{"id":19487,"date":"2024-01-18T01:53:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T20:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19487"},"modified":"2025-04-05T17:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:22:37","slug":"indian-vulture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indian-vulture\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian vulture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Indian vulture<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Indian vulture (Gyps indicus) is an Old World vulture\u00a0native to Asia.<\/li>\n<li>They are also known as Indian long-billed vultures due to their comparatively longer beak.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is a medium-sized and bulky scavengers feeding mostly on the carcasses of dead animals.<\/li>\n<li>Females of this species are smaller than males.<\/li>\n<li>Distribution: These are native to India, Pakistan, and Nepal.<\/li>\n<li>Habitat: They are usually found in savannas and other open habitats around villages, cities, and near cultivated areas.<\/li>\n<li>Threats: The Indian vulture has suffered a 97-99% population decrease due to poisoning caused by the veterinary drug\u00a0diclofenac. This drug is toxic for vultures; it was given to working animals as it reduced joint pain and so kept them working for longer.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Conservation status\n<ul>\n<li>IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Diclofenac?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a medicine that reduces swelling (inflammation) and pain. It&#8217;s used to treat aches and pains, as well as problems with joints, muscles and bones. These include: rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. sprains and strains in muscles and ligaments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/mumbai\/rare-sight-of-indian-vulture-spotted-in-thane\/article67749435.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Rare sight of Indian vulture spotted in Thane<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian vulture is a medium-sized and bulky scavengers feeding mostly on the carcasses of dead animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}