All India Tiger Census 2018 sets new Guinness World Record for largest camera-trap wildlife survey

• The fourth edition of the All India Tiger Estimation 2018 has created the Guinness World Record for being the world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey.
• The All India Tiger Estimation is conducted every four year since 2006, by the National Tiger Conservation Authority with technical support from the Wildlife Institute of India.
• In the fourth cycle of the survey, conducted in 2018-19, Camera traps (outdoor photographic devices fitted with motion sensors that start recording when an animal passes by) were placed in 26,838 locations across 141 different sites.

Key Highlights of the survey

• These cameras surveyed an effective area of 121,337 square kilometres (46,848 square miles).
• A total of 34,858,623 photographs of wildlife were captured by the 26,838 camera traps installed.
• Of the total photographs 76,651 were tigers and 51,777 were leopards while the remaining were other native fauna.
• The photographs of tigers included 2,461 individual tigers (excluding cubs).
• As per the survey, India has an estimated 2,967 tigers or 75 percent of the global tiger population.

Loyal Textile Mills Limited launches world’s first reusable PPE kit with Triple Viral Shield Technology

• India’s Loyal Textile Mills Limited has launched a new product ‘VIRAL SHIELD’ which comprises of Covid-19 Anti-Viral, Reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Masks and Protective Fashion Wear Range.
• The new triple viral shield products by Loyal Textile has been launched in collaboration with Reliance Industries India and HeiQ from Switzerland.
• This PPE is the World’s first Reusable PPE.
• It has been launched under Loyal’s signature brand Supera ShieldTM.
• The product has passed the Viral Penetration Test, Synthetic Blood penetration test and the SBPR test.
• It is effective against any type of viruses, bacteria and fungi.

Nadaun police station in Himachal Pradesh ranked as one of best Police Stations of India

• Nadaun police station in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh has been ranked among the best police stations of the country and the top most police station of the state in the annual ranking of police stations for 2019.
• The annual ranking of police stations is carried out by Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
• Following criteria are used to rank the police stations: standard of service delivery, identifying techniques of improvement in policing, addressing of cases and infrastructure.

Boeing Completes delivery of all 22 Apache and 15 Chinook military helicopters to the IAF

• America’s largest Aerospace company Boeing Co. has completed the final delivery of all the 37 Military Helicopter to the India Air Force.
• The 37 Military Helicopters included 22 AH-64E Apache and 15 CH-47 Chinook helicopters.
• Boeing handed over the final five Apache helicopters to the IAF at Air Force Station Hindan in June 2020.
• In March 2020, the last five Chinook heavy-lift helicopters were handed by Boeing to IAF.
• The multi-billion deal to procure the 37 Military helicopters was signed between Boeing and the Indian Defense Ministry in 2015.
• The AH-64E Apache is one of the world’s most advanced multi-role combat helicopters and the Chinook is a multi-role, vertical-lift platform, primarily used for transporting troops, artillery, equipment and fuel.