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Category: Environment
‘Operation Olivia’ to protect Olive Ridley turtles
UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to counter ‘triple environmental emergency’
GS TIMES STAFF ON this year’s World Environment Day, the UN Environment Programme and the Read More …
Proposal of ‘Heritage Trees’ in Maharashtra
The Maharashtra government has proposed amendments to the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Read More …
Himalayan monal and Slater’s monal sighted in Arunachal Pradesh
Two species of monal, a colour pheasant, together have been sighted in Upper Siang district Read More …
Dihing Patkai declared Assam’s 7th National park
Assam Government on June 9, 2021 declared Dihing Patkai as the state’s seventh National Park. Read More …
Scientists identify genes to improve fertilizer nitrogen use efficiency in rice
India Science Wire In a major boost to the scientific efforts for crop improvement to Read More …
Raimona reserve forest upgraded as the sixth national park of Assam
On the occasion of World Environment Day, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that Read More …
What is ‘Sea snot’?
‘Sea snot’ is a slimy layer of grey or green sludge accumulated in Turkey’s seas, Read More …
Pran Vayu Devta Pension Scheme and Oxy Van scheme
On the occasion of World Environment Day, the Haryana government has announced two schemes; Pran Read More …
Two South Asians from UNEP shared the first YP Abrol Memorial Award
India Science Wire The first ever international South Asian Award on Nitrogen management was announced Read More …
World Environment Day 2021 Theme
The World Environment Day is being observed on 5th June, 2021 with the theme of ecosystem restoration, which Read More …
Blue-finned Mahseer out of IUCN red list
The Blue-Finned Mahseer, which was on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) red Read More …
New policies on black carbon can sharply cut glacier melt-World Bank
According to a study titled “Glaciers of the Himalayas, Climate Change, Black Carbon and Regional Read More …
Rare subspecies of the male Koklass pheasant in India
Gurugram-based wildlife photographer Rajeev Dasgupta got the first photographic evidence of the rare subspecies of Read More …
Two new species of woolly flying squirrels discovered in Himalayas
An international team of researchers from Australia and China have shown that two related species Read More …
Joe Biden suspends oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
GS TIMES STAFF The United State’s Joe Biden’s administration has suspended oil and gas leases Read More …
“Nitrogen pollution restricts the safe margin for other environmental issues”
India Science Wire Humanity’s failure to stop nitrogen pollution could limit the safe operating margin Read More …
GIS-based mapping of microbial diversity of river Ganga
India Science Wire Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)’s Nagpur based constituent laboratory National Read More …
HRMN-99-A new apple variety
A farmer from Himachal Pradesh has developed an innovative self-pollinating apple variety “HRMN-99” that does Read More …
Jayanti-a new species of cricket
Jayanti-a new species of cricket, was found in the Kurra caves of Chhattisgarh in April 2021 Read More …
Giant tortoise thought extinct 100 years ago is alive in Galapagos Islands
A giant tortoise species, which scientists thought had died out more than a century ago, Read More …
NGT constitutes committee to look into Mekedatu dam issue
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Southern Zone, has appointed a joint committee to look into Read More …
Van Gujjars allowed to enter Govind Pashu Vihar National Park
The Uttarakhand High Court uphold the right of life of Van Gujjars to migrate to Read More …
National Mission on use of Biomass in coal based thermal power plants
Union Ministry of Power has decided to set up a National Mission on use of Biomass Read More …
Invasive whitefly has now spread across India
The first invasive whitefly reported from Kerala in 1995 has now spread across the country, Read More …