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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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Kilkari application

•It was launched to deliver free weekly audio messages about pregnancy, child birth and care.

•Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are covered under it.

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▪️GREEN GOOD DEEDS CAMPAIGN
It was launched by the MOEFCC Ministry to sensitize the people and students, in particular, about climate change and global warming.

It‘s a people-oriented campaign. The plan is to broad-base it with the involvement of teachers, students and other voluntary organizations

▪️Nitrogen for Life
A campaign on sustainable nitrogen management called “Nitrogen for Life” was launced alongside Colombo Declaration

▪️ “Wood is Good” Campaign

The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has launched “Wood is Good” Campaign under Partnership for Land Use Science (Forest-Plus).

It was launched on sidelines of two-day conference on “Sustainable landscapes and forest ecosystems: Theory to Practice” in New Delhi.

The purpose of campaign is to promote wood as climate-friendly resource and substitute to materials like steel and plastic as it is carbon neutral unlike others materials which leave carbon footprint in their production

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INF Treaty

◾️ The 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty limited the use of medium-range missiles, both conventional and nuclear.
◾️ Under the INF treaty, the US and formerly Soviet Union agreed not to develop, produce, possess or deploy any ground-based ballistic and cruise missiles that have a range between 500 and 5,500 km.
◾️ It exempted the air-launched'* and sea-based missile systems** in the same range.
◾️ The INF treaty helped address the fears of an imminent nuclear war in Europe.
◾️ It also built some trust between Washington and Moscow and contributed to the end of the Cold War.

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