The government has notified the Green Hydrogen Standard for India. The standard issued by the Read More …
Category: Environment
Green Hydrogen Standard for India
Deemed forests
The Odisha government has withdrawn an order issued on August 11, which told district officials Read More …
About 5% of birds found in the country are endemic-ZSI
A recent publication titled 75 Endemic Birds of India, by the Zoological Survey of India Read More …
Belem Declaration
The “Belem Declaration” was announced by the leaders from the eight countries across the Amazon, Read More …
Extinction alert issued over critically endangered vaquita porpoise
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has issued the first “extinction alert” in its 70-year history, Read More …
Indian giant flying squirrel
Recently, a fourth Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurasia philippensis), died of electrocution in recent months Read More …
Himalayan vulture bred in captivity for the first time in India
Researchers have recorded the first instance of captive breeding of the Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) Read More …
Earth Overshoot Day 2023
On 2 August, 2023, our planet witnessed the ‘Earth Overshoot Day’ – the point at Read More …
Plastic Overshoot Day 2023
On July 28, 2023, earth saw its first Plastic Overshoot Day – the day the Read More …
Centre prohibits production, distribution of ketoprofen and aceclofenac toxic for vultures
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of Read More …
All India Tiger Estimation -2022: India Is Home to 3682 tigers
On the occasion of the Global Tiger Day celebrated at the Corbett Tiger Reserve on Read More …
Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review
The Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review was published by UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Read More …
India to home South Asia’s first-ever Center for Species Survival
IUCN Species Survival Commission has partnered with Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) to set up Read More …
Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Industry Coalition (RECEIC)
The Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy Industry Coalition (RECEIC) was launched at the side event Read More …
Parkachik Glacier
The Parkachik Glacier in Ladakh is likely to have three lakes of different dimensions due Read More …
Silver cockscomb
Silver cockscomb is a troublesome weed. If left unchecked, it can spread quickly and suppress Read More …
Batagaika crater
The Batagaika crater is the world’s largest one kilometre-long permafrost crater in situated in Siberia’s Read More …
Lok Sabha passes Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021
The Lok Sabha on July 25 passed the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The Bill Read More …
Lok Sabha passes Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023
The Lok Sabha on July 26 passed the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023. Earlier, the Read More …
Ludwigia peruviana
An aquatic weed native to some countries in Central and South America, including Peru, is Read More …
Heat Index
Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Shri Kiren Rijiju informed that the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Read More …
Hoolock gibbon-India’s only ape
According to first meeting of the Global Gibbon Network (GGN), the conservation status of India’s Read More …
Nature Restoration Act
The European Parliament has accepted a key biodiversity bill that will see the restoration of Read More …
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
According to a review commissioned by Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) can Read More …
Wallace Line and species divider line
In Bali, cockatoo is not found, but in the neighbouring island of Lombok (Indonesian), it Read More …