Category: Environment

In recent years, the state of Maharashtra, which frequently experiences droughts and crop failures, has seen a significant number of farmers and agricultural workers lose their lives due to pesticide poisoning.

The United Nations has declared 2024 as the International Year of Camelids.

Airgun Surrender Abhiyan was selected as a model wildlife conservation programme by UNESCO.

Ministry of Power announced reforms in Carbon Credits Trading Scheme (CCTS) recently.

According to Union government Melanistic tigers have been recorded only in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha.

A nocturnal flying squirrel has resurfaced in Arunachal Pradesh after going missing for 42 years.

IIT Jodhpur’s innovative technology uses algae-assisted fuel cells to capture carbon dioxide, treat wastewater and generate power.

Oil spill occurred in Ennore region of Chennai after Cyclone Michaung-induced floods.

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) have identified that peptides (short protein) produced from Budgett’s frog can combat enzymes of disease causing pathogens.

Release of updated Red List of threatened species by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Launch of Global River Cities Alliance at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai in 2023.

Launch of country’s 1st Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme (IFWCS) recently.