Category: Environment Current Affairs

State of India’s Bats Report: The first-ever national assessment, State of India’s Bats (2024–25), highlights the growing neglect and threats faced by bat species in India due to urbanisation, deforestation, land-use change, and climate impacts. Prepared by experts led by Nature Conservation Foundation and Bat Conservation International, the report underscores severe data gaps and the […]

International Day of Zero Waste: Following the International Day of Zero Waste (30th March), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Food Waste Index 2024 highlights that India wastes 78–80 million tonnes of food annually, exposing a stark paradox of widespread hunger alongside massive food wastage.The International Day of Zero Waste, highlights the need for better […]

Hokersar Lake: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) recently warned of severe ecological degradation of Hokersar Lake, with over 2,500 kanals encroached. Hokersar, also known as Hokera, is a large natural wetland near Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. The wetland lies in the Jhelum River basin and receives water mainly from the Doodhganga River (a […]

Water Hyacinth : Study The rapid return of water hyacinth in the Mula-Mutha River, barely weeks after clean-up drives, has renewed concerns over the lack of a long-term solution. Water Hyacinth is a free-floating, aquatic plant in the pickerelweed family. Scientific Name: Eichhornia crassipes It is native to tropical regions of South America and is […]

Painted Leopard Gecko: A rare nocturnal reptile – a Painted Leopard Gecko – was recently spotted at Dilmili railway station in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district, drawing the attention of the forest department. Painted Leopard Gecko is a colourful terrestrial gecko species. Scientific Name: Eublepharis pictus Eublepharis is a small genus in the lizard family Eublepharidae, which […]

Tibetan Antelope: A New Delhi court has convicted an art gallery owner for attempting to illegally export Shahtoosh shawls – made Tibetan Antelope. The Tibetan antelope or chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii) is a medium-sized antelope. Male Tibetan antelopes are significantly larger than females, and can also be readily distinguished by the presence of horns and by […]

Arachnids : Study A fossil harvestman identified using advanced imaging techniques shows that extinct arachnid lineages once lived in Europe. Arachnids are chelicerates, one of the five groups of the phylum Arthropoda, which loosely means ‘jointed foot’. These arthropods are primarily carnivorous, wingless, and have 8 legs. Like all arthropods, arachnids have segmented bodies, tough […]

Cyrtodactylus raimonaensis: New species of bent-toed gecko has been discovered in Assam and reseaechers named it as “Cyrtodactylus raimonaensis”. It is a species of bent-toed gecko. It belongs to the Cyrtodactylus genus which is amongst the largest groups of geckos worldwide. It has been found near Raimona National Park in Kokrajhar district, Assam and named […]

Millipede: A recent study has revealed the self-cleaning mechanism similar to the famous ‘lotus effect’ (the natural self-cleaning property of lotus leaves) to stay clean by green pill millipede, a species endemic to the Western Ghats. Millipedes are cylindrical or slightly flattened invertebrates. They constitute the class Diplopoda within the subphylum Myriapoda. The name ‘millipede’ […]

Dibru-Saikhowa National Park: As polling ended at the remote Laika and Dodhia polling stations inside Dibru Saikhowa National Park in upper Assam, armed forest guards, not police, escorted polling teams back to district headquarters in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh, respectively. It is located in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, Assam. The park is bounded by the Brahmaputra […]