#TopicOfTheDay: Tigers were traditionally tracked by professional shikaris from their pugmarks for shikar. However, advanced digital technologies being used to count the number of tigers in India.
How does Tiger census work? #InternationalTigerDay
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#TopicOfTheDay: #Mangroves are the only trees that are capable of thriving in salt water. The Mangrove Ecosystem acts as the ocean's nursery and a barrier to coastal erosion.
#WorldMangroveDay #InternationalDayForTheConservationOfTheMangroveEcosystem
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Mangrove-Ecosystem-64bfe67cdc86ba2561f93aac
#TopicOfTheDay: The #Rosetta #Stone is a stele composed of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt.
The decree has only minor differences between the three versions, making the Rosetta Stone key to deciphering the Egyptian #Hieroglyphic scripts.
#TopicOfTheDay: Today is #WorldPopulationDay.
#WorldPopulationDay 2025 highlights this challenge, focusing on the largest-ever generation of young people. The theme, “Empowering young people to create the families they want in a fair and hopeful world,” calls for ensuring youth have the rights, tools, and opportunities to shape their futures.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/World-Population-64ad1a2a70cc1b4c82563308
#TopicOfTheDay: A #Refugee is a person forced to flee their country because of violence or persecution.
#WorldRefugeeDay is an international day designated by the United Nations to honour refugees around the globe. It falls each year on June 20 and celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/World-Refugee-Day-6491a7ea0e4959eaecbcaf55
#TopicOfTheDay: Desertification, land degradation, and drought are among the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, with up to 40% of all land area worldwide already considered degraded.
The #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought, celebrated each year on 17 June, aims to raise awareness of the presence of desertification and drought, highlighting methods of preventing desertification and recovering from drought.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Climate-Change-and-Desertification-666ffe2e58caa7ec4888ca33
#TopicOfTheDay: #Archives are the cornerstones of memory, knowledge, and accountability. They safeguard our heritage, empower individuals, and fuel progress by providing a critical link to the past.
International Archives Day is celebrated on June 9th every year. It's a day to raise awareness about the importance of archives and the role they play in preserving our history and heritage.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/International-Archives-Day-66655f1a1f1333a28723d93e
#TopicOfTheDay: Food safety is the practice of preventing food from becoming contaminated by harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemical substances. Contaminated food can cause foodborne illnesses, which are a serious global public health problem.
#WorldFoodSafetyDay is celebrated every year on June 7th. It's a day to raise awareness about the importance of safe food handling and to inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/What-is-Food-Safety-6662a9b14438e4028115732e
#TopicOfTheDay: #air #pollution remains a critical environmental concern that continues to impact global health and ecosystems.
The official theme for #WorldEnvironmentDay #2025 is “Beat Plastic Pollution.”
https://knowledgezone.co.in/trends/browser?topic=Plastic-Pollution
#TopicOfTheDay: #Light is critical for our survival. Without light, our planet would be but a cold and barren place. Study of light has led to development of technologies in various fields.
These technologies were developed through centuries of fundamental research on the properties of light – starting with Ibn Al-Haytham’s seminal work, Kitab al-Manazir (Book of Optics), published in 1015.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Ibn-al-Haytham-and-Book-of-Optics-6645df8a24baf8023e1b13ee
#TopicOfTheDay: The History of #Vaccines
For centuries, humans have looked for ways to protect each other against deadly diseases.
From experiments and taking chances to a global vaccine roll-out in the midst of an unprecedented #Pandemic, #Immunization has a long history.
https://www.who.int/news-room/spotlight/history-of-vaccination/a-brief-history-of-vaccination
#TopicOfTheDay: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), liver disease is responsible for around 2 million deaths per year globally, which is 4% of all deaths.
Hepatitis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are the most common liver diseases. NAFLD is caused by excess fat build up in the liver, and is often caused by high cholesterol, obesity, and type II diabetes.
#TopicOfTheDay: The #Keeling #Curve is a graph of the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere based on continuous measurements taken at the Mauna Loa Observatory on the island of Hawaii from 1958 to the present day.
The curve is named for the scientist Charles David Keeling, who started the monitoring program and supervised it until his death in 2005.
#TopicOfTheDay: #Nipper was a British dog. He is best known as the subject of the 1898 painting His Master's Voice, painted posthumously by his owner Francis Barraud, that went on to become a famous entertainment symbol.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Nipper-and-His-Masters-Voice-67ff4bef4d68d89f3254411d
#TopicOfTheDay:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a #Degenerative #Brain condition that affects the movement, mental health, sleep, and pain of people.
It's the most common motor brain disease, affecting at least 1% of people over 60 worldwide.
PD gets worse over time. There is no cure, but therapies and medicines can reduce symptoms.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/trends/explorer?topic=Parkinsons-Disease
#TopicOfTheDay: The World's #Deadliest Behavioral Risk Factors
#Smoking cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products is connected to a variety of diseases responsible for 7.7 million deaths worldwide.
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#TopicOfTheDay: On 5 April 1955, #Nobel #Literature laureate Bertrand #Russell wrote to physics laureate Albert #Einstein to ask for his support in standing up against nuclear weapons.
Einstein agreed. The letter led to the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, which Einstein signed days before his death.
#TopicOfTheDay: The Great #Moon #Hoax of 1835 was a series of fabricated articles published in The New York Sun, claiming that astronomer Sir John Herschel had discovered life on the moon, including bat-winged humanoids.
These fictional reports, while intended as satire, were widely believed by the public, significantly boosting the newspaper's circulation.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/gk/history/5b7f873c15c91d000e144472
#TopicOfTheDay: A total of 1.25 million people died from tuberculosis (TB) in 2023 (including 161 000 people with HIV).
Worldwide, TB has probably returned to being the world’s leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, following three years in which it was replaced by coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tuberculosis
#TopicOfTheDay: #Forests play a key role in sustaining life on Earth.
#Forests, #Lungs of the #Earth, are getting damaged due to several reasons.
In 2025, the theme is "Forests and Foods," highlighting the crucial role forests play in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Forests--Lungs-of-the-Earth-623820423b2338bba2985883