Forwarded from Readers Club (Rajnish Singh)
One more species bite the dust. The Slender-billed Curlew is now extinct. A recent paper says that there is a 99.6% chance that the Slender-billed Curlew is now extinct, with the last sighting recorded in Morocco in 1995.
The normal (or background) rate of extinction refers to the pace at which species naturally go extinct over geologic time due to evolutionary and ecological processes. Estimates suggest that the background extinction rate is about 1 to 5 species per year per million species.
Human activities have accelerated the rate of extinction far beyond the natural background rate. According to a study published in Science Advances (2015), the current extinction rate is at least 100 to 1,000 times higher than the natural background rate. This phenomenon has been termed the Sixth Mass Extinction or the Anthropocene extinction.
-P.Kaswan
The normal (or background) rate of extinction refers to the pace at which species naturally go extinct over geologic time due to evolutionary and ecological processes. Estimates suggest that the background extinction rate is about 1 to 5 species per year per million species.
Human activities have accelerated the rate of extinction far beyond the natural background rate. According to a study published in Science Advances (2015), the current extinction rate is at least 100 to 1,000 times higher than the natural background rate. This phenomenon has been termed the Sixth Mass Extinction or the Anthropocene extinction.
-P.Kaswan
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⚡️Marine Products Export Development Authority
It is a statutory body entrusted with the primary task of promotion of export of marine products.
It was set up by an act of Parliament during 1972.
Headquarter: Kochi, Kerala
It is a statutory body entrusted with the primary task of promotion of export of marine products.
It was set up by an act of Parliament during 1972.
Headquarter: Kochi, Kerala
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One more Quarter left
India is leading by 1-0 from China
India is leading by 1-0 from China
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⚡️Modi is FIRST 🇮🇳PM to visit 🇬🇾Guyana in 56 YEARS
Modi’s visit marks a historic milestone in strengthening the deep cultural and historical ties between India and Guyana, which do have a lot in common:
◾️ 43.5% of the Guyana's population traces their roots to India while 28.4% practice Hinduism
◾️ After slavery was abolished in 1834, Indian labourers were brought to Guyana to work on plantations.
◾️ The People's Progressive Party (representing primarily Indian interests) holds 50.69% of votes and 33 seats in Guyana's parliament.
◾️ Guayna is the RICHEST country in South America by GDP (PPP) per capita.
◾️ The only English-speaking country on the continent.
◾️ Attracting global investors with explosive economic growth: between 2021 and 2022, the country's GDP doubled. By the end of 2023, it is projected to grow by another 38%, with an astonishing 115% increase anticipated by 2028.
◾️ World’s highest GDP growth rates in 2022 and 2023.
Modi’s visit marks a historic milestone in strengthening the deep cultural and historical ties between India and Guyana, which do have a lot in common:
◾️ 43.5% of the Guyana's population traces their roots to India while 28.4% practice Hinduism
◾️ After slavery was abolished in 1834, Indian labourers were brought to Guyana to work on plantations.
◾️ The People's Progressive Party (representing primarily Indian interests) holds 50.69% of votes and 33 seats in Guyana's parliament.
◾️ Guayna is the RICHEST country in South America by GDP (PPP) per capita.
◾️ The only English-speaking country on the continent.
◾️ Attracting global investors with explosive economic growth: between 2021 and 2022, the country's GDP doubled. By the end of 2023, it is projected to grow by another 38%, with an astonishing 115% increase anticipated by 2028.
◾️ World’s highest GDP growth rates in 2022 and 2023.
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⚡️orange-coloured bat-
It is generally found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
In India, it has already been spotted in the Western Ghats, Kerala, Maharashtra and Odisha, and now Chhattisgarh.
The bat species has black wings and orange wings and fingers.
Often found in unusual roosting sites such as suspended nests of weaver finches and sunbirds, banana leaves, these bats have been known to roost in pairs. It is an aerial hawker, catching insects mid-flight.
The kangar valley national park is famous for its limestone caves, which also provide a suitable habitat for the bats, experts say.
There are about 131 species of bats in the country, of which 31 are found in central India.
It is generally found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
In India, it has already been spotted in the Western Ghats, Kerala, Maharashtra and Odisha, and now Chhattisgarh.
The bat species has black wings and orange wings and fingers.
Often found in unusual roosting sites such as suspended nests of weaver finches and sunbirds, banana leaves, these bats have been known to roost in pairs. It is an aerial hawker, catching insects mid-flight.
The kangar valley national park is famous for its limestone caves, which also provide a suitable habitat for the bats, experts say.
There are about 131 species of bats in the country, of which 31 are found in central India.
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