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iN SHORT CURRENT AFFAIRSPanna Tiger Reserve●It is a prime tiger-land Located in Vindhyan Hills in northern Madhya Pradesh.
●It is a dynamic dry deciduous forest.
characterised by extensive plateaus and gorges.
●The Ken river , which flows through the Reserve from south to north, is home for Gharial and Mugger.
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________________Gharial Sanctuary●National Chambal Gharial Sanctuary is located at Palighat Village of Sawai Madhopur, which is adjacent to the banks of the Chambal River.
●The National Chambal Sanctuary area is spread over three states, which include Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
●Chambal River is a shelter of rare crocodile species "Gharial" and the National Aquatic Animal Gangetic Dolphin.
●Fauna: Marsh Crocodiles, Gharial, around eight species of turtle, 30 species of fish, Smooth-coated otter and Gangetic Dolphins.
●In terrestrial mammals population includes - Wild Boar, Blue Bull, Porcupine, Jungle Cat, Indian hare, Indian fox, Hyenas and Golden Jackal.
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________________Cynodonts●Cynodonta, or 'dog teeth', are a taxon of Therapsids, traditionally called mammal-like reptiles.
●They were one of the most diverse groups of therapsids. They are named after their dog-like teeth.
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_______________Aditya L1●Aditya-L1 is a first spacecraft mission to study the Sun.
● It has been designed and will be built in collaboration between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and various Indian research institutes.
●The satellite is planned to launched onboard PSLV-XL flight C56 in late 2021 or early 2022.
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________________Gharials (Gavialis gangeticus)●Gharials have been identified as the most Critically Endangered crocodilian species in the world.
●The geographical range of gharial distribution has dwindled throughout Pakistan, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
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_______________Tiki Formation●The Tiki Formation is a Late Triassic (Carnian to Norian) geologic formation in Madhya Pradesh, northern India.
● Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.
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_______________REWACONODON INDICUS●The researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, have used scanning electron microscopy to study about 10 teeth samples collected from the village of Tihki in Shahdol District, Madhya Pradesh.
●They found a new species, and they named it Rewaconodon indicus, indicating India, the country it was discovered from.
●They identified two new genera from the area, namung them Inditherium floris, after India and the Latin word therium meaning beast. As the teeth had a flower-shaped crown, it earned the species name floris.
●The second was named Tikiodon cromptoni, after Tiki Formation and Greek word odon meaning tooth.
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