic ancestry and <\/span><\/span><\/span>provide standardised guidelines<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> on what constitutes a match.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
    • It has <\/span><\/span><\/span>three components<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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      • Dedicated global database to host the DNA profiles provided by relatives, held separately from any criminal data.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • DNA matching software called <\/span><\/span><\/span>Bonaparte<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, developed by Dutch company Smart Research.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
      • Interpretation guidelines developed by Interpol.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • The <\/span><\/span><\/span>processing of DNA<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> data was carried out via <\/span><\/span><\/span>secure communication channels<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n
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        • Family members must give their <\/span><\/span><\/span>consent<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> for their data to be used for international searching.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
        • There is<\/span><\/span><\/span> no nominal data attached<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> to the profile, which is submitted in the form of an <\/span><\/span><\/span>alphanumeric<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span> code.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Recently, the Prime Minister of India has urged Indian scientists to take lead in the sector of <\/span><\/span><\/span>Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) or Carbon Burial<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n