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Project Elephant  Project Elephant was launched by Govt.of India in 1992.  Elephant  Aim of Project Elephant To protect elephants, their habitat and corridors To address issues of man-animal conflict Welfare of captive elephants To promote not to harm elephants for their tusks. To provide financial and technical support to major elephant bearing states. The Project is implemented in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, U.P. and West Bengal. There are 2032 Project Elephant reserves exist in 16 states extending to 58,000 sq.Km Some Facts about Elephants The African Savanna (bush) elephant is the world's largest land animal. An adult male elephant weighs an average of 6,000kg. An elephant trunk has up to 1,50,000 muscles! The trunk can lift almost 320 kilograms of weight. The same trunk can pick a small blade of grass too. Elephant tusks are their enlarged inciso

India is home to 80% of tigers in the world. There are 20 Tiger reserves are in India. Royal Bengal Tiger is the National Animal of India. A Royal Bengal Tiger  Project Tiger was launched in 1973, to ensure maintenance of the viable population of tigers for scientific, economic, aesthetic, cultural and ecological values, to preserve for all times, areas of biological importance as a national heritage for the benefit, education and enjoyment of the people. For estimating tiger population, 93,697 Sq.Km has been maintained as tiger habitat. The estimated number of tigers in 2018 was 2,967 which is a huge jump over 1,411 numbers estimated in 2006.  Project Crocodile The  Project Crocodile  was launched in 1975 in different states with an aim to protect the endangered crocodile species like Gharials, Gavialis gangecticus, Mugger crocodile, Crocodylus palustris and Saltwater crocodile. Crocodiles were on the verge of extinction in 1970s.  In 2019, they were 1742 in numbers. Project Dolphin  

Magazines   Erbauliche   Months Unteretungene The first publication which can be called a magazine was the German Erbauliche Months Unteretungene, launched in 1663.  It was a literary and philosophical publication, and after its release, several other periodicals with similar content and topics were published. The Lady's Mercury. The first women's magazine was released in London by the name  The Lady's Mercury. It was published for only four weeks in 1693. The first issue of the periodical was issued on 27 February 1693 by its founder, publisher, editor John Dunton. Women Changemakers of India  Dr.Kamala Sohonie, an Indian biochemist, who in 1939 became the first Indian woman to get a Ph.D. in a scientific discipline, from Cambridge University. It was a heroic achievement at that time. In those days women were not even encouraged to go to schools. Even basic primary education was denied only because of their gender. Dr.Kamala herself told in several interviews about the ge

National Emblem: The Sarnath Lion, at the capital of Asoka's empire. Adopted as state emblem of India in 26,January 1950, the day when India became a Republic. The National Flag: The Tricolour, comprises three-colour horizontal strip of deep Saffron (Kesari), (representing courage and sacrifice) at the top, White (peace and truth) in the middle and dark Green (faith and chivalry) at the bottom. The ratio of the width of the flag to its length is 2:3. In the centre of the white band is a wheel, in navy blue. It is a wheel (Chakra) with 24 spokes on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Asoka. Its diameter is equal to the width of the white band. National Anthem: Jana-gana-mana. Written by Rabindranath Tagore. National Song: Vande Mataram. Composed by Bankimchandra Chatterjee. National Flower: Lotus National River: Ganga. The longest river in India. Originates in the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas as the Bhagirathi River. Joined downstream by rivers like the Alakananda, Yamun