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Category: Environment
Ganga Utsav 2021
Blue carbon emission from UNESCO Heritage sites
According to a new assessment of greenhouse gas volumes emitted from and absorbed by forests Read More …
Climate Vulnerability Index (CVI)
The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) has carried a first-of-its-kind district-level climate vulnerability Read More …
Study decodes mystery around `black tigers’
India Science Wire Similipal tiger reserve in Odisha has a unique feature. It is the Read More …
Emissions Gap Report 2021
The Emissions Gap Report 2021, released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), shows that Read More …
India’s 1st state-owned Wildlife DNA lab to opened in Nagpur
Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated India’s 1st State government-owned Wildlife DNA testing Read More …
What is Zero Waste Cities Challenge?
WasteAid, a UK based international NGO, has launched the Zero Waste Cities Challenge to find Read More …
‘Blue Langurs’ spotted in Ankleshewar
A troop of langurs with their pelage coloured blue due to exposure to chemical-based dyes Read More …
Parambikulam Tiger Conservation Foundation wins Earth Guardian Award
Parambikulam Tiger Conservation Foundation (PTCF) has won the Earth Guardian Award for its efforts in Read More …
Saving Pygmy hogs from extinction
India Science Wire Pygmy hogs are one of the rare and endangered animals listed by Read More …
Three new species of Aborichthys fish discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
Aborichthys uniobarensis, Aborichthys barapensis and Aborichthys palinensis are the three new species of fish of Read More …
Shri Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates ‘Ayush Van’ in Gandhidham
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH Shri Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated Ayush Van, Read More …
Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
Government has given go ahead for inviting the expression of interest for installation of 1000 Read More …
What are Bheem Kol and Kol Khar?
A team of scientists have used tea and banana waste to prepare non-toxic activated carbon, Read More …
Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid
Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) Shri R K Singh on Read More …
Hoplosebastes Armatus-fish species found first time in Indian Ocean
Hoplosebastes Armatus-a unique, lesser-known fish species that was till now thought to be found only Read More …
Proposed amendments to the Forest Conservation Act, 1980
The Ministry for Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has published proposed amendments to the Forest Read More …
Detoxing pilot project has brought Lukha river back from dead
The Meghalaya government has claimed that a detoxing pilot project has brought the Lukha river Read More …
India ranks 3rd in EY’s renewable energy investment attractiveness index
India has retained the 3rd rank in the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index released by Read More …
Kunming Declaration on Biological Diversity
The Kunming Declaration was adopted in China by over 100 countries October 13, 2021 at Read More …
Platyomia kohimaensis-New cicada species
A new cicada species Platyomia kohimaensis has been discovered in the Naga Hills, Nagaland almost after a Read More …
Program on Sandalwood Farming & Management of its health
Union Minister of Rural Development Shri Giriraj Singh on October 11, 2021 inaugurated a training Read More …
Dhole or Asiatic Wild Dog (Cuon alpinus)
According to a recent study , habitats located in 114 priority talukas / tehsils can Read More …
Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
On 8 October 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council recognised, for the first time, Read More …
67th Wildlife Week held at National Zoological Park
The valedictory ceremony of the Wildlife week which is being celebrated under the theme ‘संरक्षण का संकल्प – एक जन भागीदारी (a Read More …