‘Pinanga Andamanensis’

◾️ It is an IUCN critically endangered species and one of the least known among the endemic palms of the Andaman Islands.
◾️ The name is derived from ‘Penang’, the modern-day Malaysian state.
◾️ Its entire population of some 600 specimens naturally occurs only
in a tiny, evergreen forest pocket in South Andaman’s Mount Harriet National Park.

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UN Environment launched the Sustainable Infrastructure Partnership (SIP) in 2018 as a platform to promote and support integrated approaches to sustainable infrastructure planning and development.

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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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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Prelims facts 💡
⭕️ The Constitution has not fixed the term of office of members of the RajyaSabha and left it to the Parliament.

💎Accordingly, the Parliament in the Representation of the People Act (1951) provided that the term of office of a member of the RajyaSabha shall be six years.

👆Prelims important fact 2020
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PS: very important points coming up for prelims 2020✅✅