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NEELAKURINJI 🪻🌿
Nilgiri Hills which literally means the blue mountains, got their name from the purplish blue flowers of Neelakurinji that bloom only once in 12 years.
Primarily found in the Western Ghats, particularly in the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, & Karnataka.
However, Neelakurinji can also be seen in the Shevroy Hills of the Eastern Ghats
Listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The flower has no smell or any medicinal value. ✖️
Paliyan tribal people living in TN use this flower bloom as reference to calculate their age.
#Species
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Nilgiri Hills which literally means the blue mountains, got their name from the purplish blue flowers of Neelakurinji that bloom only once in 12 years.
Primarily found in the Western Ghats, particularly in the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, & Karnataka.
However, Neelakurinji can also be seen in the Shevroy Hills of the Eastern Ghats
Listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
The flower has no smell or any medicinal value. ✖️
Paliyan tribal people living in TN use this flower bloom as reference to calculate their age.
#Species
@AgentsofUPSC
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📰 India Conducts First-ever Ganges River
Dolphin Tagging in Assam for gathering
critical information about the country's
national aquatic animal
GANGES RIVER DOLPHIN 🐬 🐬
📍 India, Nepal & Bangladesh
• Ganga Brahmaputra Meghna &
Karnaphuli Sangu River Systems
• Because of the sound it produces when
breathing, the animal is popularly referred
to as 'Susu'.
• "Blind Dolphin"- finds its way & prey in
river waters through echolocation
• only live in freshwater
• Females are larger than males
Government Initiatives:
• Project Dolphin 🐬
• Vikramshila Ganges Dolphin Sanctuary
Bihar
Protection status:
• IUCN : Endangered
• WPA 1972 : Schedule I
• CITES : Appendix I
• CMS : Appendix 1
#Species
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Dolphin Tagging in Assam for gathering
critical information about the country's
national aquatic animal
GANGES RIVER DOLPHIN 🐬 🐬
📍 India, Nepal & Bangladesh
• Ganga Brahmaputra Meghna &
Karnaphuli Sangu River Systems
• Because of the sound it produces when
breathing, the animal is popularly referred
to as 'Susu'.
• "Blind Dolphin"- finds its way & prey in
river waters through echolocation
• only live in freshwater
• Females are larger than males
Government Initiatives:
• Project Dolphin 🐬
• Vikramshila Ganges Dolphin Sanctuary
Bihar
Protection status:
• IUCN : Endangered
• WPA 1972 : Schedule I
• CITES : Appendix I
• CMS : Appendix 1
#Species
@AgentsofUPSC
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Political Discourse: A Relic of the Past
Sixty years after Nehru's demise and 68 years after Ambedkar's passing, our politicians remain intellectually imprisoned in a time warp, endlessly rehashing debates from the 1940s and 50s while the nation suffocates under mounting contemporary challenges.
The Tragic Disconnect
Our parliamentary discussions have devolved into a pathetic museum of nostalgia, completely divorced from the brutal realities facing 1.4 billion Indians:
✓Toxic air choking our cities
✓Runaway inflation destroying middle-class dreams
✓Crumbling education systems
✓Predatory taxation
✓Systemic corruption eating away national potential
✓Massive unemployment
✓Infrastructure that resembles a third-world nightmare.
The Real Indictment:
Not a single meaningful dialogue emerges from our so-called representatives. They're more interested in theatrical performances, ancestral worship, and point-scoring than solving actual problems.
Our democracy has become a tragic comedy - legislators debating historical personalities while the country burns, drowns, and disintegrates around them.
The nation deserves Much, much better😑.
Sixty years after Nehru's demise and 68 years after Ambedkar's passing, our politicians remain intellectually imprisoned in a time warp, endlessly rehashing debates from the 1940s and 50s while the nation suffocates under mounting contemporary challenges.
The Tragic Disconnect
Our parliamentary discussions have devolved into a pathetic museum of nostalgia, completely divorced from the brutal realities facing 1.4 billion Indians:
✓Toxic air choking our cities
✓Runaway inflation destroying middle-class dreams
✓Crumbling education systems
✓Predatory taxation
✓Systemic corruption eating away national potential
✓Massive unemployment
✓Infrastructure that resembles a third-world nightmare.
The Real Indictment:
Not a single meaningful dialogue emerges from our so-called representatives. They're more interested in theatrical performances, ancestral worship, and point-scoring than solving actual problems.
Our democracy has become a tragic comedy - legislators debating historical personalities while the country burns, drowns, and disintegrates around them.
The nation deserves Much, much better😑.
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Preserving India's Sacred Groves: A Key to Climate Goals and Biodiversity Conservation
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/preserving-indias-sacred-groves-can-help-country-achieve-its-conservation-climate-goals-experts?utm_source=website&utm_medium=related-stories
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/preserving-indias-sacred-groves-can-help-country-achieve-its-conservation-climate-goals-experts?utm_source=website&utm_medium=related-stories
Down To Earth
Preserving India’s sacred groves can help country achieve its conservation & climate goals: Experts
A few years ago, this reporter had witnessed a tribal woman in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district sound an alarm. The community’s sacred grove was under the threat
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📰 Formulate policy to manage sacred groves, Supreme Court tells government
SACRED GROVES 🌲 🌴 🎋🌳
The forest traditionally protected or conserved by the local community in the name of God (on religious grounds) & considered to be sacred
India has a rich tradition of nature worship, ; its sacred groves are testament to that legacy
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SACRED GROVES 🌲 🌴 🎋🌳
The forest traditionally protected or conserved by the local community in the name of God (on religious grounds) & considered to be sacred
India has a rich tradition of nature worship, ; its sacred groves are testament to that legacy
@AgentsofUPSC
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