Recently, we have been witnessing a huge campaign going viral in social media to protect Mada forests from destruction in the state of Andhrapradesh. This social media campaign gained traction when a petition was filed in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by some environmental activists and the NGT immediately ordering for a committee to enquire into the whole issue. People on social media have been posting various photographs on how these mangrove swamps have been levelled by the government with mud near Kakinada of East Godavari district. They also started a petition in change.org and gathered the support of many people to sign the petition. This campaign also added some political colour when the opposition parties in the state started to add voice to it. Putting facts together on threats to Mada forests Mada forests are dense mangrove forests located on the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh. The state has total of 404 sq.km mangrove cover spread across various c...
Satellite Image of North Sentinel Island Sentinelese are indigenous people part of aboriginal tribes living in Andaman islands.They inhabit the northern sentinel island in the Bay of Bengal. They are believed to be living on the island from the past 60,000 years with no contact with the outside world. Are they really hostile?? Not really,They give enough warnings to stay away from them and not to intrude into their places. They don't want to contact with other tribes and remain isolated. As many people say they are not hostile and allow outsiders only up to some area of the island. According to 2011 census,their population was just 15 with 10 huts on the Island. They don't have immunity to even the commonest of the infections,so if they come in contact with outside people there ...
ISRO has successfully launched HysIS satellite on ISRO workhorse rocket launcher PSLV C-43 from the Sathish Dhawan launch center in Sriharikota on November 29. PSLV C-43 rocket ready for the launch PSLVC-43 is also carrying 1 Micro as well as 29 Nano satellites from 8 different countries. These countries include United States of America (with 23 satellites), Canada, Columbia, Australia, Finland, Netherlands, Malaysia and Spain (with one satellite each). What is HysIS ? - HysIS stands for Hyperspectral imaging satellite. Image source : THE HINDU. - HysIS is the India's first Hyperspectral Imag...
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