Category: Environment Current Affairs

Panna Tiger Reserve : In News Vatsala, considered to be Asia’s oldest elephant, died recently at the age of more than 100 years at the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. It is located in the Vindhyan mountain range in the northern part of Madhya Pradesh. Standing over an area of 542 sq.km., it is […]

Haryana to Build Asia’s Biggest Jungle Safari: The Haryana government has announced that it will build Asia’s largest jungle safari in the Aravalli Hills. The project was shared on July 6, 2025, and it will cover around 10,000 acres of forest land. The main goal is to protect animals and nature, while also boosting tourism […]

Atomic Energy Regulatory Board: India’s nuclear regulator, the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), recently granted operation licence for two indigenously developed 700 MWe Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat. AERB stands as India’s premier regulatory authority for nuclear and radiation safety. The AERB was constituted on November 15, […]

Drought Hotspots Around the World 2023-2025: The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the U.S. National Drought Mitigation Centre released a Drought Hotspots Around the World 2023-2025 report highlighting intensifying drought hotspots between 2023–2025. Droughts have intensified across Africa, the Mediterranean, Latin America, and Asia — termed “slow-moving catastrophes.” Over 90 million people in […]

Satkosia Tiger Reserve: The Odisha government recently floated a tender for the construction of a high-level bridge over the Mahanadi river near the ecologically sensitive Satkosia tiger reserve. It is located in the heartland of Odisha and spread over four districts, viz. Angul, Cuttack, Boudh, and Nayagarh. It comprises two adjoining sanctuaries, namely Baisipalli Sanctuary […]

Australian Bat Lyssavirus: A death was reported due to Australian bat lyssavirus. Australian Bat Lyssavirus is a rare but deadly virus that can be transmitted from bats to humans through bites or scratches. It is closely related to the rabies virus and was first identified in 1996 in a fruit bat in northern New South […]

Pethia dibrugarhensis: A team of scientists has discovered a new species of cyprinid fish in the Brahmaputra river at Maijan in Dibrugarh and named it as ‘Pethia dibrugarhensis’. Pethia dibrugarhensis is a member of the Cyprinidae family and is classified as a It was found inhabiting moderately fast-flowing sections of the river, with a substrate […]

High-Efficiency Material for Next-Gen Energy Storage: Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru & Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) have developed a lanthanum-doped silver niobate-based energy storage material, which has enhanced the performance of supercapacitors. Lanthanum-Doped Silver Niobate Energy Storage Material is an advanced nanostructured compound made by doping silver niobate (AgNbO₃), a lead-free […]

Garciniakusumae: Botanist’s discovered a new garcinia species in Assam and named it as Garciniakusumae. Garciniakusumae is a new tree species belonging to the genus Garcinia, commonly referred to as thoikora in It is a dioecious evergreen tree that can grow up to 18 metres tall, Garcinia kusumae was observed to flower from February to April, […]

50 Years of CITES: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) completed 50 years on 1st July 2025. CITES, also known as the Washington Convention, was signed on 3rd March 1973 during the World Wildlife Conference and came into force on 1st July 1975. It was drafted following […]