Location: Madhya Pradesh; spread across Sagar, Damoh and Narsinghpur districts. Notification: Notified as a Tiger Reserve in 2023. It is India’s 54th and Madhya Pradesh’s 7th Tiger Reserve. Name: Named after Gond queen Rani Durgavati. Formation: The reserve encompasses the Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary and Veerangana Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary. Area: About 2,339 sq km, comprising around…
UPSC Prelims Current Affairs for 8 October 2026
UPSC Prelims Current Affairs for 8 October 2026 brings together the news items of the day that map to the Prelims syllabus — polity, economy, environment, science and technology, and international relations. Each item is written as a factual pointer you can revise quickly, with the static-syllabus link made explicit so the reading feeds directly into your Prelims notes.
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Child Leprosy
Disease: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused mainly by Mycobacterium leprae. Transmission: It spreads mainly through prolonged, close contact with an untreated person, generally through respiratory droplets. Children: Leprosy in children indicates ongoing transmission in the community and is an important public-health concern. Incubation: The disease has a long incubation period, often several years.…
Cheetah Conservation Sites
Project Cheetah: India’s programme for reintroducing cheetahs after their extinction in India. First Site: Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh — the primary site of Project Cheetah. Second Site: Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh — developed as the second active cheetah reintroduction site. Kuno–Gandhi Sagar Landscape: The two sites are being managed as a metapopulation…
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