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The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has given approval to construct training walls at the Pazhaverkadu estuary to stabilise the bar mouth, which often gets closed due to silting. Pazhaverkadu or Pulicat is a vast brackish water lake with 3 estuaries situated in Thiruvallur district of Tamilnadu. Pulicat Lake is the 2nd largest brackish water lake in South Asia, after the Chilika Lake in Odisha.

Peralassery Subrahmanya Temple pond

The Peralassery Subrahmanya Temple pond in Kannur, Kerala has found place in the list of 75 water heritage sites of India. It is locally known as Aynivyal pond. It is situated on the banks of the Anjarakandy River. There is no provision under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 to declare a site as a “Water Heritage Site” under Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). However, the Ministry of Jal Shakti had constituted a Commit

AI's secure by design

US, Britain, 18 other countries ink agreement to make AI 'secure by design' recently. The agreement is non-binding, carries mostly general recommendations such as monitoring AI systems for abuse, protecting data from tampering and vetting software suppliers. 18 countries that signed on to the new guidelines include Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Australia, Chile, Israel, Nigeria and Singapore.

Fathima Beevi

India’s 1st woman Supreme Court Justice Fathima Beevi passes away recently. She was born in Pathanamthitta, Kerala in 1927. She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1989. She had also served as the Governor of Tamil Nadu from 1997 to 2001.