Buxa Tiger Reserve
Context In a major success for tiger conservation, a tiger have returned in West Bengal’s Buxa Tiger Reserve. The last time there has been an undisputed claim of the presence…
Context In a major success for tiger conservation, a tiger have returned in West Bengal’s Buxa Tiger Reserve. The last time there has been an undisputed claim of the presence…
Context Recently, a new species found in Sikkim’s Dzongu, in north Sikkim the ‘land of butterflies’ About the new species found in Sikkim The new species of butterfly, now named the…
Context Between 2018 and 2020 about 2054 cases were registered for killing or illegal trafficking of wild animals in India. Key Findings In the three years about 3836 accused were…
Context Centre Pollution Control Board developed a mobile application called Sameer app, which provides real-time information on ambient air quality in 167 cities in 27 states / