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PNG Government Cabinet announced

 THE Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape has announced the cabinet and  the allocations of  Ministries as follows:  1. James Marape – Prime Minister & Minister for Planning 2. John Rosso – Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Lands Physical Planning & Urbanisation 3. William Duma- Minister for State Enterprises 4. Ian Ling Stuckey- Minister for Treasury 5. Soroi Eoe – Minister for Provincial & Local Level Government Affairs 6. Rainbo Paita – Minister for Finance & Implementation 7. Richard Maru- Minister for International Trade & Investment 8. Justin Tkatchenko – Minister for Foreign Affairs 9. Don Polye- Minister for Higher Education ,Research,Science & Technology & Sports 10. Solan Mirisim- Minister for Works & Highway 11. Pila Niningi- Minister for Justice & Attorney-General 12. Walter Schnaubelt- Minister for Transport & Civil Aviation 13. Kerenga Kua- Minister for Petroleum & Energy 14. Jimmy Uguro- Minister for Education

Arunachal’s Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary: Birdwatcher’s Paradise in the Himalayas

It is one of India’s best birding hotspots. It is an integral part of the elephant corridor in the Eastern Himalayas. One can see the most surreal sunrises of the Eastern Himalayas here. I am talking about the extremely off-beat and hidden Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary that is located in the Himalayan foothills of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh. Made up of sub-tropical forests, evergreen forests and bamboo forests, shrubs and thickets, the beauty of Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary lies in its wide altitude range (500 m to 3,250 metres). This diversity in altitude range gives birth to a wide variety of flora and which in turn attracts many birds, herpetofauna, mammals and butterflies. A part of the Kameng Elephant reserve, it conjoins Sessa Orchid sanctuary to the north-east and Pakhui Tiger Reserve across the Kameng river to the east. It’s call to fame was a new bird species that was discovered here in 2006 by amateur birder and astrophysicist Ramana Athreya. This bird was named B