The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) has listed Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana) under Read More …
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Ministry of Environment puts Neelakurinji on the list of protected plants
Ozone layer recovery is on track, helping avoid global warming by 0.5°C
The UN-backed Scientific Assessment Panel to the Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances quadrennial assessment report, Read More …
‘Cloud Forest Bond’ proposed to protect valuable natural asset
A recent report, titled “Cloud Forest Assets: Financing a Valuable Nature-based Solution” by Earth Security, Read More …
Environment Ministry stays all tourism at Jharkhand’s Parasnath
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on 5th January withdrew permission for Read More …
NTPC starts India’s first green hydrogen blending operation in PNG network
NTPC Ltd commissions India’s first green hydrogen blending project. The green hydrogen blending has been Read More …
No rhinos poached in Assam in 2022 for 1st time in 45 years
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has complimented the people of Assam for their efforts Read More …
PM chairs National Ganga Council meet via video conferencing
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi attended National Ganga Council meet held in Kolkata on Read More …
Tamil Nadu launches India’s first Nilgiri Tahr project to conserve its State animal
The Tamil Nadu government, on 28 December, issued an order sanctioning the ‘Project Nilgiri Tahr” Read More …
Merely drafting a National Tourism Policy is not enough for tourism sector-Parliamentary committee
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture has presented its report on draft Read More …
Fewer polluted river stretches but worst stretches unchanged
According to a recent report from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the number of Read More …
Scientists used cryomesh to freeze Great Barrier Reef coral larvae freeze
In a lab trial, the world’s first with Great Barrier Reef coral, scientists used the Read More …
Scientists to detect the trends in the water chemistry of Great Lakes
Scientists are building a sensor network to detect the trends in the water chemistry of Read More …
COP15 adopts Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity was convened Read More …
USE of Plastic Waste in Steel Manufacturing
As per the Union Ministry of Steel potential exists for consumption of waste plastics by Read More …
Tal Chhapar sanctuary
Recently, a Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court has ordered a “complete prohibition” on Read More …
Remains of Varanus, Python discovered from late Miocene hominid locality in Haritalyangar
Remains of fossil lizards and snakes have been discovered recently from a late Miocene hominid Read More …
India has six large airsheds, curbing air pollution needs full coordination between airsheds: World Bank report
According to a recent World Bank report, India has six large airsheds, some of them Read More …
44% of all abalone shellfish species enter the IUCN Red List as threatened with extinction
A list of threatened species were released at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to Read More …
Grey-bellied wren babbler
Six birdwatchers have recorded the presence of rare and elusive grey-bellied wren babbler in Arunachal Read More …
Kerala State Seed Farm Aluva gets carbon neutral status
Kerala State Seed Farm Aluva near Kochi has become the first seed farm in the Read More …
Meizotropis pellita, Fritilloria cirrhosa & Dactylorhiza hatagirea
Three medicinal plant species found in the Himalayas have made it to IUCN Red List Read More …
Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha
Minister of New and Renewable Energy R.K. Singh introduced the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill in Read More …
Oldest DNA found in Greenland
Researchers have discovered tiny fragments of 2 million-year-old DNA trapped within frozen layers of Arctic Read More …
Union Minister of Rural Development holds a meeting on ‘Cactus Plantation and its Economic Usage’
Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj convened a consultation meeting on ‘Cactus Plantation Read More …
Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Bill 2022 introduced in the Rajya Sabha
Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav introduced the Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Bill 2022 in the Rajya Read More …