The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on September 4, 2021 officially launched Read More …
Category: Environment
IUCN officially launches “green status”
Bhitarkanika mangrove System
Environmentalists on September 3, 2021 expressed concern over the massive diversion of fresh water from Read More …
Footprints of three species of dinosaurs discovered in Thar
Footprints of three species of dinosaurs have been found in the Thar desert in Rajasthan’s Read More …
Shailendra Singh wins Behler Turtle Conservation Award
Indian biologist Shailendra Singh has been awarded the Behler Turtle Conservation Award for bringing three Read More …
Around 18% of India’s tree species threatened with extinction
The London-based Botanic Gardens Conservation International has published the State of the World’s Tree report, Read More …
Ladakh notifies Snow leopard as State animal
UT of Ladakh on September 1, 2021 adopted two endangered species, snow leopard (Panther unica) Read More …
NUTRI GARDEN to mark the beginning of Poshan Maah
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Zubin Irani on September 1, 2021 inaugurated Read More …
e-Source-A new online platform to promote reuse, repair, recycle e-waste
India Science Wire Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Madras is developing a new model to tackle Read More …
Leaded petrol eradicated from world
The UN Environment Programme Programme (UNEP) announced on August 30, 2021, there is now no Read More …
What is INDEE+?
INDEE+ is an Indo-Norwegian umbrella project supporting the Indian refrigeration and air conditioning sector in Read More …
India adds 557 new species to its fauna
According to Animal Discoveries 2020 by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), India has added Read More …
India’s first green hydrogen electrolyser manufacturing unit
Ohmium International-a US-based renewable energy company, through its Indian subsidiary, started India’s first green hydrogen Read More …
Forum for Decarbonizing Transport
NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute(WRI), India, jointly launched the ‘Forum for Decarbonizing Transport’ in Read More …
Smog Tower in Connaught Place
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on August 23, 2021 inaugurated a ‘smog tower’ in Connaught Read More …
Acetabularia jalakanyakae
A team of marine biologists from the Central University of Punjab have discovered a new Read More …
India’s “highest” herbal park inaugurated at Mana
India’s “highest” herbal park was inaugurated at Mana in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district. The main aim Read More …
Cabinet approves Ratification of Kigali Amendment
The Union Cabinet on August 18, 2021 gave its approval for ratification of the Kigali Read More …
Plant species named after former Kerala CM Achuthanandan
A new succulent herb discovered from Thiruvananthapuram’s Kallar forest area has been named Impatiens achudanandanii Read More …
Rhabdophis bindi- A new snake species found in Assam
A team of scientists from India, the UK, and the USA have discovered a new Read More …
Nearly 6,800 people lost their lives due to hydro-meteorological calamities
According to the Union Home Ministry , nearly 6,800 people lost their lives in the Read More …
Thol, Wadhwana, Sultanpur and Bhindawas-Four New Ramsar Sites
Four more wetlands of India have been included on the Ramsar List of Wetlands of Read More …
Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, has notified the Plastic Read More …
Elephant and Tiger population estimation to be done in convergence
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Bhupender Yadav on August 12, 2021 released Read More …
Indore became India’s first ‘Water Plus’ city
Indore, which has successively grabbed the ‘cleanest city’, title has become the first ‘Water Plus’ Read More …
Chhattisgarh recognises Forest Resource Rights in urban area
Chhattisgarh has become the first state to recognise Community Forest Resource Rights in an urban Read More …