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2021-10-17 16:49:19 ︎PLACES IN NEWS - 37

■ WEDDELL SEA.

□ WHY IN NEWS ?

India has extended support for protecting the Antarctic environment and for co-sponsoring the proposal of the European Union for designating East Antarctica and the Weddell Sea as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

□ ABOUT :-

◇ The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre.

◇ Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula.

◇ Much of the southern part of the sea is covered by a permanent, massive ice shelf field, the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf.

◇ The sea is contained within the two overlapping Antarctic territorial claims of Argentine Antarctica, the British Antarctic Territory, and also resides partially within the Antarctic Chilean Territory.

□ CCAMLR ?

◇ It is an international treaty to manage Antarctic fisheries to preserve species diversity and stability of the entire Antarctic marine ecosystem.

◇ Came into force in April 1982.

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2021-10-14 15:35:30 ︎PLACES IN NEWS - 36

■ ZOJILA TUNNEL


□ WHY IN NEWS ?

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways has inspected the work on Zojila and Z Morh tunnels.

□ ABOUT :-

◇ The Zojila is set to be Asia’s longest bi-directional tunnel.

◇ It will connect Srinagar, Dras, Kargil and Leh via a tunnel through the famous Zojila Pass.

◇ Located at more than 11,500 feet above sea level, the all-weather Zojila tunnel will be 14.15 km long and ensure road connectivity even during winters.

◇ It will make the travel on the 434-km Srinagar-Kargil-Leh Section of NH-1 free from avalanches, enhance safety and reduce the travel time from more than 3 hours to just 15 minutes.

◇ The speed limit inside the tunnel is likely to be the same as in the Atal tunnel – 80 kmph.

□ Z-Morh tunnel

◇ The Z-Morh tunnel — being developed at Sonmarg — will provide it all-weather connectivity with Srinagar allowing it to remain open to tourists all year round.

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2021-10-14 14:30:07 #LAUNCH

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2021-10-13 18:20:53 ︎PLACES IN NEWS - 33

■ LUXEMBOURG


□ WHY IN NEWS ?

Prime Minister has pitched for strengthening ties to further ramp up economic engagement between India and Luxembourg.

□ ABOUT :-

◇ Luxembourg is a small European country, landlocked by Belgium, France and Germany.

◇ It’s mostly rural, with dense Ardennes forest and nature parks in the north, rocky gorges of the Mullerthal region in the east and the Moselle river valley in the southeast.

◇ Its capital, Luxembourg City, is famed for its fortified medieval old town perched on sheer cliffs

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2021-10-13 15:31:51 ︎PLACES IN NEWS - 35

■ BORAMDEO TIGER RESERVE

□ WHY IN NEWS ?

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) approved the Chhattisgarh government’s proposal to declare the combined areas of the Guru Ghasidas National Park and Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary as a Tiger Reserve.

□ ABOUT :-

◇ The new Reserve is located in the northern part of the state, bordering Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand.

◇ This will be the fourth Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh, after the Udanti-Sitanadi, Achanakmar, and Indravati Reserves.

◇ The proposal was considered under Section 38V(1) of The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

◇ This section says that the State Government shall, on the recommendation of the Tiger Conservation Authority, notify an area as a tiger reserve.

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2021-10-12 16:39:06 ■ JIM CORBETT

□ WHY IN NEWS ?

The Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change has recently proposed to change the name of Corbett National Park to Ramganga National Park.

□ WHO WAS JIM CORBETT ?

◇ Born in Nainital in 1875, Edward James Corbett lived in India till Independence, after which he left for Kenya where he died in 1955.

◇ India’s best known hunter, Corbett earned fame after he tracked down and killed a number of man-eating tigers and leopards.

□ CORBETT NATIONAL PARK

◇ Jim Corbett National Park is a national park in India located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand state.

◇ The first national park in India, it was established in 1936 during the British Raj and named Haily National Park after a governor of the United Provinces in which it was then located.

◇ It was renamed Ramganga National Park, named after the river that flows through it, shortly after Independence and was rechristened yet again as Corbett National Park in 1956.

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