Barren-Land Fallacy means the wrong idea that land without trees is barren or useless and must be turned into a forest.
In reality, some treeless areas, such as grasslands and deserts, are natural ecosystems and are important for biodiversity.
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India’s Makhana Sector: Traditional Crop to Global Superfood
➤ #Makhana, or fox nut, has emerged as a fast-growing agri-food product in India, due to its nutritional value, rising health awareness, and increasing global demand
➜ India is the world's largest producer of Makhana
➜ Bihar contributes nearly three-fourths of the country's production
➜ Around 80-85% of the global supply
➤ In 2025-26, India exported 7,264.89 MT of makhana products (export value ₹ 19296.08 lakh)
➤ Domestic prices also increased significantly due to strong demand for healthy and premium snacks. Government initiatives, including the #NationalMakhanaBoard and the ₹ 476.03 crore Central Sector Scheme, support research, processing, branding, exports, and farmers
➤ National Research Centre for Makhana (NRCM) plays a key role in modernizing India’s makhana sector through research and capacity building
➤ Over the years, NRCM has distributed 15,824.1 kg of high-yielding makhana seeds to farmers, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, and various organizations
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Mini Jamtara: Inside Mathura's Organised Cyber Fraud Network
(GS Paper 3, security ,cyber crime).
Police claim to have registered 177 cyber fraud cases over the past year, and 312 suspects have been arrested.
Investigators claim that over the last few years, Mathura has emerged as a major cybercrime hub, with a large network recruiting locals and operating from these villages, earning the district the moniker “Mini Jamtara”.
Earlier report by the Future Crime Research Foundation, an IIT Kanpur-incubated startup, showed that Rajasthan’s Bharatpur and Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura have replaced Jharkhand’s Jamtara and Haryana’s Nuh as the top cybercrime hubs in India.
According to the study, Bharatpur (18%), Mathura (12%), Nuh (11%), Deoghar, Jharkhand (10%), Jamtara, Jharkhand (9.6%), Gurugram (8.1%), Alwar, Rajasthan (5.1%), Bokaro, Jharkhand (2.4%), Karmatand, Jharkhand (2.4%) and Giridih, Jharkhand (2.3%) are the top contributors to cybercrime cases in India, collectively accounting for 80% of the incidence.
Several common factors behind the vulnerability of these areas
Geographical proximity to major Urban Centres,
Limited cybersecurity infrastructure,
Economic challenges and low digital literacy.
Source Indian Express