Odisha Proposes State’s Second Biosphere Reserve The Odisha government has proposed a second biosphere reserve in the southern part of the state at Mahendragiri. The 5,569-square kilometre Similipal Biosphere Reserve is Odisha’s first such reserve and was notified May 20, 1996. The hill ecosystem acts as a transitional zone between the flora and fauna of …
64% Of World’s Arable Land At Risk Of Pesticide Pollution According to a study, published in Nature Geoscience, around 64 per cent of land used for agriculture and food crops is at risk of pesticide pollution and almost a third of these areas are considered to be at high-risk. The study was conducted on agricultural …
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The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on March 23, 2021 was apprised on the progress under National Health Mission (NHM) during FY 2019-20 including an accelerated decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Under Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) and Total Fertility Rate (TFR). It also noted the …
Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) generates ground water quality data on a regional scale through ground water quality monitoring throughout the country. This monitoring indicates the occurrence of Fluoride, Arsenic, Nitrate, Iron and Heavy Metals beyond the BIS permissible limits for human consumption in isolated pockets in various parts of the country.Water being a State …
The study “Reassessment of Water Availability in India using Space Inputs” has been carried out by CWC in 2019. The average annual water resources of the 20 basins of the country have been assessed as 1999.20 Billion Cubic Meters (BCM). Per Capita Water Availability In India The per capita water availability is estimated by dividing …
Data localisation Data localisation is not the only approach towards protecting data privacy WhatsApp, with 459 million users. WhatsApp can seamlessly share user metadata and mobile information with its parent company Facebook. Facebook Inc, which also owns Instagram. Facebook has sought to integrate the offerings from WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, with the former acting also …
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Houbara Bustard Eleven members of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) royal family had arrived in January 2021 Pakistan’s Panjgur district in Balochistan to hunt the internationally protected and highly vulnerable houbara bustard under a license issued by Pakistan’s foreign ministry. They’re a shy, rare bird breed, the size of a chicken – and hunting them …
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Union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat signed a tripartite agreement with the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh on March 22 on the occasion of World Water Day to start the work on India’s first major river interlinking project. The agreement has brought an end to the disagreement between UP and MP over …
Water scarcity Water scarcity exists where the demand for water exceeds supply and where available water resources are approaching or have exceeded sustainable limits. Water scarcity can either be physical or economic. Physical water scarcity Occurs where water resources are overexploited for different uses and no longer meet the needs of the population. Economic water …
The deteriorating health of rivers, water bodies and wetlands has become a critical agenda in West Bengal in the run-up to the assembly elections. Apart from Adiganga, the East Kolkata Wetlands, Saraswati river in Howrah; Bidyedhari, Ichamati and Churni rivers in the southern and northern fringes of Kolkata have been identified critically vulnerable stretches. The …
