Category: Environment Current Affairs

Eurasian Otter : Spotted Three Eurasian Otters were recently spotted in the Neeru stream of the Chenab catchment in Jammu and Kashmir. Eurasian Otter is a semi-aquatic carnivorous mammal. Scientific Name: Lutra lutra It has one of the widest distributions of all Palaearctic mammals. Its range covers parts of three continents: Europe, Asia, and Africa. […]

Carbon Footprint Of Marine Fisheries : Lower Than Global Average According to Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI), India’s marine fisheries produced 1.32 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) to produce one kilogram of fish in 2016 during entire value chain (from the construction of boats to retail) lower than the global average of 2 tonnes. […]

Survey Of Vultures: There are 246 vultures spread across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, according to the first-ever synchronised census on the bird carried out in February 2023. The survey was conducted by the Kerala Forest and Wildlife department along with its counterparts in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the select regions of the Western […]

Lightning Be Declared a Natural Disaster: Recently few States have demanded that “lightning” be declared as a “natural disaster” because deaths caused by it surpass any other disaster in India. Presently Cyclone, drought, earthquake, fire, flood, tsunami, hailstorm, landslide, avalanche, cloudburst, pest attack, frost, and cold waves are covered under the State Disaster Response Fund […]

Indian Black Turtle: The Marakkanam police seized 46 live Indian Black Turtles ( Melanochelys trijuga ) from two persons who were allegedly smuggling them on a two-wheeler, from neighbouring Puducherry. Indian Black Turtle is a medium-sized found across the Indian subcontinent. It is an aquatic species, mainly associated with standing water bodies, sometimes rivers. The […]

Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve : Rare Moth Species Spotted Researchers from Tamil Nadu have spotted a rare moth species for the first time in India in the buffer zone of Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) after it was last sighted 127 years ago in Sri Lanka in 1893. Mimeusemia ceylonica is a moth species belonging to […]

ESG Regulations: People across the world are embracing the idea that business should be measured on the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) metric, however ESG laws and Regulations are still at a nascent stage in India, and much further to go in this direction. ESG goals are a set of standards for a company’s operations […]

High-Powered Committee On Wild Animals : Increased The Jurisdiction And Powers The Supreme Court has increased the jurisdiction and powers of a high-powered committee to conduct necessary checks and undertake fact-finding exercises concerning the import, transfer, procurement, rescue, and rehabilitation of wild animals, including those in captivity, across India. It was initially constituted to oversee […]

Worst Forest Fires In Odisha: Forest fires continue to rage in Odisha after the state recorded 642 large fire incidents from March 2-9, 2023 the highest in the country during the period, according to the Forest Survey of India (FSI) data. The eastern state recorded 96 major fires in different jungles also highest in the […]