India's Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve has been awarded the coveted TX2 award for doubling the number of tigers after the year 2010. The reserve is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Landscape. The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve currently houses the largest tiger population in the world.

According to a press release by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India, the awards were presented by Conservation Assured Tiger Standards, Fauna and Flora International, Global Tiger Forum, Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Program of IUCN, Panthera, UNDP, The Lions Share, Wildlife Conservation Society and Distributed by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature).

All these organizations are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the 13 tiger range countries, which are famous for doubling the global population of tigers by 2022. The award is given for the efforts of the state governments and local communities who have played a vital role in making this new tiger reserve the most populous place in India.

Sathyamangalam was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2013 and now there are around 80 tigers in the area. This Tiger Reserve plays an important role between the Nilgiri and Eastern Ghats landscape. The Mudumalai Tiger Reserve is well connected to other well-known tiger habitats like Bandipur Tiger Reserve and BR Hills Tiger Reserve.

Nearby areas like Erode Forest Division, Coimbatore Forest Division and Malai Mahadeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary are also emerging as important tiger habitats. This will allow tigers to move easily from one place to another in search of food and new territory.

In September this year, the Tiger Range countries will gather at the 2nd Global Tiger Summit in Vladivostok to evaluate the ambitious TX2 goal of 'doubling tiger numbers' and understand priorities for tiger conservation for the next 12 years.

Apart from the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, Nepal's Bardia National Park has won the TX2 award for doubling the number of tigers since 2010. The second award for tiger conservation goes to the Khata Forest Conservation Area in Nepal, the Tiger Conservation Excellence, which secures cross-border movement of tigers between Nepal and India.

Encompassing a network of 74 community forests spanning 202 km, the Khata Corridor where community-based conservation efforts have secured movement of tigers between Bardia National Park in Nepal and Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in India. In the last five years, 46 tigers have been observed using the corridor to host other iconic and threatened mammal species. These include the Asian elephant and the one-horned rhinoceros.

Stuart Chapman, lead of WWF's Tigers Alive Initiative, said: "The resolutions taken in 2010 demonstrate what can be achieved from long-term commitments to tiger conservation. Behind these extraordinary results is the dedication of the field teams, conservation partners and the communities that live alongside the tigers."

Sugoto Roy, Coordinator of the Integrated Tiger Habitat Program, IUCN, said, “Successful conservation of tigers involves consistent management and improvement of habitat scales, rigorous monitoring of tigers and their prey, and large-scale work with local communities. All these criteria have been met with excellence, giving us globally significant results.”

The TX2 target is one of the most ambitious conservation goals ever set for a single species, and the Second Global Tiger Summit in Vladivostok, September 2022, offers an opportunity to set a new vision to secure their future. Tiger numbers were probably 100,000 a century ago, but fell sharply to 3,200 in 2010. Their numbers gradually increased to 3,900 in 2016, based on estimates from Tiger Range countries.

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According to the Corruption Perception Index (Corruption Perceptions Index) 2021 released by Transparency International, India is ranked 85th according to the report based on data from 180 countries. Last year it was ranked 86th. In this way India has come up only one rung. In the year 2018 and 2019, India's score was 41 and it was ranked 78th and 80th.

The index has been released by AGAM (An Initiative for Good Governance) in association with Transparency International. During this, the situation of corruption in 180 countries was assessed. According to the data received by the agency, India's position in 2015 was better than 168 countries. At that time 168 countries were included in the survey instead of 180 and India was ranked 76th. India's position deteriorated and it slipped to 79th rank in 2016 compared to the survey conducted in 176 countries.

The survey started in 180 countries in 2017 and India was ranked 81. In 2018 the situation improved a bit and it came down to 78, but from 2019 onwards again the corruption situation kept getting worse. Brij Bhushan Singh, Vice President of AGAAM, points out that India may have improved a notch, but the score remains the same as last year. This cannot be considered an improvement, but there is still work to be done.

The corruption situation in India has only worsened as compared to the last few years. He also says that during the Corona epidemic, government work in almost all countries of the world was greatly affected and the situation worsened. Its effect was also visible on the transparency there. He said that data of about 13 agencies from different countries have been used to prepare the index.

