Ganoderma Lucidum: Magical Mushroom Worldwide attempts are being made to popularise Ganoderma lucidum (Magical Mushroom) for business and livelihood, by cultivating it on wood logs and sawdust. It is a medicinal mushroom in use for centuries to heal diseases like diabetes, cancer, inflammation, ulcer as well as bacterial and skin infections. In India, however, the […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Air Quality Database 2022: WHO
Air Quality Database 2022: WHO Ahead of the World Health Day (7th April), the World Health Organisation (WHO) has released Air Quality Database 2022, which shows that Almost the entire global population (99 %) breathes air that exceeds WHO’s air quality limits. The WHO for the first time has taken ground measurements of annual mean […]
Massive Fire Inside Sariska Tiger Reserve : Rajasthan
Massive Fire Inside Sariska Tiger Reserve : Rajasthan A massive fire broke out inside the Sariska Tiger Reserve (Rajasthan). The fire spread and destroyed around 10 sq km of forests despite timely satellite warnings and the availability of a real-time mobile application-based fire response system. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warned in its annual […]
Committee To Prevent Elephant Deaths On Railway Tracks
Committee To Prevent Elephant Deaths On Railway Tracks: The Union Environment Ministry has constituted a “permanent” coordination committee that includes the Ministry of Railways and the Environment Ministry to prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks. 19 elephants were killed across the country on railway tracks in 2018-19, 14 in 2019-20 and 12 in 2020-21. Railway […]
ODF Plus Villages
ODF Plus Villages: India has crossed a milestone of 50 thousand open defecation-free (ODF) Plus villages. ODF plus village is defined as “a village which sustains its Open Defecation Free (ODF) status, ensures solid and liquid waste management and is visually clean.” Among the top performing States are Telangana with 13 thousand 960 ODF Plus […]
Wildlife Conservation Bond
Wildlife Conservation Bond: The world’s first wildlife bond has been issued by the World Bank, raising USD 150 million that will partly be used for the conservation of South Africa’s black rhinos. The Wildlife Conservation Bond is the world’s first-of-its-kind financial instrument that is outcome-based to conserve black rhino populations. International Bank for Reconstruction and […]
Sujalam 2.0 Grey Water Recycling Project
Sujalam 2.0 Grey Water Recycling Project: On the World Water Day (22nd March), the Ministry of Jal Shakti launched a countrywide project to reuse grey water, or run-offs from kitchens, bathing and laundry. The campaign would focus on the creation of institutional level greywater management assets in Panchayat Ghar, healthcare facilities, schools, Anganwadi Centres (AWCs), […]
H2Ooooh! Program
H2Ooooh! – Water Wise Program For The Children Of India: On the occasion of World Water Day (22nd March), National Mission for Clean Ganga, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and other partners released three animation films under its initiative “H2Ooooh! – Water Wise program for the Children of India”. The films are […]
Direction On 100% Utilization Of Fly Ash
Direction On 100% Utilization Of Fly Ash: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has issued directives to form a committee for surveillance of pollution problems caused by Koradi and Khaparkheda coal-fired power plants in Nagpur. Both the plants have also been directed to ensure 100% utilization of fly-ash. Fly Ash Popularly known as […]
National Mission On Use Of Biomass In Coal Based Thermal Power Plants
National Mission On Use Of Biomass In Coal Based Thermal Power Plants: Commission for Air Quality Management recently reviewed the progress of Biomass Co-firing. Though some progress has been made towards co-firing, the CAQM finds the progress not up to the desired levels. In May 2021, to address the issue of air pollution due to […]
