Blue Flag beaches are considered the cleanest beaches of the world
Month: October 2020
Eight Indian beaches awarded ‘Blue Flag’ certification: Know about the tourist spots
its a proud moment for India. He said, it is an outstanding feat, as no Blueflag nation has ever been awarded for 8 beaches in a single attempt. The beaches which got International #Blueflag Certification are :
Shivrajpur beach in Dwarka Gujarat
Ghoghla beach in DiuKasarkod and
Padubidri in Karnataka
Kappad in Kerala
Rushikonda in Andhra Pradesh
Golden Beach in Odisha
Radhanagar beach in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The iconic Blue Flag is one of the world’s most recognised voluntary awards for beaches, marinas. In order to qualify for the Blue Flag, a series of stringent environmental, educational, safety and accessibility criteria is met and maintained. A world-renowned award trusted by millions around the globe, the Blue Flag programme is operated under the auspices of the Foundation for Environmental Education, FEE and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Eight beaches in India, across five states and two union territories, have been awarded the prestigious ‘Blue Flag’ certification, announced Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar.
These beaches include Shivrajpur (Dwarka-Gujarat), Ghoghla (Diu), Kasarkod and Padubidri (Karnataka), Kappad (Kerala), Rushikonda (AP), Golden (Puri-Odisha) and Radhanagar (A&N Islands).
What is Blue Flag?
This is one of the world’s most recognised voluntary awards for beaches, marinas, and sustainable boating tourism operators. “In order to qualify for the Blue Flag, a series of stringent environmental, educational, safety, and accessibility criteria (about 33 of them) must be met and maintained,” mentions the official website.
The certification was awarded to India by an international jury comprising the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), and Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE).
Anne brontë qoute
This quote was taken from the poem ” The Narrow Way ” written by poet ” Anne Bronte “.
World Teachers’ Day: A class of emperor penguin chicks getting a lesson from a couple of wise Teachers
Hey, you two in the front!
For World Teachers’ Day, we’re taking you to a class of emperor penguin chicks getting a lesson from a couple of wise adults—at least that’s how it looks to us. All kidding aside, the celebration has a special significance this year. Educators dedicate their lives to engaging the minds of young and old alike, all the while sparking curiosity about the world around us. But with in-person classes widely curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic, teachers have had to adapt their instruction methods, including the implementation of remote learning. More than ever we’re grateful for their efforts, including their support to parents who are contributing at home.
Speaking of remote learning, the penguins in this photo live and learn in Antarctica at their breeding colony on Snow Hill Island. One thing we’ve learned on this World Teachers’ Day: A group of chicks is called a rookery, but when mature, they become a waddle of adult penguins, a term that also describes their graceless walking gait. About that gait: Penguins rock side-to-side to raise their centre of gravity and compensate for their wide feet and squat legs. You might think they expend a lot of energy getting around, but the percentage of energy retained per penguin stride—or recovery rate—is 80%. In comparison, the recovery rate for humans is a mere 65% (the two penguin chicks snoozing in today’s photo probably already know that).
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