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Category: Environment
Giant Leatherback turtle
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 …
Indo-French Year of the Environment 2021-22
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar and Ms Barbara Pompili, the Read More …
Sigur plateau and elephant corridor
The Supreme Court (SC) on January 27, 2021 appointed conservationist Nandita Hazarika as Member of Read More …
Global Climate Risk Index 2021
According to the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, India has been ranked 7th among countries Read More …
Climate Adaptation Summit 2021
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on January 25, 2021 addressed the Climate Adaptation Summit hosted Read More …
Proposal for Green Tax on Old Vehicles
The Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari has approved a proposal Read More …
India could experience more flash droughts
An article published in the journal India International Centre Quarterly, has pointed out that India Read More …
Sunderbans is home to 428 species of bird
According to a recent publication of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), the Indian Sunderbans Read More …
Bungarus romulusi-a new species of snake
A team of researchers have identified a new species of snake in southern and western Read More …
Ooceraea joshii-A rare ant species
Two new species of a rare ant genus have been discovered in India. The species of the Read More …
Indian Grey Wolf sanctuary in Koppal
Karnataka will soon get its first Indian Grey Wolf sanctuary in Koppal district of Kalyana-Karnataka Read More …
PCRA launches campaign ‘SAKSHAM’
The Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) on January 16, 2021 launched a month long campaign Read More …
Electric eels hunt in packs
According to a recent study published in Ecology and Evolution, electric eel-a snakelike fish don’t Read More …
Chemical oxygen demand in rivers
The unchecked flow of untreated industrial effluent into rivers in Gujarat has led to increasing Read More …