Prelims – Page 268

PAVA Shells

It is an alternative to pellet guns for crowd controlling in Jammu and Kashmir The PAVA shells contain Pelargonic Acid […]

National Party requirements To obtain a national status, political parties have to fulfil any of the three conditions: Winning 2%

The Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) is an act of Parliament of India. It is a central law. It was

Ministry/Department : Ministry of Tourism Objective : To develop theme based tourist circuits in the country Scheme: It is a

HTS helps in providing high speed internet at cheap rates HTS reuses satellite ‘beams’ several times over smaller areas. It

MIKE stands for Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants Comes under CITES It was started in South Asia in 2003

India has nine species of vultures in the wild. Threats: Poisoning from diclofenac that is used as a medicine for

The Indian Crocodile Conservation Project is one of the most successful conservation initiatives in the world. It has pulled back

Project Snow Leopard: Snow Leopard is globally endangered species as well as the most important flagship species of the mountain

It is a centrally sponsored scheme Launched in 1992 Objectives: To protect elephants, their habitat & corridors To address issues