Wang’s Garden Lizard : New Reptile Species A new reptile species was recently discovered in China and has been called Wang’s Garden Lizard. Wang’s Garden Lizard is a new species of iguana. Scientific Name: Calotes wangi It is found in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests and tropical monsoon forests in southern China and northern Vietnam, mostly […]
Day: December 29, 2023
Eurasian Otter : Discovered
Eurasian Otter : Discovered A team of researchers recently discovered a Eurasian otter in the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary in Idukki, a first in Kerala. Eurasian Otter is a semi-aquatic carnivorous mammal native to Eurasia. Scientific Name: Lutra lutra It has one of the widest distributions of all Palearctic mammals, from Ireland to China and down […]
Executive Chairperson Of The National Legal Services Authority
Executive Chairperson Of The National Legal Services Authority: The President recently nominated Justice Sanjiv Khanna, the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, as the Executive Chairperson of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA). NALSA has been constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, to provide free legal services to the weaker sections of […]
Foreign Exchange Management Act : RBI Released a Draft
Foreign Exchange Management Act : RBI Released a Draft The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently released a draft ‘Licensing Framework for Authorised Persons (APs)’ under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999. FEMA came in 1999 as a successor to the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, or FERA, of 1973, with changing economic conditions in […]
