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International Places in News Part 5

 Glue traps for birds France is to outlaw trapping birds using sticks covered in glue after the European commission threatened legal action and fines. Using glue sticks to catch birds has been outlawed in Europe since the 1979 Bird Directive, except in specific circumstances where the practice is “controlled, selective and in limited quantities”.  Since …

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International Places in News Part 3

Botswana reports mysterious deaths of hundreds of elephants Hundreds of elephants have died mysteriously in Botswana’s famed Okavango Delta. Ruled out poaching as the tusks were found intact. The landlocked country has the world’s largest elephant population, estimated at 130,000.  The Delta alone is home to an estimated 15,000 elephants. In a report prepared for …

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International Places in News Part 2

World’s first yoga University As part of the 6th International Yoga Day commemorations, the world’s first yoga university outside India has been launched in Los Angeles, Offering programmes that combine scientific principles and modern research approaches to the ancient Indian practice of yoga. The Vivekananda Yoga University (VaYU) was jointly launched Yesterday by Minister of …

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International Places in News Part 1

Que- Recently INS Kesari entered Port Antsiranana, carried a consignment of COVID related essential medicines for the people of which country a) Mauritius b) Seychelles c) Madagascar d) Maldives Ans- (c) Part of ‘Mission Sagar’ builds on the excellent relations existing between the two countries to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and its resultant difficulties.  The …

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