December 5 – Easily Memorize Sea Fans, Bhashan Char Island, and more
Surgical procedures for Ayurveda Students
NEWS:
- The government has notified compulsory surgical procedures for PG students of Ayurveda.
- 2 branches of surgery
- Shalya Tantra: General surgery.
- Shalakya Tantra: surgeries related to the eyes, ears, nose, throat, and teeth.
- All postgraduate students of Ayurveda will study these courses, and some go on to specialize in these and become Ayurveda surgeons.
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United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
NEWS:
- The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) voted
- to remove cannabis and cannabis resin
- from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs,
- decades after they were first placed on the list.
- World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended in 2019 to remove cannabis from its ‘most dangerous’ category.
- India voted ‘For‘, along with the US and most European nations.
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Malayan Giant Squirrel
NEWS:
- As per a recent study conducted by the Zoological Survey of India, this species of squirrel may become extinct, if proper conservatory measures are not taken.
- Malayan giant squirrel or the black giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) is one of the largest tree squirrels in the world.
About the Survey
- Key Findings of the Survey
The Malayan Giant Squirrels might decline by 90% in India by 2050. - The species might become extinct in the country subsequently.
- Only 43.48% of the original habitat is favorable to the squirrel.
- They are fast losing their territories due to crop cultivation and human settlements.
- The population of Malayan Giant Squirrels has declined by 30% in the last two decades.
- The study says that the Malayan Giant Squirrel and its habitat are under threat due to
- fragmentation of forests,
- deforestation,
- crop cultivation,
- illegal trade in wildlife,
- Slash and burn Jhum Cultivation,
- hunting for consumption.
Sea Fans
NEWS:
- The forest officials of Assam and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, a huge seizure of marine life has been made in Assam.
- Corals are listed under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.
About Sea Fans
Bhashan Char Island
NEWS:
- Rohingyas from Cox’s Bazar refugee camp are being shifted to the newly developed facility on the island.
- It is a remote uninhabited island of Bangladesh, located in the Bay of Bengal.
- Humanitarians oppose this move fearing poor liveable conditions in the new island.
- The island, which spans an area of 40 square kilometers is believed to have formed only in 2006, by Himalayan silt.
- It is also called the Floating Islands.
