A23a in Atlantic Ocean
The A23a is the biggest iceberg globally to have been released off the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Recently it was floated on his tour of the south Atlantic.
It weighs approximately one trillion tons and covers a size of approximately 400 square miles.
A23a was 37 years old; this means that it was sitting on the ocean floor 37 years northwest of Antarctica before it was separated in 1986 by the Antarctic Filchner Ice Shelf.
Once the iceberg is 300 kilometers out of the South Georgia Island it will take two to four weeks to approach it.
Big Cat Alliance 2025 International.
IBCA has also officially been established as a treaty based, inter-governmental organisation.
On January 23 it is becoming fully functioning as an international legal entity.
The Framework Agreement was being deposited by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Other instruments of the ratification have been deposited in the last five years, by the Republic of Nicaragua, the Kingdom of Eswatini, the Republic of India, the Federal Republic of Somalia and the Republic of Liberia, becoming the founding members of IBCA.
India introduced the IBCA on April 9, 2023, as part of a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Project Tiger.
The primary goal of the initiative is the preservation of seven large species of big cats: the Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Cheetah, Jaguar and Puma.
There are 27 countries (including India) who have signed to become members of the IBCA.
Rusty-Spotted Cat
Rusty spotted cat was first discovered playing in the jungles of the Purulia district in West Bengal.
It is the lightest and millions of years old cat known to the world.
Rusty-spotted cat can only be found in India and Sri Lanka and it was not discovered until recently in Nepal.
The total population of the cat lies in India (80 percent), and a significant fraction of its natural habitat is threatened with land conversion.
Eurasian Otters in Kashmir
The Eurasian otters have reappeared in the last 3 years in the Valley of Kashmir.
This is the first live record of the species in the past 25 years.