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Australia plans to create World’s largest network of protecting marine areas

June 16, 2012

Australia announced the creation of the world’s largest network of protecting marine areas. It will cover the 1.7 million sq km of Ocean around its coast. Planned network puts limits on oil and gas exploration of Western Australia and extends re-protection in the coral seas to the east. Oil, Natural gas and fishing industry are ..

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Current Affairs January 13, 2010

January 19, 2010

Abbreviations:COPTA: Control of Tobacco Products ActSIMCON: State Information Minister Conference Awards & HonorsSaraswati Puraskar 2010:Eleven people have been selected for Saraswati Puraskar 2010. They are as follows:Noted Sarod player Ustad Amjad Ali KhanNoted hostorian and writer : Babasaheb Purandare,Vedic scholar Acharya V Kutumbshashri,Acharya Piyushji,Kishoraji Mishra,Chairman Dainik Bhaskar group Ramesh Agrawal,Naresh Sabarwal,Vaishnavdevi temple chief priest Amirchandji,famous ..

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Genesis of Project Tiger

September 24, 2009

An estimate of the tiger population in India, at the turn of the century, placed the figure at 40,000. Subsequently, the first ever all India tiger census was conducted in 1972 which revealed the existence of only 1827 tigers. Various pressures in the later part of the last century led to the progressive decline of ..

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