UPSC Prelims Facts – 23 January 2024

UPSC Prelims Facts

The language is on the brink of extinction.

  • Spoken by – Chakaliya Community
  • Script – No Script.
  • Influenced by – Havyaka Kannada; a blend of Telugu, Tulu, Kannada, and Malayalam.
  • Initiatives – Scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages (SPPEL), Establishment of Centres for Endangered Languages in Central Universities

Central government laid foundation stone of “AYUSH Diksha”

  • Location – Central Ayurveda Research Institute (CARI), Bhubaneswar.
  • Function – To provide teacher-training program to all the stakeholders of AYUSH, in general, and Ayurveda in particular at national level
  • Significance – First-of-its-kind center for the development of human resources for AYUSH professionals.
  • CARI – A unit under Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS).

Two new mammalian species were added to list of fauna in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park.

  • Listed under – Schedule I of Wildlife Protection Act 1972.
  • Binturong (Bearcat) – Largest civet in India native to South-East Asia.
    • Distribution: India (Meghalaya, Sikkim), Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, etc.
    • Conservation: Vulnerable (IUCN); Appendix III (CITES).
  • Small-clawed otter (Asian Small-clawed Otter) – Primarily found in freshwater habitats.
    • Distribution: India (West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala), Southeast Asia and Southern China.
    • Conservation: Vulnerable (IUCN); Appendix I (CITES)

Apex court opined to stop mining activities in Aravalli range detrimental to environment.

  • Aravalli Hills – One of the oldest fold mountains of world.
  • Pass though – States of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Union territory of Delhi
  • Highest peak – Guru Shikhar, near Mount Abu Rajasthan.
  • Rivers – Banas and Sahibi (tributaries of Yamuna) and Luni River originate from Aravalli.
  • Significance –
    • Acts as water divide between Indus and Ganga Basins.
    • Source of Rich Mineral like Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper, Dolomite, Marble etc

Aarogya Maitri Aid Cube designed indigenously under Project BHISHM unveiled recently.

  • World’s 1st portable hospital
  • Important project – Arogya Maitri Disaster Management Cube (Arogya Maitri Aid Cube)
  • Launched in – Gurugram
  • Aim – To develop a world-class disaster hospital.

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