N-Treat Technology: IIT-Bombay to help treat Mumbai’s sewage with new technology. N-Treat is a seven-stage process for waste treatment that uses screens, gates, silt traps, curtains of coconut fibres for filtration, and disinfection using sodium hypochlorite. The first stage involves screening to prevent the entry of floating objects such as plastic cups, paper dishes, polythene […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Human-Animal Conflict
Human-Animal Conflict: Minister of Environment tabled data in Lok Sabha on human-animal conflict. Between 2018-19 and 2020-21, 222 elephants were killed by electrocution across the country, 45 by trains, 29 by poachers and 11 by poisoning. Among tigers, too, 29 were killed by poaching between 2019 and 2021, while 197 tiger deaths are under scrutiny. […]
Reintroduction Of Cheetahs
Reintroduction Of Cheetahs: India and Namibia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for reintroduction of cheetahs into the historical range in India. First batch of eight cheetahs comprising four male and as many female cheetahs are expected to arrive in India before Independence Day. The cheetahs will be released in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh. […]
Amendment Of Environment Impact Assessment Rules
Amendment Of Environment Impact Assessment Rules: The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has notified amendment to the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Rules Changes: Any project which is 100 km from the Line of Control, among other locations, will be exempted from an environmental clearance before construction. It will do away with the need […]
Green Pit Vipers
Green Pit Vipers: On World Snake Day (16th July, 2022), there was consensus for developing effective antivenom against the venom of the Green Pit Viper. Green pit viper is not more lethal than Russell’s viper, but the hemotoxic venom it injects prevents the blood in the body from clotting resulting in internal bleeding. Moreover, the […]
Kerala’s Protest Against ESZ Notification
Kerala’s Protest Against ESZ Notification: Farmers in Kerala are protesting against Supreme Court’s order to establish Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZs). The SC has directed to have a mandatory ESZ of minimum one kilometre measured from the demarcated boundary of every protected forest, including the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. The Kerala State Assembly demands the Centre […]
Varanasi Has Been Selected As The SCO Region’s First “Tourism And Cultural Capital
Varanasi Has Been Selected As The SCO Region’s First Tourism And Cultural Capital: Ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit to be held in September 2022, Varanasi has been selected as the SCO region’s first “Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2022-23. The SCO summit will be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan where Iran and Belarus […]
Forest Fires
Forest Fires: In France, Greece, Portugal and Spain, wildfire destroys thousands of hectares of land, forces thousands from their homes and kills several emergency personnel. A wildfire is a major fire that breaks out unpredictably in combustible environments such as dry forests or bush and often burns uncontrollably over a large area and length of […]
Great Indian Bustard
Great Indian Bustard: Only four Female Great Indian Bustards (GIB) are left in Gujarat. According to a 2018 count, India has fewer than 150 GIBs, of which 122 are in Rajasthan Great Indian Bustard: It is the State bird of Rajasthan and is considered India’s most critically endangered bird. It is considered the flagship grassland […]
Changes In Forest Conservation Rules (FCA) 1980
Changes In Forest Conservation Rules (FCA) 1980: The Forest Conservation Rules deal with the implementation of the Forest Conservation Act (FCA), 1980. They prescribe the procedure to be followed for forest land to be diverted for non-forestry uses such as road construction, highway development, railway lines, and mining. Aim of FCA: The broad aims of […]
