**New Flag and Insignia of the Supreme Court of India:

✅The newly unveiled flag features symbols central to India's legal and cultural heritage: the Ashoka Chakra, the Supreme Court building, and the Constitution of India.
✅The new Supreme Court flag is blue in colour.
✅The insignia has ‘Supreme Court of India’ and ‘Yato Dharmastato Jayah’ (in Devanagari script) inscribed on it.
✅**The phrase "Yato Dharmastato Jayah" is a Sanskrit expression that translates to "Where there is Dharma, there is victory" or “Victory lies where Dharma (righteousness) prevails.”

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*✅The influx of tourists in Kashmir, driven by the Jammu and Kashmir government’s recent tourism policy, is causing substantial ecological stress and environmental repercussions.
✅Inadequate waste management systems are exacerbating pollution in waterbodies, while pilgrimage tourism in ecologically fragile areas like Pahalgam and the Trikuta ranges is leading to deforestation, waste accumulation, and unregulated construction.*#polity#economy#environment

**Carrhotus Piperus:

✅It is a new jumping spider species which was found on pepper (Piper nigrum) plants, about two metres above the ground.
✅The specific epithet, ‘piperus’, is derived from the plant’s generic name, reflecting the spider’s distinctive habitat.
✅Feature: The spider is distinguishable from its closely related species by its unique prolateral protrusion and beak-shaped embolus, setting it apart from other members of its genus.

Palani Hills

✅It is an eastward extension of the Western Ghats, in southwestern Tamil Nadu state, southern India.
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**CARBON FARMING :

✅Carbon farming also known as carbon sequestration refers to a set of practices aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and land use.
✅It aimed at storing carbon in the soil, crop roots, wood, and leaves.

Key Techniques in Carbon Farming:.
✅Rotational Grazing: This involves moving livestock between pastures to allow vegetation to recover, enhancing soil carbon storage.
✅Agroforestry: Incorporating trees and shrubs into farming systems to sequester carbon in vegetation.
✅Conservation Agriculture: Practices like zero tillage, crop rotation, and cover cropping to minimize soil disturbance and improve organic content.
✅Integrated Nutrient Management: Using organic fertilizers and compost to promote soil fertility and reduce emissions.
✅Livestock Management: Optimizing feed quality and managing animal waste to lower methane emissions.

Challenges in Implementation:

✅Geographical Factors: Effectiveness varies based on location, soil type, crop selection, and water availability.
✅Biodiversity: Practices must be balanced with maintaining ecosystem services to avoid negative impacts like biodiversity loss.
✅Policy and Community Engagement: Requires sufficient policy support and community involvement for successful adoption.**

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What is carbon farming? | Explained

Carbon farming combines regenerative agriculture with carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change and enhance agricultural productivity worldwide.

*?What is the Mitigation Work Programme (MWP)?*

✅The road to the COP29 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku appears bumpy after the mid-year climate talks in Bonn, Germany concluded on June 13, with little progress, according to researchers from the Centre for Science and Environment.

✅The Mitigation Work Programme (MWP) is aprocess established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to help countries scale up their mitigation ambition and implementation to achieve the 1.5°C goal of theParis Agreement.

?Objectives:
✅Generate discussions: Foster innovative discussions among policymakers and stakeholders to overcome barriers to scaling up mitigation action.
✅Inclusive participation: Ensure diverse participation to support national processes and practical domestic policy making pathways.
✅Explore opportunities: Identify cost-effective and scalable mitigation opportunities to help countries implement and enhance their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
✅Operationalization: Conduct annual global dialogues and investment-focused events from 2023-2026.
✅Address equity and sustainable development: Focus on equity, sustainable development, and synergies with adaptation, considering regional approaches.

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? Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve:

✅It is spread across Sagar, Damoh, and Narsinghpur, districts of Madhya Pradesh.

✅It is spread over an area of 2,339 square kilometres.

✅It is the seventh tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh.

✅It will encompass areas within the Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary and Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary.

✅A green corridor linking Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) with Durgavati will be developed for the natural movement of the tiger to the new reserve.

✅Rivers: Parts of the reserve fall under the Narmada and Yamuna River basins.

✅The Singorgarh Fortis located within the reserve.

✅Vegetation: Dry deciduous type

✅Flora: The chief floral elements include Teak, Saja, Dhaora, Ber, Amla etc.

✅Fauna: Tiger, leopard, wolf, jackal, Indian fox, striped hyena, Nilgai, Chinkara, Chital, Sambhar, Black Buck, Barking deer, Common Langur, Rhesus Macaque, etc.

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