Forever Chemicals : Alarming Levels In Ice Around Svalbard, Norway An Oxford University-led recent study found alarming levels of toxic PFAS also known as “forever chemicals” in ice around Svalbard, Norway which pose a risk to the region’s wildlife. PFAS (Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances), also known as the Forever Chemicals, are a large chemical […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Corbet Tiger Reserve : All Construction activities Banned
Corbet Tiger Reserve : All Construction activities Banned The Supreme Court recently banned all construction activities in the core areas of tiger reserves national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. A Supreme court-appointed panel noticed that illegal constructions for the establishment of a tiger safari were being done within the buffer area of Corbett Tiger Reserve in […]
India’s First Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (H2-ICE) Powered Truck
India’s First Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (H2-ICE) Powered Truck: Ashok Leyland unveil India’s first hydrogen-powered heavy-duty truck at India Energy Week The ICE in H2-ICE stands for Internal Combustion Engine. It was developed by Reliance in partnership with Ashok Leyland. The H2-ICE truck is the first of its kind in India to be powered by […]
Save Wetlands Campaign
Save Wetlands Campaign: Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched the ‘Save Wetlands Campaign’. This campaign is structured on a “whole of society” approach for wetlands conservation, enabling affirmative actions for wetlands conservation at all levels of society and involving all strata of society. Aim of the Campaign: Over the next one year, […]
World Wetlands Day 2023
World Wetlands Day 2023: The State Governments and Union Territory administrations in India celebrated World Wetlands Day (WWD) at all 75 Ramsar. World Wetlands Day is observed on 2nd February every year all over the world to commemorate the signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance in 1971. India is a party […]
Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary : Annual Faunal Survey
Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary : Annual Faunal Survey The annual faunal survey was held in the Shendurney wildlife sanctuary. Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located in the Western Ghats of India, in the Kollam district of This Sanctuary derives its name from Chenkurinji (Gluta travancorica), a species endemic to this region. It comes under […]
Red Sanders : Smuggled
Red Sanders : Smuggled About 20,000 tonnes of Red Sanders were smuggled from India between 2016 and 2020 according to The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) report. Red Sanders is a flora species that are endemic to a distinct tract of forests in the Eastern Ghats […]
2°C Warming By 2050
2°C Warming By 2050: A study published titled “contradicted projections from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)”., states that the planet is likely to warm up by two degrees Celsius by 2050, even under a low-emission scenario. The researchers used artificial intelligence called Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) to predict the time for reaching the […]
Yaya Tso Lake : Ladakh’s First Biodiversity Heritage Site
Yaya Tso Lake : Ladakh’s First Biodiversity Heritage Site Yaya Tso Lake was declared Ladakh’s first biodiversity heritage site under the Biological Diversity Act. The Biodiversity Management Committee, the panchayat of Chumathang village, along with the SECURE Himalaya Project recently resolved the issue and declared Yaya Tso Lake a biodiversity heritage site. Lake Yaya Tso […]
Red-headed vulture : Spotted In The Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary
Red-headed vulture : Spotted In The Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary The Red-headed vulture was spotted in the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. Red-headed vulture is one of the 9 species of Vulture which are found in India It is also called the Asian King vulture or Pondicherry Vulture was extensively found in India but its numbers […]
