Vidabha Tiger Corridors: In a first-of-its-kind project, radio telemetry has been deployed to identify corridors used by tigers in the Vidarbha landscape, tracking their actual movement. The study indicates that the animals are moving in a much wider swathe of area outside the protected areas than previously known. The investigators belonged the Maharashtra Forest Department […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Black Softshell Turtle IUCN Status
Black Softshell Turtle: The Assam forest department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and adopted a Vision Document to raise at least 1,000 black softshell turtles by 2030. About Black Softshell Turtle: Scientific Name: Nilssonia nigricans They look almost the same as the Indian peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia hurum), […]
Mangrove Plantation in Odisha
What are Mangroves? The Odisha government has proposed to raise mangrove and casuarinas plantations in the coastal belt. Previously, the mangroves served as a natural barrier to cyclonic winds in Bhitarkanika National Park during Cyclone Yaas. Odisha is vulnerable to various natural disasters like cyclones, floods, hailstorms, drought due to its unique geo-climatic condition. Mangroves […]
Rising Sea Levels effects on Lakshadweep Islands
Rising Sea Levels: A study has projected that sea levels will rise around Lakshadweep Islands due to the impact of global warming. It will affect airport and residential areas that are quite close to the present coastline. India’s smallest Union Territory, Lakshadweep is an archipelago consisting of 36 islands with an area of 32 sq […]
PUC (Pollution under Control) Certificate
PUC (Pollution under Control) Certificate: Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Notifies Common Format for Issuance of PUC (Pollution under Control) Certificate Across the Country, under Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989. Introduction of uniform Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUC) format across the country and linking the PUC database with the National Register. The concept of […]
Children And Digital Dumpsites: WHO Report
Children And Digital Dumpsites: WHO Report: The World Health Organization (WHO) in its recent report “Children and Digital Dumpsites” has underlined the risk that children working in informal processing are facing due to discarded electronic devices or e-waste. There are as many as 18 million children (as young as five years) and about 12.9 […]
Deep Ocean Mission Approved by Cabinet
Deep Ocean Mission: The Union Cabinet has approved the long-pending Deep Ocean Mission. The mission proposes to explore the deep ocean similar to the space exploration started by ISRO about 35 years ago. The focus of the mission will be on deep-sea mining, ocean climate change advisory services, underwater vehicles and underwater robotics-related technologies. The […]
World Sea Turtle Day 2021
World Sea Turtle Day: World Sea Turtle Day is celebrated on 16 June, every year to educate people on the need to conserve the world’s Sea turtles and their habitats. Turtles are the world’s oldest reptile groups in existence, across the world found even before lizards and snakes. The first few years of a marine […]
What is Operation Olivia?
Operation Olivia: Every year, the Indian Coast Guard’s “Operation Olivia”, initiated in the early 1980s, helps protect Olive Ridley turtles as they congregate along the Odisha coast for breeding and nesting from November to December. Round-the-clock surveillance is conducted from November till May utilizing Coast Guard assets such as fast patrol vessels, air cushion vessels, […]
Roadmap For Ethanol Blending In India By 2025
Roadmap For Ethanol Blending In India By 2025: The central government has released an expert committee report on the Roadmap for Ethanol Blending in India by 2025. The roadmap proposes a gradual rollout of ethanol-blended fuel to achieve E10 fuel supply by April 2022 and a phased rollout of E20 from April 2023 to April […]
