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Nagi And Nakti Bird Sanctuaries in Jamui [Bihar] Designated ‘Ramsar Sites’ Taking Country’s Recognised Wetlands Tally To 82

India on Wednesday marked World Environment Day by designating Nagi and Nakti bird sanctuaries - both man-made reservoirs situated in the Jhajha forest range of Jamui district in Bihar - as its newest wetlands of international importance under Ramsar convention, taking the total number of such globally recognised wetlands in the country to 82.


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✅The Konark wheel was built during the 13th century under the reign of King Narasimhadeva-I.

✅The wheel with 24 spokes is also adapted into India's national flag.

✅declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site in 1984.

✅LARGER STATES:
👉Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana occupied top positions.

✅SMALLER STATES:
👉Tripura: best overall

✅UTs:
👉Lakshadweep

✅Based on Incremental Performance:
Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Odisha emerged

✅The umbrella scheme of "SHREYAS" comprises 4 central sector sub-schemes.

✅Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

✅Gender Inclusivity: 30% of slots are reserved for females in both categories.

✅Reign : Parantaka I (907-953 AD) who belongs to the Chola dynasty.

✅found on the walls of the Vaikunda Perumal Temple.

✅The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) recently urged the government to conserve the historically significant structures at the Sree Mahavishnu Temple at Thirunelly.

✅Dedicated to Lord Vishnu

👉located on the sides of Brahmagiri Hill, in Kerala.
👉also known as the Sahyamala Kshetram and Kashi of the South.
👉The rituals in this temple are performed on the banks of stream Papanashini, which originates from the Brahmagiri hills.

✅INTACH
●non-profit organisation
●found in 1984
●HQ- Delhi

✅EFTA was established by a Convention signed in Stockholm on 4th January 1960.

✅India is the EFTA's 5th-largest trading partner

✅Trade Balance
👉Surplus with Iceland only
👉In Deficit with other countries

✅It was conceptualised with the mission to spread awareness about cybercrime and build the capacities of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and frontline IT officials across all government departments.

✅The Ministry of Culture in partnership with International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) has organized the 1st Global Buddhist Summit 2023.

✅HQ- DELHI

✅India gifted the Corvette INS Kirpan to Vietnam

✅The Khukri class are equipped with Diesel Engines assembled in India.

✅It is an indigenously-built in-service missile.

‼️Project 75I becomes Important

✅Gravitational waves are the space-time ripples created by massive accelerating objects in such a way that 'waves' of undulating space-time propagate in all directions from the source.

✅First discovered by Albert Einstien.

✅LIGO consists of two identical detectors at Hanford ( LIGO Hanford Observatory) and Livingston (LIGO Livingston Observatory), separated by 3000 km.
These detectors work in unison as a single laboratory but can make individual detections.

✅IARI has developed Pusa-2090, an improved version derived from a cross between Pusa-44 and CB-501, an early-maturing Japonica rice line.

✅It matures in a shorter duration of 120-125 days while maintaining comparable yields, addressing the core issue of stubble burning.

✅It combines the high yield attributes of Pusa-44 with the quicker maturation cycle of CB-501, making it a promising alternative.

‼️Read in context with other measures to control stubble burning.

✅It is planned under NASA’s Heliophysics Explorers Programme.
✅ This mission will study the links between how waves in the lower layers of the atmosphere impact the upper atmosphere and, thus, space weather.

✅It will measure the airglow at mesopause (about 85 to 87 km above the Earth’s surface), where the atmospheric temperatures dip to minus 100 degrees Celsius.

✅NASA in collaboration with the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking a nuclear propulsion system that could potentially cut down the travel time to Mars by half.

✅Projects like Orion, Rover, and NERVA explored nuclear-powered propulsion systems, although these initiatives were not fully realized.