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Pakistan permits Dubai Royals to hunt “Houbara Bustard”
Pakistan recently issued special permits to Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum and five other members of their family to hunt Houbara Bustard during the 2020-21 hunting season. Key Highlights The controversial private hunting expeditions of Houbara Bustard by the Dubai Royals date back over four decades. The hunting continued even after the Pakistan ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: arab • Arab states • Critically endangered • Great Indian bustard • Houbara Bustard • IUCN • Pakistan • Saudi Arabia • Vulnerable
First recorded human sighting of Himalayan serow
For the first time, a Himalayan Serow has been sighted in the Himalayan cold desert. The Himalayan Serow was earlier thought to be extinct in the Himalayas. Because, the forest officials could not spot them for the last ten to twelve years in spite of several special efforts to site the herbivore. It was recently ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: CITES • Himalayan Serow • IUCN • IUCN Red List • Serow • Species Extinction • Threatened species • Vulnerable • Wildlife Protection Act 1972
Feminisation of Red Sea Turtles
The turtle population in Red Sea is turning female due to rise in sea temperature. A Team of researchers from the Saudi Arabia King Abdullah University of Science and Technology conducted a study. They selected five sites in the region that are favoured by Green Turtles and Hawksbill. The researchers collected data for every fifteen minutes ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Critically endangered • Endangered • IUCN • IUCN Red List • IUCN Red list of Threatened Species • Ridley sea turtle • Sea turtles • Turtle • Turtles • Vulnerable • World Turtle Day
Last White Giraffe of the world fitted with GPS tracking device
In order to keep poachers at bay, the world’s only known White Giraffe was fitted with GPS tracking device in north east Kenya. The Giraffe is white in colour due to a rare genetic condition called Leucism. Leucism is loss of pigmentation. The tracking device will provide hourly update about the whereabouts of the Giraffe. ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: IUCN • IUCN Red List • Leucism • Vulnerable • White Giraffe • Wildlife conservation
GRID 2020 report: Over 5 million displaced in India in 2019
The Global Report on Internal Displacement, GRID 2020 released by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, IDMC said that over 5 million people have displaced in India in 2019. According to the report, this is the highest in the world. Highlights: World According to the report, around 33.4 million people faced displacements in the world due to ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Cyclones • Disaster Managament • Internal Conflicts • Migrant workers • Natural Disasters • Vulnerable