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2022-05-04 05:55:03 UN Refugee Convention 1951 defines refugees & sets out rights of individuals who are granted asylum & the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum. Open / Comment

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2022-04-25 15:14:46 India has added Tsokar wetland complex in ladakh as its 42nd ramsar site, which is a second one in the union territory (UT) of ladakh.
The Tso Kar Basin is a high-altitude wetland complex, consisting of two principal waterbodies, Startsapuk Tso, a freshwater lake of about 438 hectares to the south
Tso Kar itself, a hyper saline lake of 1800 hectares to the north, situated in the Chang thang region of Ladakh, India.
It is called Tso Kar, meaning white lake, because of the white salt efflorescence found on the margins due to the evaporation of highly saline water.
The Tso Kar Basin is an A1 Category Important Bird Area (IBA) as per Bird Life International and a key staging site in the Central Asian Flyway.
The site is also one of the most important breeding areas of the Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis) in India. Open / Comment

2022-04-25 15:14:46 The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) has become an Associate Member of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO).The IOSCO is the international organization that brings together the world's securities regulators, covering more than 95% of the world’s securities markets, and is the global standard setter for the securities sector. Open / Comment

2022-04-25 15:14:45 #WETLANDS Open / Comment

2022-04-25 15:14:45 The maritime environment is about ships and boats and other man-made things such as oil drilling platforms. The marine environment refers to the bigger picture of all the living things that live in or on the sea, eg seabirds, marine mammals, fish, snails, shellfish, sponges and seaweed. Open / Comment

2022-04-25 15:14:45 The Global Slavery Index is a global study of modern slavery published by the Minderoo Foundation's Walk Free initiative. Open / Comment

2022-04-25 15:14:45 It is said that Brahma Kamal - named after God Brahma who is believed to have created the universe - takes about two hours to bloom to about eight inches in diameter.

The flower only blooms for a few hours, and is said to being good luck and prosperity.

Scientifically known as Saussurea Obvallata, the flower finds mention in the scriptures and is offered in many holy shrines, including Kedarnath, Badrinath and Tunganath.

Brahma Kamal is called the King of Himalayan Flowers, and is also the state flower of Uttarakhand. The state government has now started nurseries in the Chamoli district to conserve the flower.

The flower is highly valued in Tibetan medicine and Ayurveda for its healing properties. It is extensively used by the local population to treat cuts and bruises. Open / Comment

2022-04-25 15:14:45 Corruption perception Index (CPI) – 2020, has slipped from 80 to 86, even as its score has decreased only slightly by one point from 41 in 2019, to now stand at 40. 

The index released annually by Transparency International, which is a global civil society, ranks 180 countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and business people. It uses a scale of zero to 100, where zero signifies the highest level of corruption and 100 is very clean

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