Total Ramsar Sites - 98

🌸Patna bird 🐦 sanctuary - UP
🦖Chhari Dhand- Gujarat

India gets Ramsar tag for two wetlands, PM Modi lauds efforts

🔹Patna Bird Sanctuary in Etah (Uttar Pradesh) and
Chhari-Dhand in Kutch (Gujarat)

🔹The designation of these two sites under the Ramsar Convention takes the total number of such wetlands in India to 98

🌊🌬️El Niño & La Niña (ENSO Phenomenon)

🌺El Niño

Meaning: Abnormal warming of sea surface temperature in the central & eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.

🌾Effect on trade winds: Weaken

🪵Impact on India:

Weak/deficient South-West Monsoon

Droughts, heat waves


🌲Global effects:

Heavy rains in South America

Droughts in Australia & Southeast Asia


La Niña❄️⛄

Meaning: Abnormal cooling of sea surface temperature in the central & eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.

🌻Effect on trade winds: Strengthen

Impact on India:
Stronger monsoon, above-normal rainfall

Flood risk


Global effects:
Wet conditions in Australia & Southeast Asia

Colder winters in parts of North America


🦖Key Differences (Quick Table)

Feature. El Niño La Niña

Sea temp. Warmer Cooler
Trade wind Weak Strong
monsoon. Weak Strong
ENSO. Warm Cold phase

🌸One-linear for CDS / UPSC

El Niño weakens Indian monsoon; La Niña strengthens it.

BLA Launches Operation Herof Phase 2 Across Balochistan.

1 FEB NEWS

PM Narendra Modi will visit Punjab today to mark the 649th birth anniversary of Sant Guru Ravidas Ji.

🔸The Prime Minister will unveil the new name of the Adampur Airport as Sri Guru Ravidas Ji Airport, Adampur.

🔸He will also inaugurate the Terminal Building at Halwara Airport in Ludhiana.

𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟓𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐲✨

Indian Coast Guard is commemorating its 50th Raising Day today, marking nearly five decades of dedicated, selfless service to the nation.

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 since assuming office in 2019.

▪️Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented eight consecutive Union Budgets, the longest continuous run by any Finance Minister in the country.

▪️With her ninth Budget in a row, she will come close to the record held by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai, who presented the highest number of Budgets -ten.

Plan Rs 10,000 Cr bio pharma strategy outlay, to develop India as a global biopharma manufacturing hub

Propose a scheme for enhancement for infra equipments, ranging from lifts to firefighting equipment.

Budget 2026: Odisha, T.N., Andhra, Kerala to get dedicated rare earth corridors to promote research and mining

Budget 2026: The move comes as India looks to reduce its dependence on China for rare-earth minerals. Two of the four states, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, are set to go to Assembly elections in 2026.

Union Budget 2026: Twenty new National Waterways to be operationalised over five years, FM Sitharaman announces

A coastal cargo scheme was also announced in order to increase the share of coastal shipping and inland waterways.

NHAI Signs MoU with NFSU to Strengthen Digital Security for National Highway Management

Collaboration will strengthen cyber security frameworks and forensic reliability in National Highway operations and digital platforms.

🇺🇸🤝🇮🇳 US–INDIA TRADE DEAL


▪️ India–US Trade Deal announced
▪️ Reciprocal tariff by US on Indian goods reduced to 18%
▪️ India to reduce Tariff & Non-Tariff Barriers on US goods
▪️ India to purchase over $500 Billion worth of US products
▪️ Major sectors: Energy, Technology, Agriculture, Coal
▪️ Objective: Boost bilateral trade & economic cooperation
▪️ Significance: Strengthening India–US strategic partnership

✔️ Tariff percentage → 18%
✔️ Amount committed → $500 Billion
✔️ Countries involved → India & United States
✔️ Nature of deal → Trade & Economic Cooperation

सुख में — शिव।
दुःख में — शिव।
हर अवस्था में
एक ही नाम,
एक ही सहारा।
🌺 *हर हर महादेव* 🌺

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