World Elephant Day 🐘

Date

12 August

Objective

• Elephant conservation
• Protection of elephants
• Awareness of threats facing elephants

Background

• Conceptualised in 2011.
• Associated with Patricia Sims, Michael Clarke and Sivaporn Dardarananda.
• First observed: 12 August 2012.

Biology Facts

• Largest land animals on Earth.
• Gestation: approximately 22 months.
• Usually one calf every 4–5 years.

UPSC Mains

GS-III → Wildlife conservation + habitat protection + human-wildlife conflict

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1. Vande Mataram → National Song
2. National Anthem → Jana Gana Mana
3. Amendment → Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971
4. Amendment section → Section 3
5. IBM–MIT AI Lab → MAHE
6. IBM–CHRIST → Innovation Center for AI
7. RAG → Retrieval-Augmented Generation
8. NDML → NSDL subsidiary
9. SBI Q1 FY27 GDP estimate → ~8%
10. RBI projection mentioned → 7%
11. SBI model → 54 high-frequency indicators
12. IIP June 2026 → 7.3%
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14. Central capex growth → 23.7%
15. Ambani family → No. 1 family business
16. Ambani valuation → ₹25.8 lakh crore
17. First-generation leader → Adani family
18. Adani first-generation valuation → ₹19.6 lakh crore
19. Hungary President → András Baka
20. NGOPV → Next-Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel
21. Shruti → GRSE
22. NGOPV contract → ₹9,781 crore
23. Skyroot + HEX20 → 3 missions
24. Launches begin → Q4 2027
25. Vikram-1 → Mission Aagaman
26. Don Nelson → 5 NBA championships as player
27. M.P. Parameswaran → BARC + KSSP
28. Ram Nath Kovind → 14th President
29. International Youth Day → 12 August
30. World Elephant Day → 12 August