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Nuclear Power Plants
under operation in India
RAJASTHAN ATOMIC e
POWER PLANT-1 (RAPS-1),
(RAPS-2), (RAPS-3),
(RAPS-4), (RAPS-5),
(RAPS-6) e NARORA ATOMIC
POWER PLANT-1 (NAPS-1),
KOTA, RAJASTHAN (NAPS-2)
NARORA, UTTAR PRADESH

KAKRAPAR ATOMIC
POWER PLANT-1
(KAPS-1),
(KAPS-2)
TAPI, GUJARAT e----..--

TARAPUR ATOMIC •·-­


POWER PLANT-1 (TAPS-1),
(TAPS-2), (TAPS-3), MADRAS ATOMIC
{TAPS-4) e POWER Pl.ANT-1 (MAPS-1),
BOISAR, MAHARASTRA (MAPS-2)

. KALPAKKAM, TAMIL NA�


KAIGA GENERATING e . . --• KUDANKULAM NUC�
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KAJGA. KARNATAKA KUDANKULAM, TAMIL NAD}J

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Representational map. Not to scale. Graphic: IE Design
THETOPlO
LANDSLIDE HOTSPOT AREAS
IN INDIA (1998- 2022)
J&K Uttarakhand Assam
7,280 11,219 --2,569

Arunachal
Pradesh
7,689
Tripura
8,070 Meghalaya
2,639

- Manipur
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.... .
,
.I• · s,494

Maharashtra Kerala -- Mizoram


5,112 6,039 12,385
ISRO centres and units
in India
Chandigarh,
Punjab
Dehradun,
Semi-Conductor
Laboratory {SCL) Uttarakhand
Indian Institute
of Remote
Sensing (IIRS)

Ahmedabad,
Gujarat
Development
and Educational
Communication
Unit (DECU),
Space Applications
Centre (SAC) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Bangalore, Master Control Facility (MCF)
Kamatka
Department of Hyderabad, Telangana
Space and ISRO HQ, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC)
Human Space Flight
Centre (HSFC), Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
ISRO Telemetry, Tracking
and Command Network Salish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC)
(ISTRAC), SHAR
Laboratory for Electro­
-Optics Systems (LEOS), Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu
U R Rao Satellite Centre ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC)
(URSC)
Thiruvananthapuram,
■wasIndian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
fanned on August 15, 1969.
Kerala
■ It is India's space agency.
ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU),
Liquid Propulsion Systems
Centre(LPSC),
■exeThe Department of Space (DOS), GOI,
cutes the Indian Space Programme primarily
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre through various Centres or units within ISRO.
(VSSC) ■ DOS was set up and ISRO was brought
under DOS in 1972.
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Map of refineries
in India
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Corporation Limited
Digboi, Assam Barauni, Bihar Panipat, Haryana
Guwahati, Assam Haldia, W.B. Bongaigaon, Assam
Koyafi, Gujarat Mathura, U.P.
--------------Paradip, Odisha
� Hindustan Petroleum
� Corporation Limited
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Vizag, A. P.

� Bharat Petroleum
\\OJ Corporation Limited
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Kochi, Kerala
Mangalore Bina, M. P.
Refinery and
Petrochemicals Chennal Petroleum
Limited ........ Corporation Limited
Mangalore, Kamataka Manali, Chennal
J.- HPCL-Mittal cauvery Basin•, Chennai
Reliance
...... .- Energy Limited
Industries • Numallgarh
Umited GGSR, Punjab Refinary Limited
.. � Nayara Numaligarh, Assam
RIL �•• APL (SEZ) ..��.. Energy Limited
Jamnagar, Jamnagar, 1arat • Oil and Natural
Gujarat Gujarat Vadinar, Gu,a Gas Corporation
• cauvery Basin refinery is under capacity augmentation.
Tatipaka, A. P.
Source m,n,stry of petroleum and natural gas I Pt1oto Pexels I 1,1 .,,,/11, \11-.:. ,l,11111.111 \/.,111
TIGERS Shivalik Hills and
Gangetic Plains
IN INDIA ..l 804 North-East
No. of camera 194
trapped tigers

Western
Ghats
824 Central India and
.A. Tiger presence Eastern Ghats
from genetics
■ Camera trap /-- 1,161
with tiger captures
3,080
2022
2,461
2,226 2018
1,706 2014
2010
Biodiversity heritage sites
in India
Sacred Grove at Sural
Bhatori Monastery,
Himachal Pradesh
High Altitude Meadow,
Himachal Pradesh
Birch-pine Forest --------+-�
Patch, Himachal
Pradesh

