Category: Environment Current Affairs

Tarballs Were Seen Lying On The Shore Of Mumbai Beach: Black oil-emanating balls also called Tarballs were seen, lying on the shore of Mumbai Beach. Tarballs are dark-coloured, sticky balls of oil that form when crude oil floats on the ocean surface. They are formed by weathering of crude oil in marine environments. Some of […]

Hydrogen Fuel: Ministry of Railways has decided to close down the Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuels with effect from September 7, 2021. The closure comes nearly a month after the IROAF had floated a tender for “hydrogen fuel cell-based technology” for retrofitting the existing Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU). All work-related to hydrogen fuel […]

What Is Green Hydrogen? Power and New and Renewable Energy Minister RK Singh has urged US companies to participate in the bids for green hydrogen and electrolysers in the upcoming months. The path for green hydrogen in the country is not clear and at the moment, production of green hydrogen is slightly more expensive than […]

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve: Uttar Pradesh:   A herd of Elephants from Shuklaphanta National Park reached the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (Uttar Pradesh) and damaged crops of farmers. The Shuklaphanta National Park is a protected area in the Terai of the Far-Western Region, Nepal. It is located in Pilibhit district, Lakhimpur Kheri District and Bahraich District of […]

Groundswell Report On Climate Change:   The Report was recently released by the World Bank. It examined how the impacts of slow-onset climate change, such as water scarcity, decreasing crop productivity and rising sea levels, could lead to millions of what it describes as “climate migrants” by 2050. Highlights and key findings of the report: […]

Bio-Decomposer: Terming the bio-decomposer technique a “smashing success” at curbing stubble burning in the Capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal appealed to the Centre to ask the neighbouring States to use the same to prevent pollution. The burning of paddy stubble left in the fields after harvest has been a cause of concern for the past […]

Climate Action And Finance Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD): India and the United States of America (USA) launched the “Climate Action and Finance Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD)”. The CAFMD is one of the two tracks of the India-U.S. Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 partnership launched at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate in April 2021, by Prime Minister […]

India’s First Dugong Conservation Reserve : Tamil Nadu:   India’s first Dugong conservation reserve will be built in Tamil Nadu for the conservation of Dugong, a marine animal that has been enlisted vulnerable to extinction on a global scale by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). The reserve will spread over an area of 500 km […]

Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy: Assam: The Assam government has unveiled an electric vehicle (EV) policy for phasing out vehicles running on fossil fuels by 2030. Highlights of the Policy: The policy aims to introduce at least 200,000 electric vehicles (EVs) within the next five years through a set of incentives for buyers. It entails converting […]