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Lunar eclipse: Earth passes between the Sun and Moon, casting its shadow on the Moon. Happens at night, visible from anywhere on the night side of Earth, and is safe to view directly.

Solar eclipse: The Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, blocking sunlight and casting a shadow on Earth. Happens during the day, visible only from a small area on Earth, and requires eye protection to view safely. Key difference: In a lunar eclipse, Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon; in a solar eclipse, the Moon’s shadow falls on Earth.

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The inhabitants of five villages in the Alwar district of Rajasthan declared 1,200 hectares of forest as the Bhairodev Dakav ‘Sonchuri,’ setting their own set of rules and regulations which do not allow hunting, and protecting the wildlife against any outside encroachments.
This shows that local communities themselves can play an active, direct role in protecting habitats and wildlife — without necessarily depending on government intervention — by creating and enforcing their own conservation rules.
It reflects how, in many parts of India, villagers are conserving habitats either alongside government officials or, in some cases, entirely independently and even in opposition to outside interests (such as resisting mining, hunting, or deforestation).

France was already a full-fledged territorial state in 1789, but at that time it was still ruled by an absolute monarch. The French Revolution, which began that same year, brought major political and constitutional changes — transferring sovereignty from the monarchy to a body of French citizens. The Revolution declared that it was the people who would henceforth constitute the nation and shape its destiny.

From the very beginning, French revolutionaries introduced various measures and practices aimed at creating a sense of collective national identity among the French people — this is considered the first clear expression of nationalism in Europe.

Banana — Parthenocarpy
Bananas are seedless fruits, and such fruits are called parthenocarpic — meaning the fruit develops without fertilization.
In banana, the ovary develops into the fruit without fertilization taking place at all, so no seeds are formed.
Since parthenocarpic fruits develop without fertilization, they don’t require pollination either.
The banana plant is instead propagated vegetatively (from suckers/rhizomes), not through seeds.

Orange — Polyembryony
The seeds of oranges have many embryos of different sizes and shapes — a phenomenon called polyembryony.
In oranges, additional embryos develop directly from diploid cells other than the egg, such as the nucellus and integument (rather than only from the fertilized egg).