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August 4 to raise global awareness for the conservation of these elusive, tree-climbing wild cats. Founded in 2018, the day highlights threats like deforestation and illegal wildlife trade, with worldwide conservation groups and zoos participating in educational and fundraising drives.  Species Information: Taxonomy  Phylum: Chordata  Class: Mammalia  Order: Carnivora  Family: Felidae  Sub-family: Pantherinae  Genus: Neofelis (Gray 1867)  Species: Neofelis nebulosa (Griffith 1821) The genus Neofelis was traditionally considered to be a monotypic genera with a single species Neofelis nebulosa, including four subspecies, N. n. diardi, N. n. macrosceloides, N. n. nebulosa, and N. n. brachyura. Clouded leopards are medium-sized felid, with males weighing from 16 to 18 kg and females weighing between 11.5 to 13.5 kg. They have distinct cloud shaped patches on their pale-yellow to brown coloured fur that camouflages them in dense forests. An elongated ...

The Supreme Court of India directed states to form Board of Visitors to oversee prisons Gyan Bharatam Mission and Preservation of Manuscript Heritage No Manual Scavengers Identified in Fresh Survey Conducted Under MS Act, 2013: Government India achieves near-universal banking coverage, with 99.92% of inhabited villages now served by a banking outlet Glaw Lake becomes Arunachal Pradesh’s First Ramsar Site; India’s Ramsar Sites tally reaches 101 Renewable power projects can now seek credits under the Paris Agreement’s carbon market

In its recent order, Supreme Court of India directed States and Union Territories to form Board of Visitors to oversee prisons.  During the hearing ( IN RE: DISCRIMINATION INSIDE PRISONS IN INDIA ) reported that as on date, none of the States/Union Territories has constituted Board of Visitors District-wise. According to him, it is very much important and necessary for each State/UT to constitute Board of Visitors in each of the Districts where are sub-jails. In responce to this, Court directed states and UTs to form Board of Visitors under the Model Prison Manual, 2016, more particularly, Clause 29.01 read with 29.03 respectively including the State Prison Manual respectively.  SC also directed  all the State Governments/Union Territories to ensure that Board of Visitors is constituted district – wise headed by the Principal District Judge of that particular District, within a period of four weeks from today. Board of Visitors shall be constituted acc...

Gyan Bharatam Mission (GBM), announced during Union Budget 2025-26, is an initiative of the Ministry of Culture (MoC), Government of India to undertake manuscripts related activities. The objectives of this initiative are as follows: To leverage advanced technology to significantly enhance the pace of digitization and documentation of manuscripts. Conducting survey and registration of manuscripts. To document and catalogue Indian manuscripts, wherever they may be, maintain accurate and up-to-date information about them and the conditions under which they may be conserved. To facilitate usage of manuscripts and promote ready access to these manuscripts through publications, both in book form as well as machine readable form. To facilitate conservation and preservation of manuscripts through training awareness and financial support. To boost scholarship and research in the study of Indian languages and manuscriptology. To build up a National Digital Repository (NDR). To support the initi...