If you know the condition of neighboring countries of India, then the corruption situation in Bangladesh has broken the record of last 15 years. This year it is at 146th position with 26 points. At the same time, the situation in Pakistan has worsened. It was ranked 124th last year with 31 points. The situation in Afghanistan has gone from bad to worse. There was no special situation here and even before the arrival of Taliban rule. It is ranked 174th with 16 points in the list of 180 countries. Has reached 140 with s.

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The Madhya Pradesh High Court has said that a Qazi can play the role of an arbitrator for resolving mutual disputes among the people of the Muslim community, but he cannot pass orders like a decree by deciding justice in any matter like a court.

Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Rajendra Kumar Verma of the Indore Bench of the High Court made this observation while disposing of a PIL of a person. This person from the Muslim community had filed a petition in 2018 challenging the order of the Chief Qazi of Darul-Qaza Cantonment, Indore.

In the petition, the man had alleged that the Chief Qazi had pronounced the decree of divorce while hearing his wife's plea for 'khula' (Islamic procedure for seeking divorce from her husband by a Muslim woman).

The Double Bench said in the judgment that if a Qazi plays the role of a mediator to resolve the dispute among the people of his community, then there is no objection to it. But he cannot decide in such disputes like any court. He cannot issue a decree like a court. The court, citing a precedent of the Supreme Court, said that there is no legal right to any such order of the Qazi. Such an order can be completely ignored.

The High Court in its order clarified that it has not expressed any opinion on the matrimonial dispute between the petitioner and his wife. Both the parties are free to find a solution under the law of the land. The Court has given its decision to limit the scope of Qazi only. Any such decision will not be valid in future.

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The Government of India on Tuesday notified the merger of Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank Limited (PMC Bank) with Unity Small Finance Bank Limited (USFBL). The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday said that all branches of PMC Bank will henceforth function as branches of USFBL. The Reserve Bank has made it clear that all the work of the customers at all the branches of Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank Limited will now be like Unity Small Finance Bank Limited.

Meanwhile, the central bank on Monday fined eight co-operative banks for deficiencies in regulatory compliance. Reserve Bank said on Associate Co-Operative Bank Ltd., Surat (Gujarat) for non-compliance of Master Directions on 'Grant of Loans and Advances to Directors, Relatives and Firms/Institutions' and 'Know Your Customer (KYC)' Four lakh rupees fine has been imposed. The RBI said that a fine of Rs one lakh has been imposed on Varachha Sahakari Bank Limited, Surat for violation of certain norms of the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund Scheme, 2014.

Similarly, a fine of Rs 2 lakh has been imposed on Mogveera Co-Operative Bank Ltd., Mumbai for non-compliance of certain instructions related to KYC norms. A monetary fine of Rs 2 lakh has also been imposed on Vasai Janata Sahakari Bank, Palghar. In addition, RBI has imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on Rajkot People's Co-operative Bank, Rajkot for contravention of the directions on 'Loans and Advances to Directors, Relatives and Firms/Institutions'.

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Pakistan raised a loan of USD 1 billion through Sukuk bonds at a record 7.95% interest rate.

This is the cost that Pakistan has agreed to pay on Islamic bonds.

Pakistan has also agreed to mortgage a part of the Lahore-Islamabad Motorway in return for this loan.

It has also extended loans to keep official foreign exchange reserves at their level before the repayment of some key foreign debt.

Issuance of Sukuk Bonds in Pakistan

Pakistan issued asset-backed sukuk bonds of 7 years duration to raise USD 1 billion at an interest rate of 7.95%.

This rate is about half a percentage point higher than the 10-year Eurobond, which was issued in April 2021.

Difference Between Sukuk Bond and Eurobond

The key difference between Islamic sukuk and traditional Eurobonds is that the sukuk bond is backed by an asset that attracts a lower interest rate. However, the government pays an interest rate on asset-backed bonds, which is higher than traditional term bonds.

What is a Sukuk Bond?

Sukuk is the Arabic name for financial certificates. It is also known as Sharia compliant bonds. The Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) defines sukuk as "securities of similar denomination that represent individual ownership interests in a portfolio of eligible current or future assets". defines in. The OIC's Fiqh Academy legalized the use of sukuk in 1988. Sukuk was developed as an alternative to traditional bonds, as traditional bonds are not considered permissible by many Muslims because of the interest on it. Sukuk securities are structured according to the Shariah by paying profits, not interest.

