You searched “Biodiversity & Environment”. Your tag search matches the following results:
-
Sand and Dust Storms Risk Assessment in Asia and the Pacific
Why in News According to a new United Nations (UN) report, more than 500 million people in India and more than 80% of the entire populations of...
01 Sep 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Why in News India is majorly dependent on groundwater for irrigation and is pumping out the lion’s share of the global volume of groundwater....
01 Sep 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Leaded Petrol Eradicated Globally: UNEP
Why in News Recently, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced that the use of leaded petrol has been eradicated from the...
31 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Hydropower Projects in Himalayas
Why in News Recently, the central government has said that no new Hydropower projects would be allowed in the upper reaches of the Ganga and those...
30 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
New Guidelines for Poultry Farmers
Why in News According to new guidelines for poultry farmers, small and marginal poultry farmers in India will now have to take measures similar to...
28 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Shrinking of Sambhar Lake: Rajasthan
Why in News According to a recent study, Sambhar Salt Lake in Rajasthan is constantly shrinking with the degradation of soil and water quality and a...
28 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Children’s Climate Risk Index: UNICEF
Why in News Recently, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with Fridays for Future launched a report named ‘The...
27 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Forum for Decarbonisation of Transport Sector
Why in News Recently, Forum for Decarbonizing Transport was jointly launched by NITI Aayog and World Resources Institute (WRI), India. WRI India...
26 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
This article is based on Tauktae, Yaas and planning for the next which was published in The Hindu on 24/08/2021. It talks about the challenges of...
24 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Why in News Recently, the Chief Minister of Delhi inaugurated the country's first 'smog tower’ in Connaught Place. It was inaugurated...
24 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Why in News A new study has identified for the first time that specialised immune cells (phagocytic cells) exist in certain varieties of sea corals...
24 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Climate Change and Big Businesses
This article is based on Getting businesses to act on climate change which was published in The Hindu Business Line on 23/08/2021. It talks about...
23 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Why in News According to a recent study, more than 3,56,000 people died in 2019 as a result of extreme heat and that number is likely to grow in the...
23 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Land Degradation and Desertification in India
Why in News Recently, a document published by ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) named Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas shows that...
21 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
State of the Climate on Latin America and the Caribbean 2020: WMO
Why in News Recently, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released a report on the impacts of climate change and extreme weather in...
21 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
India Decides to Ratify the Kigali Amendment
Why in News Recently, the Union Government approved the ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on phasing down...
20 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Why in News Recently, the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) under the Ministry of Earth Science has published a report that said one-third...
19 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Non-Transparent Pollution Control Boards
Why in News Recently, a new report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has revealed that most of the State Pollution Control Boards...
19 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Why in News Unregulated inflow of relief to the Sundarbans has resulted in a new crisis in the cyclone-battered region as plastic has been...
18 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
-
Four New Ramsar Sites: India’s Wetlands
Why in News Recently, four more Indian sites - two each from Haryana and Gujarat - have been recognised as wetlands of international importance...
14 Aug 2021 Biodiversity & Environment
