CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Odisha forest department announces cash reward for rescuing gharials.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gharials have bred for the first time in captivity in the world at Nandankanan Zoological Park in 1980.

Detailed explanation-3: -The journey for conservation of Indian gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) started in 1975 at Gharial Research and Conservation Unit (GRACU), Tikarpada, and adjoining Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary along the Mahanadi river in Odisha.

Detailed explanation-4: -Recently, Odisha’s Kendrapara district has earned the distinction of being the only district in India where all three species of crocodiles, salt-water, gharial and mugger, are found.