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Tiger Attack in Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary Claims Woman Life

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A woman died after a tiger attacked her while she was collecting firewood in Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary is in Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh, near the Nepal border. It is part of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve and is home to tigers, Gangetic dolphins, and gharials.

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Hari Babu Kambhampati Takes Oath as 27th Governor of Odisha

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Hari Babu Kambhampati was sworn in as the 27th Governor of Odisha on 3 January 2025. Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh administered the oath at Raj Bhavan in Bhubaneswar. He succeeded Raghubar Das. Before taking office, he visited the famous Jagannath Temple in Puri.

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India Gets a Digital Sports Tribunal: New Rules for Faster Dispute Resolution

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India’s Sports Ministry has notified rules for the National Sports Board and National Sports Tribunal under the National Sports Governance Act. The tribunal will handle sports disputes online with virtual hearings. This will make sports governance more transparent, faster, and fairer for athletes and sports bodies across the country.

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Loktak Protocluster: A 12.6-Billion-Year-Old Discovery Named After a Manipur Lake

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A Manipuri astrophysicist, Ronaldo Laishram, led an international team that discovered a galaxy protocluster 12.6 billion years old. It is named the Loktak Protocluster after Manipur’s famous Loktak Lake. The structure existed when the universe was only 1.2 billion years old.

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Tiny Blue Octopus Discovered Near Galapagos Islands

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Scientists have discovered a tiny blue octopus species named Microeledone galapagensis near the Galapagos Islands. It is about the size of a golf ball and lives in the deep sea. The species was first found during an expedition in 2015 but has now been officially described.

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