Chilkigarh Kanak
Ourga, West Bengal
Mandasaru, Baramura
Odisha waterfall, Tnpura
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Mahend rag1n .. h'II
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Biodiversity Heritage s·1•.achan. Caves,
Site, Odisha Tf!pura
Glory of AJlapali,
Maharashtra o;:���
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List of UNESCO world
heritage sites in India
Complexe du Historic City Great Himalayan National
Capitole • of Ahmedabad • Park Conservation Area

Red Fort Dholavlra: A Nanda Devi and


Harappan City tehpur Valley of Flowers
Complex •
Qutb Minar and
• ikri • National Parks Khangchendzonga
National Park


its Monuments Archaeological •
Site of Nalanda
Humayun's Mahavihara at Manas Wildlife
Tomb • Nalanda • • Sanctuary
The Jantar Mahabodhi Kaziranga
Mantar • Temple Complex • National Park
atBodhGaya
Keoladeo
National Park
Hill Forts of
Rajasthan -- -�
Champaner-
Pavagadh
Archaeologlc
__1"'""11_,
al Park
Rani-ki-Vav
(the Queen's • Sundarbans
National Park
Stepwell) at
Patan Sun Temple,
• KonArak
Chhatrapati •
Shivaji Terminus Rock
0 Shelters of
Ajanta • p of Bhimbetka
Caves ments Buddhist
Elephanta Monuments
Caves at Sanchi
Kakatiya
Ellora • Group of Rudreshwara
Caves

VictorianGothic
Monuments at
Mahabalipuram --• (Ramappa)
Temple
and Art Deco Great Living CATEGORY OF SITE
Ensembles of
Mumbai
Chola Temples
CULTURAL SITE- 32 ·-ti
NATURAL SITE- 7

Churches &
• Group of Group of
Monuments at Monuments
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Mountain
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MIXED SITE-1 �
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Convents of Goa Pattadakal at Hampi • Railways of India • WesternGhats


Ramsar sites in India
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Conservation Reserve U&K>
Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary IP\rtlbl
Hokera Wetland (J&K) ----­
Ropsw.tland <� Nawabganj Bird
Surtnur-Manurl.aka U&K> ---1111
Renuka Lake tHP> Santuary UPI
Keshopur-Miani ----• SamaspurBird
Convnunlty Reserve !�I Aun ConwY8tion
Reserve Mtnchrd) Sanctuary Cl.l>I
Kanjli WetJands � ___..,. ParvatJ Arga Bird
Haiderpur Wetland CUP> Sanctuary_ tuPI
Harike Lake fP\a\. U- n.- ____ ,. _
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Suttanpur National - -­ Saman Bird Sanctuary IUPt KabartalWettand
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BhindawasWlldlfe Sandi Bird Sanctuary CUPI
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Sakhya Sagar (MP) ___....,____,__. __...__.._
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No. of tiger reserves in India
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in 1973 at the jf::!i\. spread over 75,000 for 70% of the
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tiger
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Maharashtra
Melghat,
Tadobha Andhari
Pench,Sahyadri
Navegaon Nagzira,
Bor
O Kamataka
T Bandipur
Rajasthan Bhadra, Kali
Odisha
Simlipal Ranthambore Nagarhole
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Ramgarh Vishdhari Temple
O Sunderban
West Bengal
0 Uttar
T Buxa Pradesh
T Ranlpur
Dudhwa, Pilibhit,
Tamil Nadu
Kalakad Mundanthurai
� Uttarakhand
T 0 Andhra Pradesh Anamalai, Mudumalai
Corbett
Rajaji
T NagarjunsagarSagar Sathyamangalam
Srivilliputhur Megamalal

0 Madhya Pradesh � Chattisgarh


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Bihar
Valmiki lndravatl, Udantl
Panna,Satpura Achanakmar Jharkhand
Assam Sanjay Dhubri, Kanha 0 Telangana Palamau
Manas, Nameri
Kaziranga 0 Arunachal Pradesh 0 T Kawai, Amrabad
Orang T Namdapha T Kerala Mizoram
Pakke, Kamlang Perlyar, Parambikulam Dampa
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Cold Desert ____....,_�-- *Khangchendzonga


Himachal Pradesh Sikkjm Dehang
Manas, Dibru Debang
*Nanda Devi ____......., Saikhowa Arunachal
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Namdapha National Park


� Neeru Stream (Jammu and Kashmir}---M
� • Eurasian otters spotted in Neeru stream (Arunachal Pradesh)
of Chenab catchment. • Tiger was spotted after a gap of 8 years.

