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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 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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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 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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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 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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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 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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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 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework
Why in News The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched the Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework (CSCAF) 2.0, along with the...
12 Sep 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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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 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News The Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) in association with the Govt. of Punjab, is creating alternatives for paddy stubble...
11 Sep 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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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 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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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 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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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 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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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 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to modify the National Clean Air...
26 Aug 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News California (USA) is facing sprawling wildfires destroying more than 400,000 acres of forests in Northern and Central California. The...
24 Aug 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News A study published in ‘Nature Communications’ has estimated the amount of microplastic pollution in the Atlantic Ocean and...
20 Aug 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News The government has set targets of 10% bioethanol blending of petrol by 2022 and to raise it to 20% by 2030 under the Ethanol Blended...
18 Aug 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News Recently, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed that the pollutants are still being discharged into the river Ganga, despite...
18 Aug 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News A japanese bulk-carrier ship MV Wakashio which was carrying fuel oil has split into two parts near Blue Bay Marine Park in south-east...
17 Aug 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News Recently, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has received proposals from various players for over 10 gigawatts (GW) of fresh solar...
13 Aug 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News A study based on satellite data has indicated a high rate of deforestation in major hornbill habitats in Arunachal Pradesh and a part of...
13 Aug 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
