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Gogabeel is Bihar’s first community reserve:

Gogabeel, an ox-bow lake in Bihar’s Katihar district, has been declared as the state’s first ‘Community Reserve’.

Gogabeel is formed from the flow of the rivers Mahananda and Kankhar in the north and the Ganga in the south and east. It is the fifteenth Protected Area (PA) in Bihar.


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💥Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in Bihar is India's only sanctuary for the Gangetic dolphin

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The protection against double jeopardy is available only in proceedings before a court of law or judicial tribunal.

In other words, it is not available in proceedings before departmental or administrative authorities as they are not of judicial nature


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Only 3 states in North-East India have Tiger Reserves. They are in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.


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Recently, India’s only orangutan died in Odisha’s Nandankanan Zoological Park.

• She was brought from Singapore to Pune’s Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park and later shifted to Odisha

. • Orangutans are one of the world’s three surviving species of great apes and are native to Indonesia and Malaysia.

• Considered to be among the most intelligent primates, they use a variety of sophisticated tools and construct elaborate sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage and also play a vital role in seed dispersal in their habitats.


• Threats: Habitat loss, Human-Animal Conflict, Illegal wild life trade etc. Conservation Status

• IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature): Critically Endangered



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The Indian Government can imprison or deport illegal migrants under the Foreigners Act, 1946 and the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920

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Kolleru Lake

Kolleru Lake is a freshwater lake and is known as Ramsar site no. 1209.

It is located between Krishna and Godavari deltas of Andhra Pradesh

As a haven for a wide-variety of water birds, the Forest Department has declared 673 sq.km (Con.+5) as the Kolleru Wildlife Sanctuary.


It is an Important Bird Area on the Central Asian Flyway.
It is important habitat for resident and migratory birds, including the grey or spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis). Many birds migrate here in winter, such as Siberian crane, ibis, and painted storks.

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Only 3 states in North-East India have Tiger Reserves. They are in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.


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E-Sanchit project was launched by Central Board of Excise and customs

• It facilitates paperless filling of import/export documents which reduces time and provides digital easing

• It is one of the important steps taken to integrate our cross-border trade with the global value chain

Indian Rhino Vision (IRV) 2020 programme was launched in 2005 by Assam Forest Department in partnership with WWF-India, the International Rhino Foundation, and US Fish & Wildlife Service. It aims to attain a wild population of at least 3,000 greater one-horned rhinos spread over seven protected areas in Assam by the year 2020.



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Mighty 5 or MITI-V is not the name of a new team of superheroes, rather it is the acronym
for Malaysia, India, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam – five nations predicted to be among
the 15-most competitive manufacturing countries in the world by 2020.

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Important for upsc prelims

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