Namo Drone Didi: Empowering Women Self-Help Groups with Advanced Agricultural Technology
🔆Common Cat Snake:
✅Common Cat Snake, also known as Indian gamma snake, is a species of rear-fanged snake endemic to South Asia.
✅Scientific Name: Boiga trigonata
In India, it is found all over the country, excluding north-east states after Sikkim; it is also, not found in Indian islands.
✅Habitat: It can be found in almost all kinds of forests and wide ranges of elevations.
✅While venomous, the Common Cat Snake's venom is not considered highly dangerous to humans. It primarily uses its venom to subdue prey.
Features:
✅It is a medium-sized snake that is usually found in the 70-100 cm range.
Its body is slender, thin, and bears a thin tail.
✅Its underside is yellow-white or yellow-brown.
✅Unlike other cat snakes of its range, this species bears characteristic “gamma” or “Y”-shaped marking that helps in its quick identification on the field.
✅Lifespan: 12-20 years
✅Diet: It primarily consists of small vertebrates.
✅IUCN Red List: Least Concern
✅Common Cat Snake, also known as Indian gamma snake, is a species of rear-fanged snake endemic to South Asia.
✅Scientific Name: Boiga trigonata
In India, it is found all over the country, excluding north-east states after Sikkim; it is also, not found in Indian islands.
✅Habitat: It can be found in almost all kinds of forests and wide ranges of elevations.
✅While venomous, the Common Cat Snake's venom is not considered highly dangerous to humans. It primarily uses its venom to subdue prey.
Features:
✅It is a medium-sized snake that is usually found in the 70-100 cm range.
Its body is slender, thin, and bears a thin tail.
✅Its underside is yellow-white or yellow-brown.
✅Unlike other cat snakes of its range, this species bears characteristic “gamma” or “Y”-shaped marking that helps in its quick identification on the field.
✅Lifespan: 12-20 years
✅Diet: It primarily consists of small vertebrates.
✅IUCN Red List: Least Concern
🔆Unexpected Connection Between Nickel Toxicity and Cholesterol
Key Points:
✅Nickel Sensitivity: Researchers found that certain fungal strains were sensitive to nickel toxicity.
✅SRE1 Protein: The gene encoding the SRE1 protein, which is conserved in animals, was found to be crucial for nickel tolerance in fungi.
✅Sterol Biosynthesis: The SRE1 protein regulates genes involved in sterol biosynthesis, which is essential for cell membrane function.
✅Nickel and Sterol Interaction: Nickel exposure was found to disrupt sterol biosynthesis in both fungal and mammalian cells.
✅Potential Implications: This discovery could have implications for understanding the mechanisms of nickel toxicity and developing strategies to mitigate its effects.
Analysis:
The unexpected connection between nickel toxicity and sterol biosynthesis highlights the complexity of biological systems. This research underscores the importance of interdisciplinary research and the potential for surprising discoveries.
Key Points:
✅Nickel Sensitivity: Researchers found that certain fungal strains were sensitive to nickel toxicity.
✅SRE1 Protein: The gene encoding the SRE1 protein, which is conserved in animals, was found to be crucial for nickel tolerance in fungi.
✅Sterol Biosynthesis: The SRE1 protein regulates genes involved in sterol biosynthesis, which is essential for cell membrane function.
✅Nickel and Sterol Interaction: Nickel exposure was found to disrupt sterol biosynthesis in both fungal and mammalian cells.
✅Potential Implications: This discovery could have implications for understanding the mechanisms of nickel toxicity and developing strategies to mitigate its effects.
Analysis:
The unexpected connection between nickel toxicity and sterol biosynthesis highlights the complexity of biological systems. This research underscores the importance of interdisciplinary research and the potential for surprising discoveries.
PM Vidyalaxmi
✅PM Vidyalaxmi scheme, a new initiative under the Central Sector aimed at providing financial support to meritorious students, ensuring that financial constraints do not hinder access to higher education.
✅This scheme is a significant step in realizing the vision outlined in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which emphasises the need for financial assistance to be made available to deserving students through various mechanisms in both public and private higher education institutions (HEIs)
✅PM Vidyalaxmi scheme, a new initiative under the Central Sector aimed at providing financial support to meritorious students, ensuring that financial constraints do not hinder access to higher education.
✅This scheme is a significant step in realizing the vision outlined in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which emphasises the need for financial assistance to be made available to deserving students through various mechanisms in both public and private higher education institutions (HEIs)
Where is Ammenpur lake situated , which gets status of First Biodiversity Heritage site in India
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45%
Telangana
18%
Tamil Nadu
18%
Karnataka
18%
Andhra Pradesh
Which country recently became the largest rice exporter globally in 2024
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40%
Vietnam
10%
Thailand
50%
India
0%
Pakistan
Which one of the following is origin point of the Vishwamitri river
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9%
Satpura Range
36%
Amarkantak Plateau
45%
Pavagadh Hills
9%
Aravalli Hills
The Thadou tribe which recently held convention in Guwahati , is from which Indian State
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67%
Assam
25%
Manipur
0%
Nagaland
8%
Meghalaya
India recently signed a defence cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with which country?
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21%
Algeria
36%
Morocco
21%
Turkey
21%
Egypt
Who among the following was known as 'Deshbandhu '
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Prafful Chandra Sen
13%
Bipin Chandra Pal
88%
Chittaranjan Das
0%
Jagdish Chandra Bose
#National_Park
Gorumara National Park
▪️ Located in the Dooars region of the Himalayan foothills in jalpaiguri west Bengal
▪️ It is primarily known for its population of Indian rhinoceros.
▪️ The major river of the park is the Jaldhaka river, a tributary of the Brahmaputra.
▪️ Flora : Sal forests with common teak, rain tree and Bombax
Bamboo groves etc.
▪️ Fauna : Indian rhinoceros, gaur, Asian elephant, sloth bear, chital, and sambar deer.
Gorumara National Park
▪️ Located in the Dooars region of the Himalayan foothills in jalpaiguri west Bengal
▪️ It is primarily known for its population of Indian rhinoceros.
▪️ The major river of the park is the Jaldhaka river, a tributary of the Brahmaputra.
▪️ Flora : Sal forests with common teak, rain tree and Bombax
Bamboo groves etc.
▪️ Fauna : Indian rhinoceros, gaur, Asian elephant, sloth bear, chital, and sambar deer.