<h1>Kaziranga National Park&nbsp;</h1> <img src="https://sunyaias-resources.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/content/06cc0ad5-30fc-11ec-a417-ffbbef54a02f.png"> <h2>Context:</h2> <ul><li>Kaziranga has become the first in the country to use satellite phones, which are generally used by the law-enforcing agencies&nbsp;</li></ul> <h2>Kaziranga National Park:&nbsp;</h2> <ul><li>Kaziranga National Park is one of India’s oldest reserve areas. It is located in&nbsp;Golaghat and Nagaon, in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam&nbsp;in northeast India</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The sanctuary, which hosts two-thirds of the world’s great one-horned rhinoceroses, is a World Heritage Site.</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">It is also recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International for the conservation of avifaunal species.</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The Kaziranga National Park has&nbsp;250 plus seasonal water bodies, besides the Diphlu River&nbsp;running through it.</li></ul> <h2 class="ql-align-justify">Greater One-Horned Rhinos:</h2> <img src="https://sunyaias-resources.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/content/06cc0ad4-30fc-11ec-a417-ffbbef54a02f.png"> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The greater one-horned rhinoceros is the largest of the three Asian rhinos and, together with African white rhinos, is the largest of all rhino species.</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">It is listed as Vulnerable on the&nbsp;IUCN Red List.</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The species is restricted to small habitats in Indo-Nepal terai and northern West Bengal and Assam&nbsp;</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">In India, rhinos are mainly found in Assam, West Bengal, and Uttar Pradesh</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Assam has an estimated 2,640 rhinos in four protected areas:</li></ul><ol><li class="ql-indent-3 ql-align-justify">Pabitora Wildlife Reserve</li><li class="ql-indent-3 ql-align-justify">Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park</li><li class="ql-indent-3 ql-align-justify">Kaziranga National Park</li><li class="ql-indent-3 ql-align-justify">Manas National Park</li></ol> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary has the highest density of one-horned rhinos in the world and the second-highest number of Rhinos in Assam after Kaziranga National Park</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The greater one-horned rhino is identified by a single black horn about 8-25 inches long and a grey-brown hide with skin folds, which gives it an armour-plated appearance.</li></ul> <h2>Satellite Phones:</h2> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">A satellite phone is a type of mobile phone that connects to other phones or the telephone network&nbsp;by radio through orbiting satellites instead of terrestrial cell sites,&nbsp;as cellphones do.</li></ul> <ul><li>The advantage of a satphone is that its&nbsp;use is not limited to areas covered by cell towers, it can be used in most or all geographic locations on the Earth's surface</li></ul> <ul><li>Similar to terrestrial mobile phones, they can connect to voice and short messaging services as well as low bandwidth Internet access </li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">They are capable of receiving and making calls anywhere in the world, even in the remotest parts be it the Himalayas or an uninhabited island in the Pacific.</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The concept of a satellite phone is not new. In fact, the first satellite phone was launched by Motorola about 30 years ago, in 1989. </li></ul> <ul><li>The satellite phone was invented to overcome the limitations of the classic GSM mobile phone, to be able to communicate by phone in an isolated area of ​​the planet, on land and sea, where there are no terrestrial antennas</li></ul>