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Posted 12 Sep 2024

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Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline Project

Turkmenistan and Afghanistan resumed work on TAPI Gas-Pipeline Project.

About TAPI Gas Pipeline Project (Peace Pipeline) 

Map illustrating the route of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline. The pipeline starts in Mary, Turkmenistan, traverses Afghanistan through cities like Herat and Kandahar, enters Pakistan via Quetta, and ends in Fazilka, India.
  • Aim: To export up to 33 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually through a proposed 1,814-kilometer pipeline from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.
    • Gas extracted from Galkynysh gas field in southeast Turkmenistan.
  • Financing: Asian Development Bank which is also acting as transaction adviser for development.
  • Impact: Reduced greenhouse gas emissions resulting from substitution of heavy fossil and solid fuels by cleaner natural gas. 
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  • TAPI pipeline
  • Galkynysh gas field
  • Asian Development Bank

Salt Pan Lands

Centre approved transfer of 256 acres of salt pan land in Mumbai to Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt Ltd.

About Salt Pan Lands

  • They comprise parcels of low-lying lands where seawater flows in at certain times, and leaves behind salt and other minerals. 
  • This ecosystem is instrumental in protecting the city from flooding.
  • They are spread across Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Gujarat, and Karnataka.
  • According to Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules 2017, salt-pan land is deleted from wetland definition.
  • They are protected under Coastal Regulation Zone rules.
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  • Coastal Regulation Zone rules
  • Salt Pan Lands

National Florence Nightingale Award

The President of India  presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards for the year 2024.

About National Florence Nightingale Award

  • This award is given as a mark of recognition for the meritorious services rendered by the nurses and nursing professionals to the society.
  • It was instituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 1973.
  • Each award consists of a Certificate of Merit, Cash Award of Rs.1,00,000/- and a medal.

 

Florence Nightingale was a British nurse, statistician, and social reformer who was the foundational philosopher of modern nursing.

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  • National Florence Nightingale Awards
  • Florence Nightingale

Saarthi App

Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) in collaboration with Bhashini have launched Saarthi reference app to make e-commerce inclusive.

  • Bhashini (2022) under National Language Technology Mission, aims to provide technology translation services in 22 scheduled Indian languages.

About Saarthi app:

  • It aims to assist businesses in building buyer apps with multilingual features.
  • It initially supports Hindi, English, Marathi, Bangla and Tamil, with plans to scale up to all 22 languages.
  • Features: real-time translation, transliteration, and voice recognition
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  • Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC)
  • Saarthi app
  • Bhashini

Trade Connect e-Platform

It was launched by Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

  • It will aid in achieving $1 trillion merchandise and $1 trillion services export target by 2030.

About Trade Connect e-Platform

  • It is a single window initiative aimed at facilitating international trade by Indian exporters, especially MSMEs by providing real-time access to trade-related information.
  • Developed in collaboration with Ministry of MSME, EXIM Bank, Department of Financial Service, and Ministry of External Affairs.
  • It simplifies complexities of international trade, including - Product and Country guides for comprehensive market insights, Trade Agreements and Tariff explorer to unlock benefits of Free Trade Agreements etc.
  • Tags :
  • Export
  • Trade Connect e-Platform
  • Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Myristica Swamp Forest

Researchers have discovered a sacred grove- a Myristica swamp forest in Kumbral (Maharashtra), which is protected by the local community.

  • Dominated by Myristica magnifica, an endangered species native to Karnataka and Kerala.
  • Sacred groves are preserved natural areas with spiritual and ecological values due to local taboos and sanctions

About Myristica swamp forest 

  • Tree-covered wetlands found within the evergreen forests in the Western Ghats, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Meghalaya.
  • These forests of the Western Ghats are considered one of the primaeval ecosystems.
  • Significance: Provides ecosystem services like groundwater recharge, carbon sequestration, natural barrier against flood, etc.
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  • SACRED GROVES
  • Myristica Swamp Forest
  • Myristica magnifica

Inner Line Permit (ILP)

State government of Nagaland has approved the implementation of ILP in Chumoukedima, Niuland, and Dimapur districts.

About Inner Line Permit (ILP)

  • It’s an official travel document issued by government that allows Indian citizens to travel into protected areas for a limited period.
  • ILP system aims to regulate movement near India's international borders.
  • ILP is officially used to protect tribal cultures in north-eastern India.
  • Genesis: Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulations of 1873. 
  • There are different types of ILPs: One for tourists and others for long-term stays (often for employment purposes).
  • States under ILP: Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland and Manipur.
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  • Inner Line Permit
  • Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulations of 1873

Bhadra Tiger Reserve

Mikania micrantha weed is rapidly spreading BTR and threatening its biodiversity.

About  Bhadra Tiger Reserve

  • Location: Western Ghats of Karnataka, spreading over Chikmagalur and Shimoga districts. 
  • Corridor: Bhadra Tiger Reserve, Kudremukh National Park and Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary are part of same landscape.
  • Drained by: River Bhadra (Tungabhadra River tributary).
  • In 1998, Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary was included in Project Tiger Network.
  • Forest types: Tropical Moist Mixed Deciduous; Tropical Dry Deciduous;, Semi-Evergreen Forest.
  • Fauna: Tiger, Leopard, ungulates like Gaur, Sambar and Barking Deer, etc.

About Mikania micrantha

  • Perennial climber, originally from tropical America. 
  • It is a major invasive in several parts of south-east Asia and Pacific islands. 
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  • Bhadra Tiger Reserve
  • Mikania micrantha
  • Project Tiger Network
  • River Bhadra
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