Why in News? India on 17 August 2026 launched its first-ever Guide to Grasslands and Read More …
Category: Environment
India launches first-ever Guide to Grasslands and Open Natural Ecosystems at UNCCD COP17
Ladakh hosts first-ever Black-Necked Crane Festival
Why in News? Ladakh hosted its first-ever Black-necked Crane Festival to highlight the conservation of Read More …
Asiatic lions in India have increased 32% since 2020
Why in News? India’s Asiatic lion population has increased to 891 in 2025, compared with Read More …
Scientists discover unusual ozone layer above North Bay of Bengal
Why in News? Scientists from various Indian institutions have detected an unusually high concentration of Read More …
Assam records world’s first-ever release of captive-bred slender-billed vultures
Why in News? Five Slender-billed vultures bred in captivity at the Bombay Natural History Society Read More …
10 km radius buffer for mining extends to all wetland reserves, clarifies SC
Why in News? The Supreme Court, on 4 August 2026, orally clarified that its February Read More …
Ladakh to Launch India’s First Altitude Wildlife Safari
Why in News? The Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh has announced the launch of India’s first-ever Read More …
A New Insight On Antarctica’s Blood Falls
Why in News? A new study published in Nature Geoscience has revealed evidence of a Read More …
Green Credit Programme (GCP)
Why in News?The Government has highlighted the implementation of the Green Credit Programme (GCP), which Read More …
International Clouded Leopard Day
Why in News?On the occasion of International Clouded Leopard Day, India reaffirmed its commitment to Read More …
Glaw Lake becomes Arunachal Pradesh’s First Ramsar Site
Why in News?The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has designated Glaw Lake Read More …
National Catalogue of Lepidoptera in India
Why in News?The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has completed the Catalogue of Lepidoptera (Butterflies Read More …
SC-NBWL recommends adding pygmy hog to list of critically endangered species
Why in News?The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (SC-NBWL) has recommended the Read More …
Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2026
The 2026 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) has ranked Estonia first globally with an overall score Read More …
India’s Tiger Conservation Achievements
International Tiger Day is observed annually on 29 July to raise global awareness about tiger Read More …
Dholes: Asiatic wild dogs
A recent study has found that dholes, also known as Asiatic wild dogs, in Central Read More …
Kawal Tiger Reserve Identified as Priority Site for Tiger Recovery
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has identified Kawal Tiger Reserve in Telangana as a Read More …
Five new species of Allographa discovered in the Western Ghats
A team of researchers has discovered five new species of lichen-forming fungi belonging to the Read More …
Colobus congoensis: A new monkey species discovered in Congo
Scientists have identified an orange-mouthed colobus monkey as a new species, named Colobus congoensis. Key Read More …
World’s Largest Iceberg A23a Disappears
The A23a iceberg, once the world’s largest and one of Antarctica’s longest-lived icebergs, has completely Read More …
Lestes paloti-A new species of damselfly
Researchers have discovered a new species of spreadwing damselfly, Lestes paloti, from the Western Ghats Read More …
Antarctic icefish-Only known vertebrate in the world that doesn’t have red blood cells
Antarctic icefish belong to the Channichthyidae family and are found in the freezing Southern Ocean Read More …
Successful reintroduction of Hornbill in Gujarat’s Gir forests
Gujarat’s Gir forests have achieved a major conservation milestone with the successful reintroduction and breeding Read More …
IIT Guwahati team finds blue-green algae can remove lead from water
A team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) has developed Read More …
National CAMPA Governing Body Approved ‘Aastha Van Sanrakshan Yojana’
The 7th Meeting of the Governing Body of the National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Read More …