Context India’s first slender loris habitat in Karur, Dindigul districts of Tamil Nadu notified. The government notified 'Kadavur slender loris sanctuary' under Section 26 (A)(1)(b) of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.…
Context There has been a significant drop in Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) levels in India in the last decade as compared to the previous three decades, a study conducted by IIT…
Context The Anang Tal lake in South Delhi, believed to have been built a thousand years ago, has been declared a monument of national importance through a gazette notification by the…
Context Scientists in the US and Australia have embarked on a $15-million project to resurrect the thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial that went extinct in the 1930s, using gene-editing…
Context Using fossil evidence to create a three-dimensional model, researchers have found new evidence about the life of one of the biggest predatory animals of all time the Megalodon. About…
Context India adds 10 more wetlands designated as Ramsar sites to make total 64 sites covering an area of 12,50,361 ha in the country. The 10 new sites include: Six (6) sites in Tamil Nadu and One (1) each in…
India and Climate Commitments for 2030 Context Recently, the Union Government, converted two of those into official targets, which would now be part of India’s international climate commitments for 2030.…
Context The study under National Mission on Himalayan Studies revealed a strong link between habitat use by Snow Leopard and its prey species Siberian ibex and blue sheep in a paper…
Context India has added five more Ramsar sites, or wetlands that are of international importance, bringing the number of such sites to 54, the highest for any country in South…
Context The 48th G7 Summit held at Germany has proposed to set up an international climate club. The G7, a group of developed nations that gets together every year to…
