Category: Environment Current Affairs

India’s First National Policy on Geothermal Energy: The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has launched India’s first National Policy on Geothermal Energy 2025, aiming to tap India’s vast but underutilized geothermal potential to advance the nation’s Net Zero 2070 commitment, ensure energy security, and diversify its renewable energy mix.Geothermal energy refers to the […]

Leachate: Environmentalists, wildlife activists, and locals recently sought immediate intervention by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change into the recurring illegal discharge of highly toxic, untreated leachate into the Aravalis. Leachate is a highly toxic and contaminated liquid usually generated from municipal landfills. This toxic liquid accumulates at the bottom of the […]

Pseudorhombus bahudaensis : New Fish Species A team of researchers from the Estuarine Biology Regional Centre of the Zoological Survey of India recently discovered a new fish species named Pseudorhombus bahudaensis in the Bahuda estuary in Odisha. Pseudorhombus bahudaensis is a new species of flounder fish. It was discovered in the Bahuda estuary in Odisha. […]

India’s Western Ghats, under the significant concern: The IUCN World Heritage Outlook 4 has placed India’s Western Ghats, under the “significant concern” category due to threats like climate change, unregulated tourism, and invasive species.The Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri Hills, are a north–south mountain range forming the crest of the western edge of […]

Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary:   After being declared locally extinct for about 50 years, the blackbuck has made a remarkable comeback at Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary in Chhattisgarh thanks to a focused five-year revival plan. It is located in the northern part of the Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh. It is named after the Bar and Nawapara forest […]

Kashmir’s first Chrysanthemum Garden Kashmir’s first Chrysanthemum garden was opened for tourists. Chrysanthemums are a genus (Chrysanthemum) of about 30 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Asia and northeastern Europe. Chrysanthemum is a perennial herbaceous plant that blooms in autumn. The species of Chrysanthemum grows to 50-150 cm […]

Indian Scops-Owl: In a rare and remarkable discovery, birdwatchers recently recorded the first-ever sighting of the Indian scops owl near the Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary in Karnataka. Indian Scops-Owl is a small woodland owl species, native to the southern regions of Asia. Scientific Name: Otus bakkamoena It is found in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, […]

Central Asian Mammals Initiative: Representatives from a number of Central Asian countries have endorsed Central Asian Mammals Initiative that identifies priority transboundary conservation regions important for conserving seventeen iconic mammal species of the region. It was launched in 2014 at the 11th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP11) to the Convention on the […]

Anagyrus lopezi: Two years after scientists from the National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (NBAIR), released a tiny parasitic wasp Anagyrus lopezi into South India’s tapioca fields, the crop that once faced near devastation from an invasive pest is now thriving again. It is a tiny parasitic wasp which specifically targets the cassava mealybug. The […]