TIGER 🐅 is News ,so Important for prelims
Let's luk following statements
⭕️S1 India is now home to 75% of the Global tiger population
⭕️S2 Western Ghats area saw decline in 🐅 population
📢Indian Prime Minister marked the 50th anniversary of Project Tiger by putting out a 5th cycle of India’s Tiger Census.
➡️Based on the survey, the tiger🐅 population in India has grown from 1,411 in 1972 to 3,167 in 2022.
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✅️India is now home to 75% of the global tiger population and also the “largest tiger range country in the world”.
✅️Survey has shown 6.7% in the increase in the population in past 4 year
❇️Top 5 states with Tiger population
Madhay Pradesh > Karnataka > Uttarakhand >Maharashtra >Tamil Nadu
➡️Once home to most tigers the Western Ghats with 12 reserves spread across six states has seen a sharp decline in the number of big cats from 981 in 2018 to 824 🤐
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📢Project Tiger” started in India in 1973. There are presently 53 tiger reserves covering more than 75,000 sq km or over 2.4% of India’s total geographical area
❇️Project Tiger is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) of the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change
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✅️The national tiger census is done every four years by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)
✅️National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA): It is a statutory body under the MoEFCC and was established in 2005 under Wildlife Protection Act 1972
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📢PM launched International Big Cat Alliance to safeguard and conserve 7 of the world’s most important big cats, including tigers, leopards, lions, snow leopards, jaguars, pumas, and cheetahs.
➡️To bring together countries, conservationists,and experts from around the world
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PM Modi unveils 108-ft bronze statue of Bengaluru founder *Nadaprabhu Kempegowda *Statue of Prosperity
He was chieftain of the Vijayanagara empire,
credited for laying the foundation of what is today known as Bengaluru city in 1537.
🧵 for Some Rock Cut Caves asked in Pyq importantfor #upsc#prelims2023
*Ajanta Caves
This cave is located in Aurangabad on Waghora river,district of Maharashtra,have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site,Buddhist cave monument total 29 caves, some caves are Double story
*Fa Hien and Hieun Tsang mntnd abt them in their acnts
*Famous fresco paintings of Ajanta are dying princesses, flying apsara and preaching Buddha etc
*Absence of blue colour in paintings
*Patronaged by Satavahanas, Vakatakas and Chalukyas
*Ellora Cave its UNESCO World Heritage Site
It is locally known as ‘Verul Leni’
It is located in Sahyadri range of Maharashtra,belongs to Buddhism, Jainism & Hinduism total 34 caves,some caves are even 3 stories
*Har Ghar Trianga 🇮🇳 Campaign was in the news, so for Campaign Flag Code was amended, so let's look at it .
*The Flag Code of India 2002 brings together all laws, conventions, practices, and instructions for the display of the National Flag
Amendment for this campaign 👇
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✍️Govt amended clause (xi) of paragraph 2.2 of Part-II of the Flag Code of India, 2002 to say that "where the Flag is displayed in open or displayed on the house of a member of public, it may be flown day and night".
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✍️Also amended paragraph 1.2 of Part I of the Flag Code with “The National Flag shall be made of hand-spun and handwoven or machine-made, cotton/ polyester/ wool/ silk khadi bunting"
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