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Tamil Nadu accounted for almost 65% of the illegal trade in shark body parts, a new analysis of seizures between January 2010 and December 2022 has revealed.
GS Paper III
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According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report ‘Breaking the gridlock: Reimagining cooperation in a polarised world,’ India ranks 134 out of 193 countries on the global Human Development Index (HDI).
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