Category: Environment Current Affairs

Armenia Introduces Official Butterfly Logo for COP17 Conference: Armenia has officially unveiled the logo for the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity. At the centre of the emblem is a rare blue butterfly Polyommatus eriwanensis, commonly known as the Erivan Anomalous Blue, a species found only in and around […]

Most Polluted Monitoring Stations of 2024 Located in Delhi-NCR: A new study has once again highlighted the severe air pollution crisis in Delhi-NCR. According to an analysis by the Health Effects Institute (HEI) all of the top 20 most polluted air quality monitoring stations in India in 2024 were located in Delhi and the National […]

Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary: A team of government officials recently visited the encroached areas of land earmarked for compensatory afforestation at Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary. It is located on the southern bank of the river Brahmaputra in the Sonitpur district, Assam. It is located on the north side of Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary and shares an […]

Erivan Anomalous Blue: Armenia has unveiled the logo for the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity which includes Erivan Anomalous Blue at its center. The Polyommatus eriwanens is also known as Erivan Anomalous Blue is a blue butterfly. It is found only in and around Yerevan (Armenia). The species […]

Annatto: As informed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the CSIR–Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR–CFTRI), Mysuru had undertaken four Grant-in-Aid projects related to the study and development of annatto. It is a natural food colouring and flavoring agent obtained from the seeds of the achiote tree (Bixa orellana), native to the […]

Channa bhoi: Scientists recently discovered a new species of snakehead fish named Channa bhoi from Meghalaya. Channa bhoi is a new species of snakehead fish. It was discovered from a small mountain stream near Iewmawlong village in the Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya. It has been named Channa bhoi, after the indigenous Bhoi people of the […]

Red-Shanked Douc Monkey: Customs officials at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) arrested a passenger who was smuggling two red-shanked douc monkeys. It is an Old World monkey which is considered as a “Queen of primates”. They occur in subtropical and tropical broadleaf evergreen or semi-deciduous forests and to a lesser extent in secondary evergreen and […]

Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary: Community-led conservation efforts at the Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary have successfully restored wild honey bee colonies and revitalized associated wildlife. It is locatеd in thе Kokrajhar and Dhubri districts of Assam. The sanctuary is well-known as the second protected habitat for the endangered golden langur. There are two lakes (Dheer Beel and Diplai […]

Black-capped Capuchin Monkey: The Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) has imported eight black-capped capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella) from South Africa under an animal exchange programme. Black-capped capuchin (Sapajus apella) is also known as tufted capuchins. It is native to South America, where they are ubiquitous throughout the Amazon River Basin. It is mainly found in tropical, […]