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Assessment of Plastics Along the West Coast of India
Why in News Recently, National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) conducted a study which states that beaches in Maharashtra are more polluted with...
23 Dec 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News In the background of the failure of the global community to reach any agreement in the recently concluded COP 25, the European Union (EU)...
21 Dec 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Rhinos to be Re-introduced in Uttarakhand
Why in News Recently, the Uttarakhand State Wildlife Board has cleared a proposal by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) to introduce rhinoceroses...
20 Dec 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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First Meeting of National Ganga Council
Why in News Recently, the Prime Minister chaired the first meeting of the National Ganga Council at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The first meeting of...
16 Dec 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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COP 25 Ends Without Concrete Outcome
Why in News The 25th edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended...
16 Dec 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Green Activists Oppose Coastal Highway
Why in News Green Nobel Prize winner Prafulla Samantara with other green activists has opposed the 415-km-long coastal highway from Digha in West...
10 Dec 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News ‘Carbon Markets’ has become a contentious issue at the Conference of Parties 25 (CoP 25), being held in Madrid (Spain) from...
07 Dec 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Global Climate Risk Index 2020
Why in News The international environmental think tank ‘Germanwatch’ has recently released the Global Climate Risk Index 2019. The...
05 Dec 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News The 25th edition of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) or COP25 has...
03 Dec 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Antibiotics- Contaminating the Rivers
This article is based on “Antibiotics are contaminating rivers and posing health risks” which was published in Livemint on 28/11/2019....
30 Nov 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News Recently, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released ‘Emissions Gap Report’, according to which India is the...
28 Nov 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The Central Government has recommended a biodiversity study of the proposed 3,097 MW Etalin Hydroelectric Project in Arunachal Pradesh by a credible...
26 Nov 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Avian Botulism at Sambhar Lake
Why in News The Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Uttar Pradesh has confirmed avian botulism as the reason for mass mortality of birds,...
22 Nov 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News The Kerala government has carried out a butterfly survey in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) and Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS)...
13 Nov 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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This article is based on ‘How markets can serve climate’ which was published in The Indian Express on 08/11/2019. It talks about the...
08 Nov 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News According to an analysis published in ‘Carbon Brief’, Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in India are set to grow at their...
06 Nov 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Why in News Recently, the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority- EPCA declared a public health emergency in New Delhi as...
02 Nov 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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BASIC Environment Ministers Meet
Why in News Recently, the 29th meeting of environment ministers from the BASIC nations (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) was held in...
02 Nov 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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The latest data from Sentinel-3 World Fire Atlas showed that, compared to August 2018, there were almost five times as many wildfires across the...
31 Oct 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
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Introduction Unlike other forms of wastes like paper, food peels, leaves etc, which are biodegradable (capable of being decomposed by bacteria or...
29 Oct 2019 Biodiversity & Environment
