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The kingdom has an elevated range of forest fires due to Slash and burns or shifting cultivation, burning farm residues, a series of non-timber wooded areas, and clearance of land for different purposes.

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In the year 2021, so far, the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) has said 1,604 furnace alerts.

Forest Fire Disaster Management Report, 2014 – It was prepared by way of the National Institute of Disaster Management, New Delhi.

Strengthening Forest Fire Management in India Report: It was jointly organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change and World Bank.

At least 60% of Indian districts are affected by woodland fires. The states in the North East account for the most significant share of furnace detections.

Central India is the most prominent place affected by wooded area fires. Forest Survey of India, 2019 – The Survey divided the wooded area fireplace susceptible into the following zones:

Extremely fire-prone areas accounted for 3.89% of complete woodland cover

Very-quite fire-prone areas accounted for 6.01%

Highly fireplace susceptible areas: 11.50%

Together these three classes add up to 21.4% of wooded area cover.

Seven back-to-back earthquakes came about in Assam and different north jap states. The first shocks had been of 6.4 magnitude. Later, the jolts were at 3.2 to 3.4 magnitude in Richter scale. Roads have been cracked and buildings tilted in Sonitpur and Nagaon. The prevalence of earthquakes was once demonstrated through National Center for Seismology.

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The Epicentre of the earthquake was placed at a depth of 17 km. The epicentre was once positioned 9 km away from the town of Dhekiajuli of Assam.

National Center for Seismology: It is the nodal organisation that monitors earthquake pastime in India. It continues a National Seismological Network of one hundred fifteen stations. Each station holds a separate equipment. Apart from monitory, the core also performs Seismic Hazard Microzonation and seismological research.

ROPAX Jetty Project on Dhamra River

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The Government of India recently authorised Rs 50 crores to strengthen an all-weather ROPAX in Odisha. The total fee of the venture is estimated to be Rs a hundred and ten crores. The undertaking pursuits to launch Roll-on or Roll-off Passenger Jetty connecting Kaninali in Bhadrak district and Talachua in Kendrapara district.

Highlights:

The assignment will reduce passenger travel time from six hours to one hour. The connecting factors of the jetty are located in the northern and southern banks of river Dhamra.

The launch of the jetty carrier will increase business activities and commercial activities and also will uplift the monetary fame of the region.

The Dhamra river is a joint circulation fashioned by way of the confluence of Baitarani and Brahmani rovers. It empties into the Bay of Bengal. It lies in the Bhadrak district of Odisha. The Dhamra port is located to the north of its mouth.

The Gahirmatha sanctuary is located close to the mouth of Dhamra river. Also, the Bhitarkanika and Fauna sanctuary lie on the Dhamra estuary.

The Wheeler island is additionally located at the mouth of Dhamra. The Wheeler Island is a DRDO launch centre.

Gahirmatha Sanctuary is the most vital nesting web page of Olive Ridley sea turtles. The Gahirmatha seaside separates Bhitarkanika MANGROVES and the nesting web site of the turtles. The Olive Ridley sea turtles have been put under the Vulnerable class in the IUCN Red List of threatened species. Also, they have been put underneath Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Bhitarkanika is a mangrove wetland in Odisha. It is well-known for estuarine crocodiles.

Lessons learnt in 2020 help T.N. industries

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Lessons learnt during last years lockdown are seemingly helping large industries in Nadu handle production during the second wave of the infection.

However, smaller businesses, especially MSMEs who are yet to come out of debts of the first wave, feel any further downturn will create a huge dent in their balance sheets.

From vaccinating senior workers, arranging transportation, sourcing raw materials, providing accommodation near factory premises and re-aligning operations, big companies are confident of overcoming the current tide.

WB, AIIB clear $250m for RKI second phase

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TheWorld BankandAsian Investment Bankhave cleared $250 million as concessional funding for the second phase ofResilient Kerala Development Programme, which is part of theRebuild Kerala Initiative(RKI).

Programmes for improving the states capacity to withstand climatic changes, natural disasters and pandemics will be devised in the second phase. The World Bank cleared $250 million in 2019 for the first phase of the programme. The German Development Bank had cleared another 100 million euros for the programme too in the first phase.

Karnataka govt announces Rs 1,250 crore Covid-19 relief package

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The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced a Rs 1,250 crore package to help economically weaker sections and farmers to tide over the financial crisis arising due to the second wave of Covid-19.

Chief minister BS Yediyurappa announced the package and said that steps are being taken to reach the assistance to beneficiaries at the earliest.

Under the package, the flower growers will get Rs 10,000 per hectare and fruits and vegetable growers will get a maximum assistance upto Rs 10,000 per hectare.

The announced free food grains for two months (May & June) for families which have applied for BPL cards but not yet received the cards.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) have granted the Telangana government conditional drone deployments for the delivery of experimental Covid-19 vaccines.

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The permission was given to use drones within the visual line of sight (VLOS) range.

The validity period is one year or until further orders.

Earlier this month, the Indian Council of Medical Research (Icmr) also obtained a similar

permit to cooperate with IIT Kanpur to conduct a feasibility study of Covid-19 vaccine

delivery using drones.

Granting of these permissions aims to achieve the dual goals of faster vaccine delivery and better healthcare access through:

Ensure that basic medical care is provided at the doorstep of citizens

Restrict human exposure to COVID crowded or COVID-prone areas through air transportation

Ensure access to medical Services in the last mile, especially in remote areas

Possibility to integrate long-range drones into the midway of medical

Improve the medical supply chain, especially the third vaccine expected to be put into production and millions of doses will be shipped in India.

Vizag to send medical oxygen to Maharashtra

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AfterMadhya PradeshandMaharashtragovernments approached theMinistry of Railwaysfor transportation of liquidmedical oxygentankers by trains, it was decided to move some empty tankers toVizagfor loading of medical Oxygen tankers from here. The LMO would be transported by placing the tankers on flat wagons.

According to theRailwayofficials, a green corridor would be created for fast movement of oxygen express trains.Andhra Pradeshhas a medical oxygen production capacity of 200 metric tonnes a day. But distributors are currently placing indents for 60 to 70 metric tonnes. Andhra Pradesh has been supplying the medical oxygen to various other states, includingTelangana.

Due to restrictions of height of road over bridges and overhead equipment at certain locations, out of the various specifications of road tankers, the model of road tanker T 1618 with a height of 3320 mm was found feasible by the Railways to place it on flat wagons.

WHO warns Goa on use of Ivermectin

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A day after Health ministerVishwajit Raneannounced that the state will give all those above 18 years of ageivermectintablets as a prophylactic treatment to combat the severity of Covid-19, theWorld Health Organisation(WHO) said that the medication can be prescribed only for clinical trials.

This treatment is much more effective in clearing the Covid virus and people have to take it for five days in a row, the health minister had said. The medication is harmless and even those with comorbid conditions can safely take it, he had said.

Rane said that they have received suggestions that even children above the age of 10 years can be given the preventive treatment.

Maharashtra govt likely to give special relief package to affected districts

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The is likely to consider a specialcompensation packageunder the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) for the districts affected byCyclone Tauktae.

Last year, in the wake of Cyclone Nisarga, the state government had hiked the per hectare compensation under NDRF for horticultural land to Rs 50,000 from Rs 25,000, for damaged houses to Rs 1.5 lakh from Rs 95,000, and for partially damaged houses to Rs 15,000 from Rs 6,000.