📰 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
@AgentsofUPSC
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
@AgentsofUPSC
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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जयपुर में LPG टैंकर फटने से 8 लोग जिंदा जले: 40 गाड़ियों में आग लगी, 35 लोग झुलसे; 200 मीटर का एरिया आग का गोला बना
#JaipurNews
#JaipurNews
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#Jaipur Fire: At Least 8 Dead, 35 Injured In Massive Fire After Truck Collides Near Petrol Pump
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