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Eight Indian Beaches Recommended for Blue Flag
Why in News On the occasion of International Coastal Clean-Up Day, for the first time eight beaches of India are recommended for the coveted...
19 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Nandankanan Zoological Park: Odisha
Why in News Recently, death of two sloth bears have been reported from the Nandankanan Zoological Park, Bhubaneswar (Odisha). The exact cause of...
19 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Necessity of Coal Based Energy
This editorial is based on “Reject this inequitable climate proposal” which was published in The Hindu on 18/09//2020. It talks about...
18 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News Rajasthan Government is acting proactively to protect the wetland ecosystem of the state with 52 wetlands earmarked for time-bound...
18 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Reversing Global Wildlife Decline
Why in News Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds over the last 50 years, according to a Living Planet Report 2020 of the World...
18 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Initiatives Launched on G20 EMM
Why in News Recently, the G20 Environment Ministers Meeting (EMM) has taken place under the Presidency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Global...
17 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Morphological Phenotypic Plasticity in Kalinga Frog
Why in News Recently, Indian scientists from the Zoological Survey of India, Pune have reported a first-of-its-kind discovery of morphological...
17 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Phytoplankton Biomass in Bay of Bengal
A team of scientists from the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) have discovered a way to measure the quantity of...
16 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News According to the Living Planet Report 2020 released by the World Wide Fund for Nature, the population of vertebrate species has largely...
16 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News The Ministry of Mines has requested the Forest Advisory Committee (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) to exempt digging...
12 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News Recently, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to lay down guidelines pertaining to...
11 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Low Ozone Over Brahmaputra River Valley
Why in News Recently, scientists at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital (Uttarakhand) have evaluated the...
11 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News Recently, the first-ever World Solar Technology Summit (WSTS) was organised by the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and Federation of...
09 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Review of National Forest Policy, 1988
Why in News Recently the Director General of Forests has advocated for the amendment of National Forest Policy, 1988. The recommendations are...
08 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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International Day of Clean Air For Blue Skies
Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has organised a webinar on the occasion of the first-ever International...
08 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News The Prime Minister announced the government’s plan to launch a Project Dolphin in his recent Independence Day Speech (15th August...
05 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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UN Special Rapporteurs on EIA 2020
Why in News Recently, a group of Special Rapporteurs to the United Nations (UN) has written to the Indian government expressing concerns over the...
04 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Significance of Dead Coral Reef
Why in News According to a recent study by researchers from University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, more life can be supported by dead coral...
04 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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The Indian Forest Act,1927 aimed to regulate the movement of forest produce, and duty leviable forest produce. It also explains the procedure to be...
03 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Early Migration of Butterflies
Why in News The annual migration of butterflies from the hill ranges of the Eastern Ghats towards the Western Ghats has been observed earlier in...
02 Sep 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
