📰 The 1,300-year-old Abathsahayeshwarar Temple has been chosen by UNESCO to receive the Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation award

🏆 This award recognizes efforts by individuals & organizations in Asia & the Pacific region to preserve & transform structures & buildings.

✨ Abathsahayeswarar Temple , TN

• Constructed by Kings Vikrama Chola &
Kulothunga Chola.

☄️ 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆

🏆𝖠𝗒𝗈𝖽𝗁𝗒𝖺'𝗌 𝖲𝗁𝗋𝗂 𝖱𝖺𝗆 𝖬𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗋 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗀𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 '𝖲𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖧𝗈𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗋' 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖡𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝖲𝖺𝖿𝖾𝗍𝗒 𝖢𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗅 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾𝗍𝗒 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍

Disease X

Recent unclassified outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has raised concerns over Disease X.

Term coined by WHO in 2018

Refers to a hypothetical disease, unknown pathogen with potential to cause global epidemic or pandemic.

COVID-19 is regarded as 1st instance of real Disease X

✈️ Exercise Desert Knight :

It is a trilateral air combat exercise b/w
India, France, & UAE

A staggering 59% of Indian companies experienced financial or economic fraud in the past 24 months, according to PwC's 'Global Economic Crime Survey 2024 - India Outlook.

Read more: https://www.read.ht/SeSc

Press Release: Press Information Bureau
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2084209

INS Nirdeshak, the second ship of the Survey Vessel (Large) project, was commissioned into the Indian Navy today at Visakhapatnam by Raksha Rajya Mantri. Built with over 80% indigenous content by GRSE, this advanced vessel is equipped with cutting-edge hydrographic systems like Multi-Beam Echo Sounders, Side Scan Sonars, AUVs, and ROVs. It will play a pivotal role in hydrographic surveys, navigation, deep-sea operations, and environmental studies, boosting India’s maritime capabilities.

TRAGIC!

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: 100+ 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀

Navy craft hits a ferryboat with 110 on board off Gateway of India in Mumbai.

101 people have been rescued, and 13 people have died, including 10 civilians and 3 Navy personnel. Two others are critically injured and have been shifted to the navy hospital. 🙏🏻

⚡️ Disaster management Amendment Bill 2024

Bronze Statue of Emperor Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar Empire & His Two Queens

✨ Sri Krishnadevaraya mandapam in
Tirumala Temple

📰 : Wroughton's Free-tailed Bat, a rare bat species, has been spotted in Delhi's DDA Yamuna Biodiversity Park.

🦇 WROUGHTON'S FREE TAILED BAT


Distribution:
• Found mainly in the WESTERN GHATS
• Small colonies have been observed in the
Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya
• A lone individual was reported in
Cambodia.

• It primarily roosts in caves or dark, damp
spaces in moderate colony sizes.


Conservation Status:
• IUCN: Data Deficient.
as little is known about their habitat,
ecology, or foraging range.

#Species
@AgentsofUPSC

Climate change and biodiversity loss are connected: Key takeaways from NEXUS report 🔗
#explained_climate #express_explained