Category: Environment Current Affairs

Loni near Ghaziabad becomes the world’s most polluted city: Loni near Ghaziabad becomes the world’s most polluted city, surpassing Delhi with alarming PM2.5 levels. The crisis highlights rising air pollution across NCR, severe health risks, and the urgent need for strong policy action and regional cooperation.A shocking result comes out that Loni which is located […]

National Biodiversity Authority: The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) launched short-term Internship Programme (upto 3 months), for students who are undergoing graduation/post graduation. It is a statutory body established under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. It was formally set up in 2003. Headquarters: It is located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The NBA performs facilitative, regulatory, and […]

Beaver: According to a new international study led by researchers at the University of Birmingham, Beavers can engineer riverbeds into promising ways to prevent carbon dioxide release into the air. The beaver, from the genus Castor, includes two amphibious rodent species. They are semi-aquatic species. They live in streams, marshes, rivers, and ponds and along […]

Great Salt Lake: Researchers at the University of Utah have found that freshwater saturates the rock and sediment beneath the Great Salt Lake to depths of up to 13,000 feet. Great Salt Lake is a saline lake located in northern Utah, United States. It is the largest inland body of salt water in the Western […]

Sperm Whale: According to a statement by the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom, Sperm whales have been caught headbutting on camera for the first time. It is the largest of the toothed whales, easily recognized by its enormous square head and narrow lower jaw. It has the largest head and the largest […]

Moon’s titanium-rich rocks: A new study by researchers from IIT-Kharagpur and the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad decoded moon’s titanium-rich rocks. Titanium is the fourth most abundant metal and the ninth most abundant element in the Earth’s crust. It often occurs in ore deposits in the form of chemical compounds with iron or oxygen. It […]

Rekha Gupta Unveils Delhi’s Green Budget 2026: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta presented the Budget 2026-27 on March 24, 2026 and with a financial outlay of ₹1,03,700 crore. With this it is marking a 3.7% increase from the previous year. This budget stands out as a ‘Green Budget’ and a strong focus on environmental protection […]

Actinidia Indica : New Species Of Wild Kiwi Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have identified a new species of wild kiwi, Actinidia indica (Actinidiaceae), in Arunachal Pradesh. Actinidia Indica is a new species of wild kiwi. The species has been recorded only from a narrow stretch near Ziro Valley. It thrives in […]

Shaheen Falcon: A pair of Shaheen falcons found nesting in a multi-storey residential complex under construction in Kochi. The Shaheen falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator) is a non-migratory subspecies of the Peregrine falcon. The face is characterised by a dark vertical stripe from the eye to the side of the face, which often gives the bird […]