Keibul Lamjao Park


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• Centre has advised state
� • Project Lion proposes Barda as
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• Few cracks were found on the surface.
Butterfly EcoPark (Tripura)
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...·...;,
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Gandhamardan Hill Range (Odlsha)
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Pradesh)
Gandhisagar Sanctuary .-----;::f:;:L • Indigenous ldu Mishmis
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(Madhya Pradesh) protesting a proposed
tiger reserve.
• Will be developed as a second home


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• Union Home Minister
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• Development report presented on
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• Got its first fernarium. ,, • (West Bengal)
• Notified as Biodiversity Heritage Sites
• Mudumalal Tiger Reserve {Tamil Nadu)
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track that passes through Hollonga­
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Mumbai (Maharashtra} �------1'1:�


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Shivamogga (Karnataka) �----�,---e
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{Dhote) was encountered.
��-+------1► Nadugani and Nilgiris (Tamilnadu)
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Sammakka- Sarakka.
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Sambhar lake (Rajasthan) ...,-------:,'-,
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in hypersaline soda lake Sambhar to • Manipur Government raised
survive extreme environments. concern that Loktak Lake's
hydroelectric plan may affect
Dhordo (Gujarat)..,_____�;;___• Sangai deer.
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India 2023. •A 3,000-year-old Iron Age Geoglyph cirde was
discovered in Telangana .

...._,....::;...__,.._ Kurnool district (Andhra Pradesh)


Panaji (Goa) •Banni' festival held at Devaragattu in Kurnool
• 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) district
commenced in Panaji.
..,.;.;;w....�-�Bengaluru (Karnataka)
•Bengaluru Climate Action Plan unveiled in line
Kadalundi river; Kozhikode (Kerala) with the city's commitment t.o C40 Cities.
• Shrinking mudflat ecosystem of Kadalundi rivEtr is
impacting Kadalundl V1Wkunnu Community Reserve
(KVCR).
• Kozhikode joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network
(UCCN).
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(Himachal Pradesh)
• MoEFCC issued draft notification declaring one-kilometre
area around PDWS as an Eco-Sensitiw Zone, prohibiting
commercial activities.

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• World's first portable hospital �rogya
Maltrl Aid Cube' was unveiled. _r•+--- Kisama Heritage Village
(Nagaland)
Banni Grassland {Gujarat) • 24th edition of Hombill Festival
• Central gOYemment has approved was organised
setting up a cheetah breeding and
conservation centre in Hanni
Grassland.
L.....,,,:;;.___. Chhattisgarh (Chhattisgarh)
• South Eastern Coalflleds Ud (SECL) will undertake
plantation using Miyawaki method in coal belt
region of Chhattlsgarh.

... .. . a+--► Ennore (Tamil Nadu)


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• Oil spill occurred in Ennore region of Chennai after


Cyclone Michaung-induced floods
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• India has recorded its first-ever
Vadnagar, Mehsana {Gujarat)..,.----. confirmed sighting of a rare Tibetan
• A joint study by lndlan Institute of brown bear (Ursus arctos pruinosus)
Technology (Kharagpur) discovered in Sikkim.
evidence of human settlement in
Vadnagar dating back to 800 BCE. C��;-t► Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival
{PPHF) East Kameng
(Arunaehal Pradesh)
Pench Tiger Reserve {PTR) ..,.�::---fl---11�:--;�L-...... 1 • A three-day conservation festival
PPHF began In Arunachal Pradesh
Nagpur {Maharashtra)
• Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) spread over
Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra becomes .,.C.-----t► Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)
India's first International Dark Sky Park for • Statue of Social Justice was unveiled in Vijayawada,
protecting night sky, preventing light pollu­ Andhra Pradesh.
tion and promote astronomy.
Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary
Minchinpadavu {Kerala) ... Munnar, ldukki (Kerala)
• National Green Tribunal's has Issued notice to�-.=' • • Recently, Eurasian otter was found in the Chlnnar WlldUfe Sanctuary
Union Government. Kamatau and KeraLa .A· In Kenla.
governments on dumping endosulfan In hilly
area of Mlnchlnpadaw in Kasaragod district of Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP)
Kerala. Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu)
• India, Russia ink pacts on construction of future
power units of KNPP
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