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Category: Environment
Prokaryotes: Earth’s oldest, tiniest creatures
India adds 3 more wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites, taking total to 85
The Union Environment Ministry on August 14, 2024 said that three more wetlands in India Read More …
Polar Coupled Analysis and Prediction for Services” (PCAPS) project
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has launched “Polar Coupled Analysis and Prediction for Services” (PCAPS) Read More …
Neelakurinji included on the IUCN official Red List of threatened species
Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) has been included on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Read More …
Ground-level ozone (O3)
According to a recent report, Delhi-NCR topped a list of 10 cities across the country Read More …
Union Cabinet approves extended Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana
The Union Cabinet has approved an extension of the Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana, a key Read More …
Methylocucumis oryzae-India’s first cultures of indigenous natural methane mitigating agents
A team of scientists from MACS Agharkar Research Institute has isolated and described India’s first Read More …
Chhattisgarh govt announces a new tiger reserve
The Chhattisgarh Government on 7 August cleared a proposal to notify a new tiger reserve Read More …
Ypthima cantliei-a four-ringed butterfly spotted in India after 61 years
Ypthima cantliei- a four-ringed butterfly belonging to Satyrinae butterfly family with most members in China Read More …
Centre reissues draft notification to declare over 56,000 sq km of Western Ghats as eco-sensitive area
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 2 August 2024 issued the Read More …
Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis)
India recently increased the quota for Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) exports through the Convention of International Read More …
Mine water uses
Minister of Coal and Mines, Shri G Kishan Reddy, has released comprehensive guidelines for the Read More …
Scientists report trees absorb methane as well
According to a recent study, tree bark in the world’s forests absorbs the greenhouse gas Read More …
Charles Darwin’s frog exhibits unique upside-down spawning behaviour
An Indo-American team of biologists has discovered an extraordinary reproductive behaviour in the Charles Darwin’s Read More …
628 tigers die in India during the past five years
Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Environment Kirti Read More …
Pilikula Biological Park-captive breeding of King Cobras
Pilikula Biological Park in Mangaluru, Karnataka has taken up tagging of select species of wild Read More …
What is Climate Finance Taxonomy?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget for 2024-25, announced that the government Read More …
Draft notifications on ‘white category’ sectors
The Union Environment Ministry has released two separate draft notifications on ‘white category’ sectors. According Read More …
The State of the World’s Forests 2024
According to The State of the World’s Forests 2024, India gained 2,66,000 hectares of forest Read More …
Representative Concentration Pathways
According to a new study, climate change will significantly alter habitats for key tree species Read More …
Economic Survey 2023-24: A total of 190.57 GW of renewable energy (RE) capacity installed
The Economic Survey 2023-24, tabled by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Read More …
Jerdon’s Courser
According to a recent report, Jerdon’s Courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus), a critically endangered bird species, has Read More …
Kashmiri willow
Professional cricketers usually choose English willow bats, however, over the last few years, Kashmiri willow Read More …
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) certificates
According to a recent media report, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2023 had Read More …
Philippines Selected to Host the Board of the “Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage”
On 9 July 2024, at the second meeting of the Board of the Fund for Read More …