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Why in News Recently, the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) brought a study on skinks (a kind of lizard), titled Skinks of India. Key...
19 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News Recently, the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change has highlighted that the air pollution is not a problem of Delhi...
19 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2020
Why in News Every year 17th October is observed as International Day for the eradication of Poverty. Its observance started in 1992 with the...
19 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Dolphins in Pearl River Estuary
Why in News According to a recent report, Chinese pink dolphins are making a comeback in the Pearl River Estuary (PRE). Indo-Pacific humpback...
19 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News According to a recent research paper, human emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) have increased by 30% between 1980 and 2016. The...
17 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Right of Passage of the Animals
Why in News Recently, the Supreme Court (SC) upheld the 2011 order of the Madras High Court (HC) on the Nilgiris elephant corridor, affirming the...
16 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News Recently, India and France have been re-elected as the President and Co-President of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) for a term...
15 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Parasitic Infections in One-Horned Rhinoceros
Why in News Recently, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India has published reports titled ‘Prevalence of Endoparasitic Infections in Free-Ranging...
15 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Increase in Human-Leopard Conflict: Study
Why in News A study conducted across Karnataka indicates that the human-leopard policy guidelines have had little impact on the ground and it has...
14 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019: UNDRR
Why in News In a new report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019”, the United Nations pointed out that climate change is largely to...
13 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Anti-pollution Campaign: Delhi
Why in News The Delhi Government has recently launched a major anti-pollution campaign, Yuddh Pradushan Ke Viruddh, which includes a tree...
13 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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IIT Delhi’s Study on Ultrafine Particles
Why in News A study titled ‘Insights on the biological role of ultrafine particles of size PM<0.25: a prospective study from New...
12 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Lepidoptera Species and Climate Change
Why in News According to a recent study, rising average temperatures in the Himalayan region have driven several dozen species of butterfly and moth...
12 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News The Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA) has directed Delhi and neighbouring States to implement air...
09 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News A team of scientists have identified iodic acid (HIO3) as a novel driver of new aerosol particle formation in the Arctic which is...
09 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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The given article is based upon ‘Managing The Global Commons’ which was published in ‘The Hindu’ on 30/09/2020. It talks...
08 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Ratification of 7 Persistent Organic Pollutants
Why in News The Union Cabinet has approved the ratification of seven chemicals listed under Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants...
08 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Agriculture and Changing Climate
The article is based on ‘Climate Change and Agriculture: Way Ahead for Low-Emission Growth’ published in Down To Earth on 25/09/20. It...
06 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Inadequate Compensatory Afforestation
Why in News According to a recent study on compensatory afforestation in lieu of forest diversion for development of projects in Himachal...
05 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News The Chief Minister of Delhi will be among the five urban leaders from around the world to speak at the ‘Daring Cities 2020’...
05 Oct 2020 Biodiversity & Environment
