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#environment25 Islands are particularly vulnerable, with the highest proportion of threatened trees due to forest clearance for urban development and agriculture, the report found. Invasive species, pests and diseases further exacerbate the threats.

The IUCN Red List highlighted that tree loss poses a growing threat to thousands of other plants, fungi, and animals. 

Source: DTE
#global25 UNRWA: What is the UN agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has banned?

Source: The Indian Express
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#global25 UNRWA: What is the UN agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel has banned?

Source: The Indian Express
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#history25 Grant Duff, a British historian of the Maratha period has drawn parallels between Raigad and the Rock of Gibraltar. He has gone to the extent of labelling Raigad as the Gibraltar of the east.

Source: PiB
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#history25 Raigad Fort

Source: Ministry of Culture
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#culture25 PM Gifts Sohrai Painting To Russian Prez At BRICS
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#global25 The DiGi Framework (Digital Infrastructure Growth Initiative) creates a streamlined process where DFC, JBIC, and Korea Eximbank, in partnership with the Indian private sector, can provide support to meet the needs of strategic digital infrastructure deals in India.

Source: The Hindu
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#environment25 A study shows the remarkable adaptability of the critically endangered Cat Ba langurs. Despite low genetic diversity, the langurs have retained key genetic traits that help them survive in their isolated environment on Cat Ba Island in Vietnam. One of these remarkable adaptations is the ability to drink salt water.

Source: Phys
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#technology25 LiDAR

Source: The Indian Express
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#technology25 This mission will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat to tackle the challenges of a base station beyond Earth.

Source: The Hindu
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#polity25 EVM

Source: The Indian Express
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#polity25 EVM

Source: The Indian Express
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#polity25 EVM

Source: The Indian Express
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#environment25 Countries at the United Nations (U.N.) COP16 summit on nature in Colombia on Friday (November 1, 2024) approved a measure to create a permanent body for Indigenous peoples to consult on United Nations decisions on nature conservation. Nearly 200 countries convened in the city of Cali, aiming to implement the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework agreement, which aims to halt the rapid decline of nature by 2030.

Source: The Hindu
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#environment25 Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Source: The Hindu
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#environment25 Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Source: The Hindu
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Which of the following is NOT a part of the Nilgiri Biosphere reserve?
Anonymous Quiz
8%
Mudumalai National Park
43%
Eravikulam National Park
25%
Silent Valley National Park
25%
Nagarhole National Park
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The Indian Railways renewed an existing pact with which country for technological collaboration, track maintenance, and infrastructure modernisation in the rail sector?
Anonymous Quiz
18%
United States
25%
Norway
24%
Switzerland
32%
Russia
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With reference to the direct seeding of rice (DSR), consider the following statements and identify the incorrect:
Anonymous Quiz
45%
It uses more water per irrigation
30%
It is effective against weeds
25%
In DSR, water functions as a natural herbicide
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