08.06.21

Two Monal Species in Arunachal Pradesh

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Local wildlife lovers saw two marmosets at the same time in the Siang district in central Arunachal Pradesh. Monals is a colorful pheasant.

Highlights:

One discovered species is While Himalayan monal also known as Lophophorus impedance. Widely distributed from Afghanistan to northeastern India

The other is Sclater’s monal, also known as Lophophorus slateri. Distributed in southern China and northern Myanmar. Monal is listed as a vulnerable species by (International Union for Conservation of Nature). It was found near Komji Lipik at a distance of 2,850 meters. Birds have been found on Mount Eko Dumbing, 4,173 meters above mean sea level.

Monal birds belong to the Lophophorus genus of the Pheasant family. The male bird has colorful iridescent feathers and a plump body. They prefer rhizomes, bulbs and insects as a diet. Males are polygamous when they mate. They mate with several females. The female only mates with selected males and enters a monogamous relationship.

Aamsu seeks rejection slips for NRC excludees

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AllAssamMinorities Students Union (AAMSU), while meeting the Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, submitted a memorandum seeking rejection orders for those excluded from theNRCand for improving the educational and Health of the minority dominated areas for checking the Population–Growth“>Population Growth.

The leaders of Aamsu, an influential students body representing both religious and linguistic minorities, met the chief minister on Wednesday, following the controversy where Sarma had appealed the states immigrant Muslim population to adopt a decent family planning practice.

Rescuing Gharials in Mahanadi River

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Odisha introduced a award of Rs. 1,000 to preserve gharials in Mahanadi River Basin. Gharials, now and again called gavials, are a kind of Asian crocodilian individual by their long, skinny snouts. Crocodilians are a team of reptiles that consists of crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and more.

Highlights:

India has three species of Crocodilians namely:

Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus): IUCN Red List- Critically Endangered
Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris): IUCN- Vulnerable.
Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus): IUCN- Least Concern.

All the three are listed on Appendix I of CITES and Schedule I of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.

Exception: Saltwater Crocodile populations of Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea are included in Appendix II of CITES.

Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve and Vaigai River – Tamil Nadu

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They announced Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve in Nadu will protect the Megamalai, Vaigais main catchment area, and help the river to rise.
Highlights:

About Vaigai River:

Its origins can be traced back to the Western Ghats (Varushanad Hills)

Suruliyaru, Mullaiyaru, Varaganadhi, Manjalaru, Kottagudi, Kridhumaal, and Upparu are its major tributaries.

The Vaigai runs for 258 kilometres before emptying into the Palk Strait near the Pamban Bridge in Ramanathapuram district.

The Vaigai was a river that ran through Madurai, the famous city that served as the capital (4th-11th century CE) of the ancient and prosperous Pandya kingdom in southern Tamil Nadu.

The river is mentioned in Sangam literature dating back to 300 BC.

The river supplies drinking water to five districts in Tamil Nadu: Theni, Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Dindigul and Sivagangai.

Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve:

It was founded in February 2021. It was jointly declared by the governments of the Centre and Tamil Nadu.

The Megamalai WLS and the adjacent Srivilliputhur WLS were combined for this.

Srivilliputhur-Megamalai Tiger Reserve is the 51st tiger reserve in India and the fifth tiger reserve in Tamil Nadu.

Bengal tigers, elephants, gaurs, Indian giant squirrels, leopards, Nilgiri Tahrs, and other animals can be seen here.

It is made up of tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, dry deciduous and moist mixed deciduous forests, and Grassland.

Coastal areas in Kerala will witness increasing sea surge in coming years: Experts

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Marine experts warned that coastal areas in Kerala will witness an increasing trend of sea surge in the coming years due to rise in sea surface temperature.

Experts are of the view that such storm surges are likely to occur in the coast increasingly in coming years with the rapid warming of the waters in the Indian Ocean, according to the release.

Cyclonic winds help form storm surge in the waters which results in high waves, sea erosion and flooding in the coastal hamlets. This was evidently seen recently, especially in coastal areas like Chellanam.

Sell surplus power, says Yediyurappa

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With Karnataka generating surplus power from its Plants, the government is planning to enter a long-term agreement with power deficit States to sell power.

The State has hydro and thermal power plants having generating capacity of 30,562.56 MW. The States Average generation is about 8,750 MW these days.

About 18% of the total power generation has been consumed by the Industrial Sector and the Chief Minister told the Energy Department officials to take measures for ensuring uninterrupted power supply to industries.

CM launches Amul ops in West Godavari dist

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The has extended the operations of Gujarat-based milk producers cooperative,Amul, in the state.
Amul will begin milk collection inWest Godavaridistrict. It was launched in the state in December 2020 with operations in Kadapa, Chittoor and Prakasam districts. Amul later extended to Guntur district.

Amul acquires milk from these Dairy farmers through milk collection centres, the quality of milk is tested in front of the farmers, and they are provided with a slip on the spot, this slip shows the grade of the milk and how much it will cost, this helps eliminate any discrepancies in payments to the farmers. The milk is collected and stored through the assistance of bulk milk cooling units (BMCU) and automatic milk collection units (AMCU). The AP government is placing these AMCUs at all milk collection centres at an estimated cost of Rs 218.99 crore.

Similarly, BMCUs are being positioned at 9,899 villages, costing about Rs 1088.89 crore.

Government registration must for all private hospitals in Goa

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Private hospital, Nursing homes will now have to compulsorily register with the following the state cabinet approving the Goa Clinical Establishment Regulation Rule, 2021.

They have to compulsorily register with the directorate of Health Services. Till date, we did not have a clinical establishment act in the state, but now we have one in line with that of the Union Government.

The state cabinet, also granted approval to hand over the Pernem bus stand to the Kadamba Transport Corporation from the transport department.

Pune college could be first in Maharashtra to teach engineering in Marathi

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Punes Pimpri ChichwadCollegeofEngineering(PCCOE) may become the first college inMaharashtrato impart engineering Education inMarathifrom the 2021-22 academic year.

Four colleges from Uttar Pradesh, two from Rajasthan, two from Maharashtra, two from Nadu and one each from Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh have applied for it. While most colleges have proposed to start a batch in computer science, there are proposals for electrical, mechanical and civil engineering as well, with some proposing two batches in different streams, according to data shared by Sahasrabudhe.

It is still to be seen how many of the proposals materialise. College of Engineering Pune (CoEP) is the other college in contention from Maharashtra.

Amid concerns over an expected third wave of COVID-19 which is likely to affect children, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar directed the Deputy Commissioners to ramp up health arrangements at the level of community health centres along with increasing the number of children wards well in advance.

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The Chief Minister said that an ambulance should be stationed round the clock at every CHC so that people visiting these CHCs should get timely treatment and if required any critical patient should be immediately referred to the nearest district office.

He said that last year, an incentive amount of Rs 7,000 was given to the farmers for adopting crop diversification in place of paddy. Now, there is a plan to give incentive to those farmers too who will keep their fields empty so as to increase the land fertility.