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Foreign contribution regulation act

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the Ramakrishna Mission, and the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) in Shirdi are among the 6,000 NGOs that did not have their FCRA registration renewed by the Union Home Ministry recently.

posted by 7th Jan 2022

Oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster)

In a conservation effort to monitor seasonal fluctuations in birds' movements, the ringing of oriental darters has been taken up in the world-famous Bharatpur bird sanctuary (officially Keoladeo National Park) after a gap of 22 years.

posted by 7th Jan 2022

First open rock museum

Union Minister of State for Science & Technology Jitendra Singh inaugurated India’s first open rock museum displaying different types of rocks gathered from different States of ages ranging from 3.3 billion years to around 55 million years on the campus of the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) located at Hyderabad.

posted by 7th Jan 2022

Chilika Lake

Chilika Lake attracts 10.74 lakh birds. 106 people have been assigned to count birds in the subcontinent's main wintering grounds.

posted by 6th Jan 2022

Trincomalee oil tank farm

Sri Lanka Cabinet clears oil tank deal Agreement will mark a milestone for India in a long-stalled, controversial project in Trincomale. Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has given its nod for a new deal with India to jointly develop the Trincomalee oil tank farm through diplomatic talks

posted by 5th Jan 2022

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