Snow leopard: Darma valley

A snow leopard has been sighted for

the first time at a height of about 11,120
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feet in the Darma valley in Uttara-
khand's Pithoragarh district by a team
of explorers. Darma valley is formed by
the Darma River. Snow Leopard: (IUCN:
Vulnerable, CITES: Appendix I, Wildlife
Protection Act 1972: Schedule 1) Saman Bird sanctuary (UP)

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The Tamil Nadu Assembly adopted a resolution

Maharashtra
recently that called upon the Central government to It refers to the six eastern
implement the project immediately. Sethusamudram districts of the state,
Project aims to construct a shipping canal through
Telangana which account for 30 per
the shallow waters of Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar, cent of the state's popu-
which would reduce the distance and time required lation and 20 of its 60
for ships to travel between the east and west coasts of Assembly seats. Howev-
India. Supreme Court Goahad stalled the project in 2007. er, this region has been
Andhra historically underdevel-
Ram Setu, also known as Adam’s Bridge, is a chain of
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limestone shoals that runs between the Indian main- oped when compared
land and Sri Lanka. with the rest of Naga-
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built on the coast of the Bay of Bengal

near Tajpur. The construction of the port
was awarded to the Adani Ports and
Special Economic Zone Limited in
September 2022

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 Ohio train derailment Places in news - World
A train carrying toxic chemicals
derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. The
train was carrying five chemicals that
Iran
are used in plastic manufacturing,
including vinyl chloride, a known
Sweden
Iran has cancelled the scheduled
carcinogenic that is highly flammable Experts on wolves have visit for the Raisina dialogue. This is
and is the cause of concern for the criticised the killing of in protest of a video clip that
health of the local community. 54 wolves in Sweden, showed Iranian women cutting
as part of a ‘wolf cull’. their hair, along with an image of
The cull was undertak- the Iranian President. The Raisina
en after wolves killed Dialogue is the flagship think-tank
more than 340 sheep event organised by the Observer
in 2021. The wolf popu- Research Foundation (ORF) in
lation in Sweden is partnership with the Ministry of
highly inbred and External Affairs (MEA).
genetically isolated
from other wolf popu-
lations in Eurasia Russia-Ukraine

Russia may not extend its participa-

tion in a U.N.-backed grain corridor
that has enabled grains to be
exported from Ukraine’s Black Sea
ports.

The grain corridor (July 2022) creat-

ed a protected sea transit corridor
and was designed to alleviate
global food shortages by allowing
exports to resume from three ports
in Ukraine, a major producer of
grains and oilseeds.

Suez Canal

The world’s biggest shipping company

(Maersk) has sued a rival shipping line in a
Danish court, seeking compensation for New Zealand declares a
ship delays that resulted from the block- national emergency due to
ing of the Suez Canal by a hulking vessel Cyclone Gabrielle, causing
in 2021. widespread flooding,
The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level destruction, forced evacua-
waterway in Egypt, connecting the Medi- tions, numerous flight
cancellations, road closures,
terranean Sea to the Red Sea through the
and power outages affecting
Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and nearly 60,000 homes. This is
Asia. The over 193 km long canal is a popu- only the third time a national
lar trade route between Europe and Asia emergency has been
declared in New Zealand.

New Zealand

Tunisia

Dozens of journalists and rights activists have protest- Africa:

ed in the Tunisian capital, accusing the state of
"repression" and attempts to intimidate the media. Widespread natural gas adoption in
Tunisia is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Africa can create millions of jobs: Study.
part of the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered Despite holding over 8% of the world’s
by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the proven reserves of natural gas, Africa
southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north remains the most energy-poor conti-
and east nent.

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