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A diverse list of Padma Awards recipients are being presented. Around 128 people will get these awards in 2022. President Ram Nath Kovind will present the award at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Padma Vibhushan

Late CDS Bipin Rawat and Kalyan Singh will be honored with Padma Vibhushan posthumously.

Padma Bhushan

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has been awarded the Padma Bhushan. But Buddhadev has declined the award. He is a CPI(M) leader. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will also receive the award. Punjab's late folk singer Gurmeet Bawa, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi will be honored with Padma Bhushan.

Padma Shri

Bollywood playback singer Sonu Nigam will be honored with Padma Shri.

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A total of 6 sportspersons will be given Padma Awards 2022. Paralympian Devendra Jhajharia will get Padma Bhushan. Hockey players Vandana Kataria and Paralympians Pramod Bhagat, Avani Lekhara, Sumit Antil will be given Padma Shri. Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra will also be honored with the Padma Shri.

vaccine manufacturer

Cyrus Poonawalla, the founder of SII (Serum Institute of India), will receive Padma Bhushan. He has been instrumental in the making of "COVISHIELD". Krishna Ella, chairman of Bharat Biotech and Suchitra Ella, co-founder of Bharat Biotech, will also receive Padma Bhushan.

Padma Awards 2022

In 2022, President Ram Nath Kovind approved 107 Padma Shri awards, 17 Padma Bhushan and 4 Padma Vibhushan awards. This time 34 recipients are women. Also, ten on the list are foreigners or NRIs or OCIs. There are 13 posthumous award winners.

Decacorn is a private firm valued at over $10 billion. Recently, Swiggy has become the fourth Indian company to get this tag. The other three companies that have already received this tag are Paytm, Oyo (a hotel aggregator) and Byju's (an edtech).

Facebook was the first Decacorn. It earned this tag in 2007. Facebook became a Decacorn after Microsoft invested $240 million in Facebook. China's Alibaba was the second Decacorn. It achieved this status in 2009.

Decacorn

In 2021, several companies earned the tag. The numbers were double in 2021 as compared to 2020. Most of these Decacorns are startup companies.

Popular Decacorn Areas

Most of the Decacorns work in the following industries:

On-demand, artificial intelligence, fintech, transportation, e-commerce, marketplace, big data, consumer electronics, social, gaming, blockchain, hardware, internet software, hardware, computer hardware, biotechnology.

Unicorns, Decacorns and Hectocorns

• Unicorn: Company valued at over $1 billion

• Decacorn: Company valued at over $10 billion

• Hectocorn: Company valued at over $100 billion

CHIRU is a naval exercise recently conducted by China, Russia and Iran in the Gulf of Oman. China sent missile destroyer Urumqi to participate in this exercise. These countries are now looking for opportunities to deepen their military cooperation. Russia sent its Pacific Fleet task force to participate in the exercise. This includes the anti-submarine warship Admiral Tributes and the Nakhimov missile cruiser.

CHIRU

Countries conducted exercises against maritime targets. In addition, he took part in tactical maneuvers. The countries also conducted anti-piracy exercises during this exercise.

Russia

The Russian government had earlier announced that it would conduct exercises in different parts of the world, including all areas of its responsibility. Russia also announced that it would conduct military exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. More than 60 aircraft and 140 warships have been kept ready to participate in such exercises.

Russia and Belarus

Russia has already conducted naval exercises with Belarus amid Ukraine tensions. Russia is also negotiating with the US on the issue of Ukraine.

China in practice

Uruqmi is a Chinese missile destroyer. She was commissioned in 2018. Urukami is a Type 052D destroyer. It uses canister type vertical launching system. It uses combined diesel or gas propulsion. It is designed to carry helicopters. It has an active electronically scanned array radar. In addition to Urukmi, China also sent its supply ship Taihu, forty marines and helicopters operating from the ship.

Russia in practice

Varyag from Russia participated in the exercise. Varyag is a missile cruiser. It is a Slavic class of guided missile cruisers. It was designed and built by the Soviet Union. It is an anti-ship rocket cruiser.