Kaziranga in Assam has become the first national park in India to have been equipped Read More …
Category: Environment
Kaziranga national park guards get satellite phones
World Biofuel Day 2021 Theme
August 10 is observed as World Biofuel Day in honour of Sir Rudolf Diesel, inventor Read More …
Thailand bans coral damaging sunscreens in marine national parks
The Government of Thailand has banned the use of sunscreens containing chemicals in all marine Read More …
Minervarya Pentali-A New Frog Species
A team of Delhi University researchers has discovered a new frog species in the Western Read More …
India’s 14 Tiger Reserves get Global CA/TS recognition
On the occasion of Global Tiger Day, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Read More …
World Overshoot Day 2021
According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). humanity has used up all biological Read More …
Kandla becomes first Green SEZ
Kandla SEZ (KASEZ) was awarded IGBC Platinum Rating on July 26. KASEZ is the First Read More …
Tripura AgarWood Policy 2021
The Tripura government has released the ‘Tripura AgarWood Policy 2021,’ which aims to double agarwood Read More …
Alison- A rare black squirrel
According to a recent report, a rare black squirrel captured from the outskirts of Kerala’s Read More …
No Great Indian Bustards (GIB)recorded in Kutch Bustard Sanctuary (KBS)
On July 20, 2021, the Government of India informed the Rajya Sabha that there were Read More …
What is ‘Fit for 55’ package?
The European Commission on July 14, 2021 unveiled its so-called ‘Fit for 55’ package of Read More …
India’s first green Hydrogen Mobility project in Ladakh
REL, a 100% subsidiary of NTPC, signed a MoU with Union Territory of Ladakh, to Read More …
Lavender farming in India
Dr Shekhar C. Mande, Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR, visited the CSIR-Indian Institute of Read More …
India’s first cryptogamic garden inaugurated in Uttarakhand
India’s first cryptogamic garden housing nearly 50 species of lichens, ferns and fungi was inaugurated Read More …
Sikkim is home to 27% of India’s flowering plants
The total number of naturally occurring flowering plants in India is about 18,004 species, and Read More …
Avicennia marina whole genome sequence
Indian Scientists have reported for the first time a reference-grade whole genome sequence of a Read More …
Gravelyia boro and Dexippus kleini discovered in Assam
Two species of spiders Gravelyia boro and Dexippus kleini have been discovered in the Jharbari Read More …
Himalayan yaks to be insured
The National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) at Dirang in West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh, Read More …
Bryum Bharatiensis-A new plant species discovered by Indian scientists in Antarctica
Indian polar biologists from the Central University of Punjab have discovered a new species of Read More …
Koraput’s Wild Crops Possess Immense Potential for Nutritional Security & Health Benefits
Partho Burman Many wild plant species, such as wild fruit, leaf, flower and wild tubers, Read More …
Common palm civet sighted in Odisha after 129 years
The common palm civet, also called the Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphrodites) was sighted in Read More …
KVIC launches Project BOLD to create bamboo-based green patches of land
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) under the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Read More …
Strobilanthes reptans- A new flora discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
A new invasive plant species named Strobilanthes reptans has been discovered in Tipi in Arunachal Read More …
Adult male Asian elephants are less social than females, says study
Researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) recently studied associations of male Read More …
New jumping spider species named after 26/11 martyr Tukaram Omble
GS TIMES STAFF Two new species of jumping spider have been discovered from the Thane-Kalyan Read More …