The Forest Department has identified hundreds of leopards in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve.
It is a protected area and tiger reserve along the Western Ghats in the state of Tamil Nadu.
It was first declared as a wildlife scantuary in 2008 and it is the largest wildlife scantuary in Tamil Nadu.
It later became the fourth tiger reserve as a part of project Tiger.
It is a significant wildlife corridor in the Nilgiri Biosphere reserve between western ghats and the rest of the eastern ghats.
Green Masala Bonds
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has raised $300 million via "Green Masala Bonds" at the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
This is the first green masala bond on LSE's new International Securities Market.
The money raised from the green bond will go towards financing renewable energy project across India.
The bonds are certified by Climate Bonds Initiative, an international, not-for-profit organisation that helps build robust framework around green bond investment.
IREDA, a state-owned company established a a non-banking financial institution.
It extends financial assistance for renewable energy and energy efficiency conservation projects in India.
New drug for Chikungunya
Researchers from IIT roorkee used an existing anti-viral drug piperazine for the cure of chikungunya.
Currently, there is no cure for the disease.
Piperazine is used for the treatment of worm infections.
The anti-viral activity of piperazine molecule inhibits virus replication.
The drug binds to the target, the protein's interaction with the enveloped protein of virus is inhibited and hence the virus release from infected cell is affected.
Molecular robot
Scientists have created the world's first 'molecular robot' that can be used to build molecules and may help discover novel durgs.
The robot is millionth of a millimetre in size and made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen atoms.
It can be programmed to move and build molecular cargo using a tiny robotic arm.
US-2 Amphibian
It is Japan's aircraft, designed for air-sea recue work.
The Indian government ha been keen on acquiring the US-2i as part of their expanding bilateral strategic partnership.
The aircraft requires only one fourth of the distance that commercial airlines require for takeoff and landing.
The aircraft has an approximate operational range of 4500 km and a cruise speed of 480 km/hr. It does not require runway construction.
No More reservation Charts
The Indian Railways has decided to stop pasting reservation charts on train coaches.
It is implemented as a part of Go Green Policy in five cities - Chennai, New Delhi, Kolkatta, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
The initiative is a pilot project to keep the coaches neat and clean.
Source : The Hindu, Business Line, Business standard.
