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In India, forest rights means forest conservation

In India, forest rights means forest conservation

In India, forest rights means forest conservation Shruti Agarwal writes: There is a need and the ecosystem to support forest rights in India. On June 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the UN High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought. He reiterated that India was on track to achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030,

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2012 ‘encounter’, lack of education infra: Twin tribal protests erupt in Chhattisgarh-UPSC-VISHNNU IAS

2012 ‘encounter’, lack of education infra: Twin tribal protests erupt in Chhattisgarh

2012 ‘encounter’, lack of education infra: Twin tribal protests erupt in Chhattisgarh   The 2012 “encounter” took place at Sarkeguda, 14 km from Silger—where another protest against the setting-up of security camps raged for more than 20 days before ending a fortnight ago. Chhattisgarh Monday saw two major protests by tribal residents against the state’s

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Special Frontier Force: Vikas Battalion-UPSC-VISHNU IAS

Special Frontier Force: Vikas Battalion

Special Frontier Force: Vikas Battalion History :  In the early wake of the 1962 Sino-Indian War, SFF was founded on November 14th. After the war of 1962, the CIA and Intelligence Bureau (IB) made the decision to train a 5,000-person Tibetan force for potential missions against China. Since the 1950s, the CIA has been engaged

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Project Seabird: INS Kadamba-UPSC-VISHNU IAS

Project Seabird: INS Kadamba

  Project Seabird: INS Kadamba Key Points Project Seabird-Phase II: Project Seabird involves construction of a naval base over an area of 11,169 acres. Phase I comprised construction of a deep-sea harbour, breakwaters dredging, a township, a naval hospital, a dockyard uplift centre and a ship It was completed in 2005. Phase-II of Project Seabird

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Bioethanol Blending of Petrol

Bioethanol Blending of Petrol

Bioethanol Blending of Petrol The government has set targets of 10% bioethanol blending of petrol by 2022 and to raise it to 20% by 2030 under the Ethanol Blended Programme (EBP). The EBP was launched in line with the National Biofuels Policy, 2018. Key Points Many countries, including India, have adopted ethanol blending in petrol

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