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Scientists have recently discovered 28 new species of beetles. One of them has been named Trigonopterus corona, marking the large impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on this project.
In April, a new species of caddisfly was collected near a stream in Kosovo by a team of scientists, and was named Potamophylax coronavirus. Before that, some insects were named P. coronavirus, A. quarentnus, S. Covida.

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The park, which was earlier known as Ram Katha Park, situated on the banks of the Sarayu in Ayodhya, is being renovated.
After it is inaugurated on November 4, the space will be known as Queen Heo Hwang-ok Memorial Park. It is named after a Korean queen. Queen Heo Hwang-ok was a Korean queen who is believed to have been born Princess Suriratna of Ayodhya, daughter of King Padmasen and Indumati. Padmasen ruled the kingdom of Kausala, a region which extended from present-day Uttar Pradesh to Odisha.

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US President Joe Biden has announced more conventional proposed rate hikes on the income of large corporations and the wealthiest Americans, similar to a ‘Wealth Tax’.
This new tax would apply to people with over $1 billion in assets or $100 million in income for three straight years. Billionaires would also face an additional tax on non-tradable assets such as real estate and business interests once those assets are sold. This new tax is expected to raise $200 billion to $250 billion.

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Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve includes a chain of islands and adjoining coral reefs off the coasts, located in Tamil Nadu.
The annual migration of birds from the Arctic to the Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve has begun recently. A big flock of birds was sighted in the Manoli Islands inside the park. Thousands of Arctic terns and gulls, hundreds of sand, crab and grey plovers.

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Research firm We Are Social released a report titled ‘Digital 2021: October Global Snapshot”. As per the report, more than 65% of the world’s population now uses a mobile phone.
Global mobile phone users reached 5.29 billion in October and the global users are increasing by nearly 100 million in the past year. The report also highlighted that social media users are likely to be adopted by 60% of the global population in the first half of 2022.