A Supreme Court Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde, on March Read More …
Category: Environment
Lafarge mining case
Similipal forest fire
Wildfires have engulfed a vast chunk of the Similipal Biosphere in Odisha. According to the Read More …
Himalayan serow spotted in Assam
Recently a Himalayan serow-a goat-antelope was spotted close to the border with Bhutan in Manas’s Read More …
Nag River Pollution Abatement Project
The Nag River Pollution Abatement Project has been approved at a cost of Rs. 2,117.54 Read More …
All you want to know about caracal
The caracal is a medium-sized wildcat found in parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and parts of Read More …
Cremanthodium indicum-A new species of Himalayan sunflower
The Cremanthodium indicum is a new species of alpine plant belongs to the family of Read More …
Big Bird Day 2021
Big Bird Day is an annual event, organised on February 21 at the onset of Read More …
Panchagangavali Kandla forests to get ‘biodiversity hotspot’ tag
The Karnataka Biodiversity Board has said that 100 acres of mangrove forest near Pancha Gangavali Read More …
Carbon Watch app
Chandigarh has become the first state or Union Territory in India to launch a mobile application Read More …
US officially rejoins Paris Agreement
The United States of America on February 19, 2021 officially rejoined the Paris Agreement on Read More …
Draft Blue Economy policy for India
The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has rolled out the Draft Blue Economy policy for Read More …
Spatial Mark-Resight
Experts from three organisations have come up with Spatial Mark-Resight (SMR) model that helps in Read More …
Extinction Rebellion
Delhi Police have named environmental activists Disha Ravi, Nikita Jacob, and Shantanu Muluk in the Read More …
Giant Leatherback turtle
According to a report in the ‘The Hindu’, at least three key nesting beaches Read More …
Mandarin duck spotted in Maguri-Motapung beel
A rare Mandarin duck has been spotted floating in the Maguri-Motapung beel (or wetland) in Read More …
Phytoplankton biomass to affect marine food web in coastal India
About 40% of the world’s population lives within 100 km of the coastline making it Read More …
World Sustainable Development Summit 2021
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on February 10, 2021 inaugurated World Sustainable Development Summit 2021 Read More …
Arka Shubha-A new variety of marigold
The Hessarghatta-based Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) has developed new variety of marigold called ‘Arka Read More …
Meghamalai and Srivilliputhur-India’s 51st tiger reserve
The Government of India has given its approval for the creation of a 5th tiger Read More …
Glacial burst in Chamoli
The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) under the chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary, Shri Rajiv Gauba Read More …
Brookesia nana-World’s smallest reptile discovered
Scientists have claimed to discover the smallest reptile on earth in Madagascar. It is a Read More …
Cirrhimuraena indica-A new species of snake eel
A new species of snake eel has been discovered from the ports of Paradip in Read More …
Kaliveli wetlands
The Villupuram district administration in Tamil Nadu has issued the first declaration under the Wildlife Read More …
World’s first consignment of ‘carbon-neutral oil’
Reliance Industries Ltd has received the world’s first consignment of ‘carbon-neutral oil’ from the Oxy Low Read More …
Centre for Wetland Conservation and Management (CWCM)
On the occasion of the World Wetland Day, the Minister of State for Environment, Forest Read More …