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 🔱 Mangroves  🔱 (image source - wildlife zones) 🔶"The lifeguards of coastal Areas"🔶 📌Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangles, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones. Mangrove forests grow mainly at tropical and subtropical latitudes because mangroves cannot withstand freezing temperatures. 📍how much geographical area it covers? ✅The mangrove cover in India is 3,975 square kilometers. That means it covers around 0.15% of India's total geographical area. 🔵BENEFITS 👉 Mangroves provide natural infrastructure to help protect nearby populated areas by reducing erosion and absorbing storm surge impacts during extreme weather events such as hurricanes. They are also important to the ecosystem too. Their dense roots help bind and build soils. 🔴THREAT to mangrooves⏭️ In the past 100 years, mangrove forests have been cleared at an alarming rate. Tampa Bay has lost nearly 50 percent of its mangroves, whi

⛑️WHAT IS THE RIGHT TO HEALTH?👩‍⚕️ 🌳🌾🌼Rural communities in India suffer from a significant lack of access to healthcare🏥.🛌 This lack of access results in high rates of maternal mortality🤰, infant mortality👶, and malnutrition🚶, as well as low life expectancy and low vaccination rates. 👉The WHO Constitution (1946) envisages “the highest attainable standard of health as a fundamental right of every human being .” 👉Fundamental Rights: Article 21 of the Indian Constitution guarantees a fundamental right to life & personal liberty . The right to health is inherent to a life with dignity. 👉 DPSP: Articles 38, 39, 42, 43, & 47 put the obligation on the state in order to ensure the effective realization of the right to health. 🚩 landmark judgment in Parmanand Katara Vs Union of India (1989) , 👩‍⚖️ Supreme Court had ruled that every doctor whether at a government hospital or otherwise has the professional obligation to extend his services with due expertise for protecting

  BLACK SEA GRAIN INITIATIVE   ü The Black Sea Grain Initiative, signed in Istanbul on 22 July 2022, has been extended. ü The Initiative allows for the facilitation of the safe navigation for the exports of grain and related foodstuffs and fertilizers, including ammonia, from designated Ukrainian seaports. ü During the first two terms , some 25 million metric tones of grain and foodstuffs have been moved to 45 countries ,  helping to bring down global food prices and stabilizing the markets.      T he  Initiative  specifically allows for commercial food and fertilizer (including ammonia) exports from three key Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea – Ø Odesa, Ø Chornomorsk, Ø Yuzhny/Pivdennyi why it is called black sea initiative? It is called black sea initiative because the countries involved in this initiative are the black sea bordered countries. what is JCC? The  Joint Coordination Centre  (JCC) was established to monitor the implementation of the Initiative

  The uncontrolled blaze of Canada is a serious issue of concern, which is effecting the ecological balance of the Canadians biological system. the climate change in Canada is the root cause of the wild fires in Canada   . according to the Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC),   After the beginning of industrial revolution the most important cause of climate change in Canada is mainly due to the human activities of burning fossil fuels in a large extent and due to this the vast area of land has been changed from forest to farmlands. Burning fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. It is called a greenhouse gas because it produces a “greenhouse effect”. The greenhouse effect makes the earth warmer, just as a greenhouse is warmer than its surroundings. Carbon dioxide(CO2) is the main cause of human-induced climate change. It stays in the atmosphere for a very long time. Other greenhouse gases, such as nitrous oxide, stay in the atmosphere for a long time. O

The transformation of women's status from 1951 to 2023 has been significant. In 1951, women's roles were primarily restricted to the domestic sphere, caring for their family, and supporting their husbands' careers and children's life. Access to education and professional opportunities was limited for women, and if they somehow manage to go out from their house for jobs and employment purposes, they faced discrimination and unequal pay in the workplace. However, over the past seven decades, the transformation has occured and played a significant role in progress of women's status in society and still improving for their betterment . Here are some of the significant changes that have taken place in various fields such as : 1. Education: In 1951, just 15% of women in India were literate. Today, the literacy rate for women stands at approximately 65%. Women have now access to higher education, leading to higher employment opportunities, and economic independ

The Hunger Hotspits are the areas which are likely to see the acute food insecurity increasing during the outlook period. According to the state of food security and Nutrition in the world, every year ,thus most intensely scrutinized of FAO's repirts presents the headline number of undernourished people around the world. The repirt says that the world is moving backwards in its efforts to end hunger,food insecurities and malnutrition in all its forms. The countries which are under glibal hunger hotspits are as following:-  1) Yemen: Yemen has been facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, with an estimated 20 million people in need of assistance. The conflictbetween the government and Houthi rebels has disrupted food production, distribution, and access, forcing many people to rely on aid. Other factors contributing to the severity of hunger in Yemen include high levels of poverty, inflation, and limited access to clean water . 2) South Sudan: South Sudan has been facing a

Rukhmabai was an Indian physician, who was born in 1864 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. She was one of the first practicing women doctors in colonial India. The Rukhmabai case, which took place in 1884, was a landmark legal case in colonial India that raised issues of women’s rights and the status of women in society. **The case  sparked debates on the age of consent for marriage when Rakhmbai refused to obey .** The case involved Rukhmabai’s refusal to live with her husband, Dadaji Bhikaji, whom she had been married to at the age of 11, in a practice known as “child marriage”. Later, when she was 19, her husband sent a notice demanding that she come and live with him . Rukhmabai refused to comply, citing her right to education and her desire to complete her medical studies in England. Her husband sued her for restitution of conjugal rights. Rukhmabai was supported by her mentor and the founding member of National Indian Association, Dr. Edith Pechey , and a number of prominent Indian r

Supercomputers are high-performance computing machines that are designed to perform complex calculations and simulations at speeds beyond those of regular computers. They are typically used for scientific research, engineering, weather forecasting, and other compute-intensive applications that require a large amount of computational power. In the fields of science and technology, supercomputers are used for various applications, including modeling climate change, simulating complex physical systems, studying the behavior of subatomic particles, and analyzing large-scale datasets from experiments in astrophysics, cosmology, and genomics. In materials science, supercomputers are used to simulate the behavior of materials under extreme conditions, with the aim of developing new materials with improved properties. In medicine, supercomputers are used for drug discovery and development, where they can simulate the interactions of molecules and predict their properties, thus helping research

What are Genetically Modified (GM) Crops  Genetically Modified (GM) crops are plants that have been genetically engineered in a laboratory by altering their DNA to produce desirable traits such as resistance to pests, diseases, and herbicides, increased yield, and enhanced nutritional value. Potential contributions in Global Food Security. GM crops have the potential to contribute to global food security by increasing crop productivity and protecting crops against biotic and abiotic stresses. GM crops are also considered important in addressing the challenges of climate change, as they can be engineered to require less water and to be more tolerant of extreme weather conditions. Benefits of using GM crops Some potential benefits of GM crops include higher crop yields, reduced use of pesticides and herbicides, enhanced nutrition, and improved sustainability. Additionally, GM crops can help boost agricultural production and provide a more reliable food supply, especially in areas where t