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India hosted four day (April 24-27, 2018) Asia-Pacific Regional Workshop of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in New Delhi. Emphasising the importance of land as a resource and the need to protect and harness its resources in a Read More …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2018. The Ministry has notified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2018 on March 27, 2018. The amended Rules lay down that the phasing Read More …
What: Baobab tree When: April 3, 2018 Where: Rashtrapati Bhawan The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, planted a Baobab sapling in the gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan on April 3, 2018. This sapling was gifted by the University of Madagascar as Read More …
What: Earth Hour When: March 24, 2018 Who: WWF Earth Hour was observed from 8:30 to 9:30 PM on March 24, 2018. This year, WWF-India launched the “Give Up to Give Back” initiative to inspire organisations, institutions and individuals to Read More …
What: Water Strider new species Where: Nagaland Who: Zoological Survey of India A new species of water strider was discovered in the river Intanki, Peren district in Nagaland. The species, named Ptilomera nagalanda Jehamalar and Chandra, was discovered by the scientists from Read More …
The Maharashtra government on March 15 decided to banned all kinds of plastic bags, irrespective of its thickness across the state. Besides plastic bags other items made of plastic and thermocol and all kinds of cutlery items will also be banned. Read More …
Some experts have raised concern over the increase in the import of alien fishes like ornamental fishes to the country. The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) even has urged the government to come up with quarantine facilities at major seaports and airports Read More …
In an effort to transform environment protection into a peoples’ movement, a digital mobile application was launched by the Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change on 28 February 2018. The App, named “Dr Harsh Vardhan”, focuses on his Read More …
A recent genetic analysis, published in the National Academy of Sciences, has shown that African elephants actually represent two distinct species rather than one. It means, today world has three modern elephant species; two African (African savanna and the forest Read More …
According to the latest Annual Monitoring, which was conducted on 24 February, the Chilika lake in Odisha has the largest habitat of Irrawaddy dolphins in the world. The first Annual Monitoring of 2018 says that ‘155 numbers of endangered Irrawaddy Read More …
According to the ‘The Hindu‘ newspaper, with 4,28,083 mother olive ridley turtles building nests till 26 February 2018, the endangered species has created a new record of mass nesting at the Rushikulya rookery coast in the Ganjam district of Odisha Read More …
According to a recent study by the scientists of University of Kansas, all the wild horses of world are now extinct. As per the study published in the Journal Science, Przewalski’s horses, which were considered to be last surviving wild Read More …
Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India have identified a new plant species from two protected National Parks’ Buxa and Jaldapara in West Bengal. To honor the former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam, the new plant species has been Read More …
Researchers has discovered more than 100 rarely seen fish species from a deep and cold abyss off Australia during a scientific voyage. Newly discovered creatures include blob fishes a cousin of the ‘world’s ugliest animal. Mr Blobby. Mr Blobby was Read More …
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Head of the UN Environment Erik Solheim announced on 19 February that India will host the global World Environment Day celebrations on 5 June 2018. The Central Government will organize and promote the World Environment Day celebrations Read More …