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Why in News?The cheetah, which became extinct in India after Independence, is all set to return with the Union Government launching an action plan.Under the ‘Action Plan for Introduction of Cheetah in India’, 50 of these big cats will be introduced in the next

Why in News?The National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC) is being set up with the Recently, the Ministry of Earth Science has unveiled India’s Arctic Policy, titled ‘India and the Arctic: building a partnership for sustainable development’.

Why in  News?An uncommon experiment with Africa’s Boma technique undertaken at Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district for capturing and translocating spotted deer is set to improve the prey base in Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve, situated 450 km a

Why in News?The National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC) is being set up with the purpose of monetising surplus government-owned land. It is being set-up as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) and will be set up as a wholly-owned Government of India company.It will

Why in  News?Recently, Chandrayaan-2 made the first observations of distribution of Argon-40 in the Moon’s atmosphere.Key FindingsLunar exospheric species: These observations provide insight on the dynamics of the lunar exospheric species, as we

Why in News?It was recently in news amid Ukraine –Russia conflict.What is Budapest Convention?The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Cybercrime Convention is also known as the Budapest Convention. It was open for signature in 2001 and 

Why in  News?Recently, the study, titled ‘Democracy Report 2022: Autocratisation Changing Nature?’  produced by the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute  at the University of Gothenburg.About the study V-Dem produces the lar

Why in News?The third session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) which was held between 1973 to 1982 led to the formation of the current convention named UNCLOS.The Convention which concluded in the year 1982 replaced the quad-treaty of

Why in news?India and Myanmar, are set to relax visa norms for land border crossing through Moreh (Manipur) and Tamu (Myanmar).Key Highlights:It will provide a major fillip to connectivity between the North-Eastern States and Myanmar.NOTE: India and Myanmar s

Why in  News?The Gujarat forest department has developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based software named SIMBA.What is SIMBA?SIMBA or Software with Intelligent Marking Based Identification of Asiatic lions is an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based s