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1) Facts from PM's Latest visit : Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque is in Muscat Oman.
It is built from 3,00,000 tonnes of Indian Sandstone.
PM Modi also visited a 125 years old Shiva Temple.
2)India records marginal increase in forest cover:- India posted a 1% rise (.94% to be exact) in the area under total forest cover between 2015 and 2017, according to the biennial India State of Forest Report (SFR) 2017.
The document says that India has about 7,08,273 square kilometres of forest, which is 21.54% of the geographic area of the country (32,87,569 sq. km).
Madhya Pradesh (77,414 sq. km) has the largest forest cover in the country in terms of area, followed by Arunachal Pradesh (66,964 sq. km) and Chhattisgarh (55,547 sq. km).
In terms of percentage of forest cover with respect to the total geographical area, Lakshadweep with (90.33%) has the highest forest cover, followed by Mizoram (86.27%) and Andaman and Nicobar Island (81.73%)
The survey of 2017 has for the first time assessed water bodies.
It said Maharashtra (432 sq. km), Gujarat (428 sq. km), Madhya Pradesh (389 sq. km) are top three states showing increase in water bodies within forest areas.
The five States where forest cover has decreased most are Mizoram (531 sq. km), Nagaland (450 sq. km), Arunachal Pradesh (190 sq. km), Tripura (164 sq. km) and Meghalaya (116 sq. km).
India is ranked 10th in the world, with 24.4% of land area under forest and tree cover, even though it accounts for 2.4% of the world’s surface area and sustains the needs of 17% of human and 18% livestock population.
The category of ‘very dense forest’— dened as a canopy cover over 70% — and an indicator of the quality of a forest has seen a dramatic increase.
The Report State of Forest is being released by Forest Survey of India.
Probale Prelims Question:
Arrange the Following states in the tems of Area of Forest Cover from highest to lowest :-
i) Madhya Pradesh
ii)Arunachal Pradesh
iii)Chhattisgarh
iv)Maharashtra
Options:-
A) i>ii>iii>iv
B)i>ii>iv>iii
C)i>iii>iv>ii
D)i>iv>ii>iii
Answer :- A) i>ii>iii>iv
3)Pakistan to get first woman Hindu MP:- The Pakistan Peoples Party’s Krishna Kumari is poised to become the country’s first woman Hindu lawmaker next month, after the party nominated her for the upcoming Senate elections.
4)National Productivity Council:-
NPC is national level organization to promote productivity culture in India. Established by the Ministry of Industry, Government of India in 1958,
It is an autonomous, multipartite, non-profit organization with equal representation from employers’ & workers’ organizations and Government.
NPC is a constituent of the Tokyo-based Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an Inter Governmental Body, of which the Government of India is a founder member.
The National Productivity Council is observing National Productivity Day today, and National Productivity Week till 18th February. It is the 60th Anniversary of the National Productivity Council and is being celebrated as Diamond Jubilee Year.
Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution as it is called, is emerging globally as a powerful force and is being called as the next industrial revolution. It is characterized by the increasing digitization and interconnection of products, value chains and business models.
1) Facts from PM's Latest visit : Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque is in Muscat Oman.
It is built from 3,00,000 tonnes of Indian Sandstone.
PM Modi also visited a 125 years old Shiva Temple.
2)India records marginal increase in forest cover:- India posted a 1% rise (.94% to be exact) in the area under total forest cover between 2015 and 2017, according to the biennial India State of Forest Report (SFR) 2017.
The document says that India has about 7,08,273 square kilometres of forest, which is 21.54% of the geographic area of the country (32,87,569 sq. km).
Madhya Pradesh (77,414 sq. km) has the largest forest cover in the country in terms of area, followed by Arunachal Pradesh (66,964 sq. km) and Chhattisgarh (55,547 sq. km).
In terms of percentage of forest cover with respect to the total geographical area, Lakshadweep with (90.33%) has the highest forest cover, followed by Mizoram (86.27%) and Andaman and Nicobar Island (81.73%)
The survey of 2017 has for the first time assessed water bodies.
It said Maharashtra (432 sq. km), Gujarat (428 sq. km), Madhya Pradesh (389 sq. km) are top three states showing increase in water bodies within forest areas.
The five States where forest cover has decreased most are Mizoram (531 sq. km), Nagaland (450 sq. km), Arunachal Pradesh (190 sq. km), Tripura (164 sq. km) and Meghalaya (116 sq. km).
India is ranked 10th in the world, with 24.4% of land area under forest and tree cover, even though it accounts for 2.4% of the world’s surface area and sustains the needs of 17% of human and 18% livestock population.
The category of ‘very dense forest’— dened as a canopy cover over 70% — and an indicator of the quality of a forest has seen a dramatic increase.
The Report State of Forest is being released by Forest Survey of India.
Probale Prelims Question:
Arrange the Following states in the tems of Area of Forest Cover from highest to lowest :-
i) Madhya Pradesh
ii)Arunachal Pradesh
iii)Chhattisgarh
iv)Maharashtra
Options:-
A) i>ii>iii>iv
B)i>ii>iv>iii
C)i>iii>iv>ii
D)i>iv>ii>iii
Answer :- A) i>ii>iii>iv
3)Pakistan to get first woman Hindu MP:- The Pakistan Peoples Party’s Krishna Kumari is poised to become the country’s first woman Hindu lawmaker next month, after the party nominated her for the upcoming Senate elections.
4)National Productivity Council:-
NPC is national level organization to promote productivity culture in India. Established by the Ministry of Industry, Government of India in 1958,
It is an autonomous, multipartite, non-profit organization with equal representation from employers’ & workers’ organizations and Government.
NPC is a constituent of the Tokyo-based Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an Inter Governmental Body, of which the Government of India is a founder member.
The National Productivity Council is observing National Productivity Day today, and National Productivity Week till 18th February. It is the 60th Anniversary of the National Productivity Council and is being celebrated as Diamond Jubilee Year.
Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution as it is called, is emerging globally as a powerful force and is being called as the next industrial revolution. It is characterized by the increasing digitization and interconnection of products, value chains and business models.
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