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Operation Olivia: 6.98 lakh turtles

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Operation Olivia: 6.98 lakh turtles (GS3 · Biodiversity, 19 May 2025)

What happened

  • Coast Guard’s Operation Olivia helped protect over 6.98 lakh Olive Ridleys nesting at Rushikulya in February 2025 [PIB].

Background

  • It runs November to May each year [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Fishing nets kill turtles.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation

  1. As per PIB (2025-05-19): coast Guard's Operation Olivia helped protect over 6.98 lakh Olive Ridleys nesting at Rushikulya in February 2025.
  2. Fishing nets kill turtles.
Quotable data point

Coast Guard's Operation Olivia helped protect over 6.98 lakh Olive Ridleys nesting at Rushikulya in February 2025.

PIB: Operation Olivia, 19 May 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: Olive Ridley.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Rushikulya mass nesting is in

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Official source: PIB: Operation Olivia, 19 May 2025

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