The establishment of the Terai Elephant Reserve (TER) at Dudhwa-Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh has received approval from the Center. The Terai Elephant Reserve, which covers 3,049 sq km, is the third elephant reserve in India. For the preservation of wild elephants, the Terai Elephant Reserve includes protected areas, forest areas, and corridors.

 

The Terai Elephant Reserve will be developed in the joint forest areas of Dudhwa and Piliphit tiger reserve. This will cover the conservation of four wild species including tiger, Asian elephant, swamp deer, and one-horned rhinoceros.

 

According to Ethiopian scientists, a widespread malaria outbreak in Ethiopia this year was probably caused by an invasive type of mosquito. Anopheles stephensi, an invasive type of mosquito, was shown to be highly associated with a malaria outbreak in the city of Dire Dawa, according to research by Ethiopian scientist Fitsum Tadesse.

 

The number of cases reported in the city jumped from 205 in 2019 to 2,400 in the first five months of 2022 largely in the dry season. The species of mosquito is typically found around India and Iran. However,

 

According to media reports that when the mosquito was first detected in Djibouti, the country was close to eradicating malaria with just 27 reported cases that year, meanwhile, by 2020, there were 73,000 cases reported in the country.

 

In 2020, 95 percent of the world`s 627,000 malaria deaths were in Africa.