IAS Coaching in Chandigarh

1. POBITORA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY News: Photos: Of all seasons Migratory birds flocking to the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Morigaon, Assam, on Sunday. About Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary: Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra in Morigaon district in Assam, India. It was declared in 1987 and covers 38.85 km2 (15.00 sq mi), providing grassland and wetland habitat for the Indian rhinoceros. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary holds one of the largest Indian rhinoceros populations in Assam. The grasslands provide habitat and food resource for the Indian rhinoceros, hosting Assam’s second largest population. Other mammals occurring in the sanctuary are golden jackal, wild boar and feral water buffalo. Barking deer, Indian leopard and rhesus macaque live foremost in the hilly parts. It is an Important Bird Area and home for more than 2000 migratory birds and various reptiles. 2. AMMONIA News: Due to the increase in ammonia levels in the Yamun...