WEEKLY ROUNDUP : New species, GSAT-7B Satellite , Return of artifacts, Climate change etc.
11/11 New Lizard species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
The group tracked down the new skink genus and species under fallen logs in Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary. These reptiles are little and dynamic, with a dark brown colored body with two faint stripes with a glowing sheen to their scales. The new species is named after the Apatani clan of Arunachal Pradesh's Ziro valley. This is the fifth new type of reptile to be depicted by the team from surveys made in a single campaign in 2019.
10/11 Vizag Railway Station : one station one product 
The Etikoppaka toys which were decided to represent the 'One Station One Product' concept have been launched at the Visakhapatnam Railway Station.'One Station One Product' in the new financial budget with a motive to advance the travel industry and give a lift to nearby businesses, Visakhapatnam was picked as the lead on the East Coast Railway to get going with the pilot project.
Etikoppaka toys are made with a specific kind of wood from the medicinal plant Ankudu Karra and are painted with enamel colors by local craftsmen of the Etikoppa Village of Yellamachili Mandal in Visakhapatnam District.
9/11 Australia Returns 29 Stolen Antiquities from India
As per Archeological Survey of India (ASI) authorities, the ancient pieces would be sent back to the States where they were taken from, in case FIRs were filed. The relics, containing a blend of figures, artworks, representations, and enriching objects, range from States across the nation. While 15 of the 29 artifacts have been marked as belonging to Rajasthan, the rest have been set apart as originally from Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and West Bengal.
The oldest artifact, a sandstone icon titled Shivam Bhairava' is believed to trace back to the ninth tenth century CE.
8/11 Boma Technique TO Translocate Deer at Keoladeo national Park
The Boma method has been used for the first time at Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan for catching and translocating spotted deer to Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve. The Boma-catching procedure is well known in Africa. It includes the drawing of creatures into a walled-in area by pursuing them through the funnel-like fencing.
The channel tightens into an animal selection -cum-stacking chute upheld with grass mats and a green net to make it opaque for creatures, which are herded into a large vehicle for their vehicle to another location. This transfer will prompt herbivores to populate the Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve in front of the proposed moving of two tigers to Mukundara.
7/11 Indian arm to get new eye in the sky : gSAT-7B
The GSAT 7B will satisfy the communication needs of the Army. At present, the Army is utilizing 30% of the communication capacities of the GSAT 7A satellite, which has been intended for the Indian Air Force (IAF). The GSAT 7B will likewise assist the Army with upgrading its surveillance in border regions. The GSAT 7 gives an array of administrations to military communication needs, which incorporates low-bit voice rate to high-bit rate information offices, including multi-band interchanges.
6/11 dragonfly species spotted in forests of Seshachalam hills
Black Percher or Black Ground Skimmer ( Diplacodes Lefebvre ), a species of the dragonfly was located without precedent in the Seshachalam Hill ranges recently. It has belonged to the phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta and order Odonata. As indicated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of threatened species, Black Ground Skimmer was labeled in 2016 as of 'least concern' considering its wide predominance in Southern Eurasia and the whole of Africa.
The bug has been located in forest areas of Karnataka and Coastal Andhra Pradesh, but this appears to be its maiden appearance in the Seshachalam ranges. It is known to move near forest streams.
5/11 Rich nations must end oil production by 2034 in climate fight
For a 50/50 possibility of restricting the increase in worldwide temperatures to 1.5C, 19 nations including US and UK must end their energy production first, another report says, adding unfortunate oil producers like Angola could end production by 2050. Nations, such as South Sudan, the Republic of Congo, and Gabon have minimal monetary income apart from oil and gas production. By contrast, wealthy nations that are significant producers would stay rich regardless of whether non-renewable energy source income was taken out. The very poor nations can keep on creating out till 2050, as indicated by the estimation, and different nations, for example, China and Mexico are someplace in the middle.
Oil and gas income, for instance, contribute eight percent to US GPD, however, the country's GDP per capita would in any case be about $60,000 - - second highest in the world among oil and gas producing nations -–– without it, according to the report.
4/11 India, WHO Sign pact to set up global medicine centre in Gujarat
The onsite launch of the new WHO global center for traditional medicine in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India will take place on April 21, 2022. While Jamnagar will fill in as the hub the new focus is being designed to engage and benefit all regions of the world.
This worldwide information community for customary medication, upheld by a venture of USD 250 million from the Government of India, expects to utilize the potential of traditional medicine from across the world through modern science and technology to work on improving the health of people and the planet. The term traditional medicine encompasses ancient practices such as acupuncture, ayurvedic medicine, and herbal mixtures as well as modern medicines to maintain health and prevent, diagnose and treat physical and mental illness, read WHO statement.
3/11 Moradabad becomes world's second noisiest city
The UN report named 'Frontiers 2022: Noise, Blazes and Mismatches', delivered last month, estimated noise levels in 61 urban areas of the world. Bangladesh's capital Dhaka topped the list with a noise level of 119 decibels (dB). Pakistan's capital city Islamabad was placed in the third spot, where noise contamination level has been recorded at 105 dB. Other Indian cities which recorded a higher decibel than the admissible levels were Delhi ( 83 dB), Kolkata, and Asansol (both 89 dB) in West Bengal and Jaipur (84 dB).
The UNEP report furthermore saw that Irbid in Jordan at 60 decibels was the world's quietest city, followed by Lyon in France (69 dB), Madrid in Spain (69 dB), Sweden's capital Stockholm in (70 dB) and
2/11 Mange's in Jaisalmer's desert foxes worries experts
Natural life moderates have expressed worry after nearby individuals recognized several desert foxes, found in the clean woodlands of Rajasthan's Jaisalmer region, encountering a deficiency of fur because of the Mange Skin Disease. There have been 8,331 foxes - all of these Indian and desert foxes - inside the level out as per the 2019 untamed life remuneration of Rajasthan. There had been 6,715 inside the local region and 1,616 in the protected region. There have been being 386 foxes inside the Desert Nationwide Park (DNP) and 317 external homes in Jaisalmer.
Nearby individuals have caught some of this kind of desert foxes with pores and skin sickness. The parasitic bug that closes in mange life inside the hair follicles triggers bothering and tingling.
1/11 Budget boosts for five river linking project
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has administered Rs 44,605 crore for the execution of the Ken-Betwa stream connect project for the water arrangement of the Bundelkhand. She moreover said that nitty-gritty draft project reports of five waterway joins have similarly been settled.
The five stream joins are specifically Damanganga-Pinjal, Par-Tapi-Narmada, Godavari-Krishna, Krishna-Penner, and Pennar-Cauvery. According to environmentalists, an extension of human impressions in the district will incite animals to migrate to the human neighborhood.
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