• ISRO’s LVM3
  

  ISRO’s heaviest rocket LVM3 carrying 36 satellites belonging to UK-based OneWeb Group lifted off from Sriharikota (Source: The Hindu)

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• Arctic Seed Vault
  

  The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure backup facility for the world’s crop diversity on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. The Seed Vault provides long-term storage of duplicates of seeds conserved in genebanks around the world (Source: Wikipedia)

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• Mimeusemia ceylonica
  

  Moth Mimeusemia ceylonica, which was rediscovered in Tirunelveli district in 2020 after 127 years by two researchers (Source: The Hindu)

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• Global Responsible Tourism Summit
  

  The Global Responsible Tourism Summit was held at scenic village of Maravanthuruthu in Kerala from February 25-28. The four-day conclave vowed to implement proposals to boost the state’s vital travel and tourism industries (Source: The Outlook)

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• Elephant Falls
  

  The Elephant Falls are a two-tier waterfall in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. The mountain stream descends through two successive falls set in dells of fern-covered rocks (Source: Wikipedia)

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• Highest frozen lake marathon.
  

  India’s first Pangong Tso Lake marathon is about to make 75 athletes run on frozen water. An adventure sports foundation in Ladakh is organising a four-day half marathon of 21 km on the frozen Pangong Tso Lake at a height of 13,862 feet on 20 February. (Source: The Print)

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• Earthquake in Turkey and Syria
  

  7.8-magnitude tremor hit early on Monday, with second major quake mid-morning – More than 20,000 people were killed when an earthquake struck central Turkey and north-west Syria (Source: The Guardian)

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• Soliga ecarinata
  

  The scientific community has named a new genus of wasp after Soliga — who are the indigenous community of Biligiri Rangan Hills (B.R. Hills) in Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka — in recognition of their conservation of forests and biodiversity. (Source: The Hindu)

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• Amrit Udyan
  

  Amrit Udyan’ formerly known as Mughal Gardens on the premises of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, will open for general public on January 31, 2023 and will remain open till March 26, 2023 (Source: rediff.com)

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• MV Ganga Vilas, world’s longest river cruise
  

  The MV Ganga Vilas starts from Kashi in Uttar Pradesh and ends at Dibrugarh in Assam, via Bangladesh, covering a distance of 3,200 km, in 51 days.
  It will take tourists to prominent destinations along the Ganges, including world heritage sites, national parks. (Source: The Hindu)

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• Kīlauea volcano
  

  Kīlauea is an active shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands. Located along the southeastern shore of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, the volcano is between 210,000 and 280,000 years old and emerged above sea level about 100,000 years ago (Source: Wikipedia)

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