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Why in News Recently, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed a committee to assess the amount of damage caused to the environment due to the...
26 Mar 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News Recently, scientists from the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun have found that glaciers in Sikkim are melting at a...
26 Mar 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The Green Companies (GreenCo) Rating System has been developed by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The system evaluates the companies...
20 Mar 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Methanotrophic Bacteria for Methane Mitigation
Why in News Recently, scientists at the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune have enriched, isolated and cultivated 45 different strains of...
13 Mar 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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CPCB Notifies Contaminated Sites
Why in News According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), there are 128 sites in India contaminated by toxic and hazardous...
11 Mar 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Climate Change and The Eastern Ghats
This article is based on "A browning east: on climate change and the Eastern Ghats" which was published in The Hindu on February 28, 2020. It talks...
09 Mar 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Increased Recycling of E-waste in India
Why in News Recently, the government has informed that E-waste recycling has doubled in the country compared to 2017-18. The government has...
05 Mar 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Concentration of Black Carbon on Gangotri Glacier
Why in News According to a research done by the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, the concentration of black carbon on Gangotri glacier has...
03 Mar 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Analysis of Water in Ulsoor lake
Why in news? The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the constitution of a joint committee to take samples of water from Bengaluru’s...
27 Feb 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News India was the fifth most polluted country in 2019 and accounts for almost two-thirds of the world’s most polluted cities according...
26 Feb 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Policy Watch - India Will Shift To BS-VI Norms
The Supreme Court had ruled on October 24, 2019, that no BS-IV vehicle would be sold with effect from April 1, 2020. Bharat Stage VI is the new...
21 Feb 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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This article is based on “Pesticide Management Bill 2020 must address important concerns” which was published in Down To Earth on...
17 Feb 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Toxic Air: The Price of Fossil Fuels - Greenpeace Report
Why in News The Greenpeace Southeast Asia has released a report titled ‘Toxic Air: The Price of Fossil Fuels’. The report provides a...
15 Feb 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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The Future of Earth, 2020 Report
Why in News The South Asia Future Earth Regional Office, the Divecha Centre for Climate Change and the Indian Institute of Science have released...
14 Feb 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Pesticides Management Bill, 2020
Why in News The Pesticides Management Bill, 2020 has been approved by the Union Cabinet. The Bill will regulate the business of pesticides and...
13 Feb 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has sent show cause notices to 14 thermal power plants for not complying with the 31st...
06 Feb 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Forest Fire Prevention and Management
Why in News Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has provided information about forest fires management and...
04 Feb 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on the 2nd of February. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on...
03 Feb 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Guidelines to Monitor Sand Mining
Why in News For the first time, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has released guidelines to monitor and check...
29 Jan 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News India has added 10 more wetlands to the sites protected by the Ramsar Convention. These are: Maharashtra: Nandur (state’s...
29 Jan 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
