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The Union Cabinet on November 20, 2019 approved the proposal for enactment of Recycling of Ships Bill, 2019 and accession to the Hong Kong International Convention for Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009. Benefits: The proposed Bill restricts and Read More …
By Dinesh C Sharma (Twitter handle:@dineshcsharma) New Delhi, November 14 (India Science Wire): The public health gains achieved in the past few decades, in the form of control or elimination of infectious diseases and improvements in children’s health, could be Read More …
A tiny creature that looks part-deer, part-mouse hadn’t been seen in nearly 30 years. Now, with a series of camera traps, researchers have caught the silver-backed chevrotain, also called the Vietnam mouse-deer, meandering about its tree-filled home. With the distinguishing Read More …
In a recent survey conducted in the Kerala’s Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS), rich stock of butterflies were reported. During the survey,191 species of butterflies, 12 of which are endemic to the biodiversity-rich region. Silver forget me not, Common three ring Read More …
Union Minister for Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare & Shri Narendra Singh Tomar on November 5, 2019 released the Wastelands Atlas – 2019. The Department of Land Resources in collaboration with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Department of Space has Read More …
A tree frog species has been found in urban habitats of West Bengal . Specimens were discovered from residential areas in two districts of West Bengal. The new species was spotted in Khordanahala in South 24 Parganas district and Badu, Read More …
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar has approved the proposal of setting-up of a New Regional Centre of the GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development at Ladakh. Objectives As the setting up of Read More …
By Sunderarajan Padmanabhan (Twitter handle: @ndpsr) New Delhi, October 31 (India Science Wire): A new analysis based on the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) developed by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) has shown that an Read More …
A team of researchers has discovered Glossanodon macrocephalus -a new deep sea fish species in Kerala waters. It’s common name is Kerala argentine with whitish and silvery body and white meat is edible. Species features The species belong to family Read More …
A newly beetle species has been named after young Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. Nelloptodes gretae bears little resemblance to its namesake – it is less than 1mm long, and has no wings or eyes. The insect does, however, have two Read More …
The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), Shri Prakash Javadekar participated in the 29th ministerial meeting of the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, China) countries on Climate Change at Beijing, China on 25th-26th October 2019. At the Read More …
At a time when the world grapples with the menace of air pollution killing 7 million people prematurely every year, Sri Lanka, with support from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), convened a two-day event (23-24 October, 2019) at which member Read More …
The Government of India, Government of Odisha and the World Bank on October 24, 2019 signed a US$165 million loan agreement to support smallholder farmers strengthen the resilience of their production systems as well as diversify and improve the marketing of their Read More …
India launches first national protocol to enumerate snow leopard population in the country on the occasion of International Snow Leopard Day. Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on October 23, 2019 launched the first national protocol to enumerate Read More …
According to the NASA and NOAA study, abnormal weather patterns in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica dramatically limited ozone depletion in September and October, resulting in the smallest ozone hole observed since 1982. This is the third time in the Read More …