Gulf of Mannar
Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park
Located in the southernmost part of India, the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park (GoMMNP) is a protected area covering an area of around 560 square kilometers. The park includes a group of 21 islands situated in the Gulf of ..
Month: Current Affairs – April, 2023
Category: Places in News Current Affairs
Purse Seine Fishing
Purse Seine is a wide and long wall of the net. The technique of purse seine fishing is used on the western and eastern coasts of India. In 2022, at the request of the Central Government, Supreme Court banned purse ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Sethusamudram Project
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has recently moved a resolution in the state assembly seeking the revival of the Sethusamudram Project, a proposed shipping canal project in India that would connect the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Tamil Nadu-Denmark plan energy island in Gulf of Mannar
State of Tamil Nadu and Denmark have planned to create an energy island in Gulf of Mannar that lies between the west coast of Sri Lanka and south-eastern tip of India. Key points This plan was made as Tamil Nadu ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
Tamil Nadu to set up India’s first Dugong Conservation Reserve
Government of Tamil Nadu recently announced its plan to set up India’s first Dugong Conservation Reserve in the Palk Bay on the southeast coast. Highlights Dugong or sea cow is an endangered marine mammal. It is facing extinction because of ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
Scorpaenospsis neglecta: Rare fish found in Gulf of Mannar
The Researchers at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute have found a rare fish from the Gulf of Mannar. The specimen was deposited at the National Marine Biodiversity Museum of Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI). Highlights The fish is ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
NGT appoints S J Vazifdar committee to decide Vedanta’s plea challenging closure of its Sterlite plant
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has appointed former Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice S J Vazifdar as head of a 3-member committee to decide mining company Vedanta Limited’s plea challenging the Tamil Nadu government’s order to close the ..
Centre Govt won’t take stand on Ram Setu, asks Supreme Court to decide
The Central government refused to take any point of view on the issue of announcing the mythological Ram Setu a national monument and, rather, demanded the Supreme Court to take a call. The government would stand by its 2008 affidavit, ..