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KERALA FORESTS HOME TO NEW SPIDER SPECIES

EnvironmentBy Team IQRA IAS April 6, 2019

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-04-06 KERALA FORESTS HOME TO NEW SPIDER SPECIES Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Wildlife Related Issues Habrocestum longispinum A group of jumping spiders that mostly occur in Eurasia and Africa, has been spotted for the first time in Ernakulam’s Illithodu forests by arachnologists from Kochi’s Sacred Heart…

ASSAM RIFLES GRANTED POWER TO ARREST ANYONE IN THE NORTHEAST

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-02-22 ASSAM RIFLES GRANTED POWER TO ARREST ANYONE IN THE NORTHEAST Relevant for: Security Related Matters | Topic: Security challenges and their management in Border Areas Assam Rifles, deployed along the Myanmar border, has been empowered by the Centre to arrest anyone and search a place without warrant in the…

‘POLICIES BIASED AGAINST RAINFED AGRICULTURE’

Environment, Indian EconomyBy Team IQRA IAS February 20, 2019

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-02-18 ‘POLICIES BIASED AGAINST RAINFED AGRICULTURE’ Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Major Crops, Cropping Patterns and various Agricultural Revolutions A new rainfed agriculture atlas released this week documents the policy biases that are making farming unviable. Three out of five farmers in India grow their crops using rainwater, instead…

LIKE HUMANS, ANIMALS TOO HAVE A RIGHT TO MIGRATE

Environment, URBANIZATIONBy Team IQRA IAS February 20, 2019

Source : www.hindustantimes.com Date : 2019-02-20 LIKE HUMANS, ANIMALS TOO HAVE A RIGHT TO MIGRATE Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Wildlife Related Issues Twenty seven years after a tiger was last sighted in the Dang district of Gujarat, a big cat (5-7 years old) was spotted in the state’s Mahisagar district on…

CAUGHT DOWN THE WIRE: PUNJAB’S BLACKBUCK FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE

EnvironmentBy Team IQRA IAS February 18, 2019

Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-02-18 CAUGHT DOWN THE WIRE: PUNJAB’S BLACKBUCK FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Wildlife Related Issues Marred by strays:A herd of blackbuck sauntering in open fields in Sardarpura village in Abohar district of Punjab. These indigenous deer often fall prey to barbed wire fences or…

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KERALA FORESTS HOME TO NEW SPIDER SPECIES

ASSAM RIFLES GRANTED POWER TO ARREST ANYONE IN THE NORTHEAST

‘POLICIES BIASED AGAINST RAINFED AGRICULTURE’

LIKE HUMANS, ANIMALS TOO HAVE A RIGHT TO MIGRATE

CAUGHT DOWN THE WIRE: PUNJAB’S BLACKBUCK FIGHT FOR EXISTENCE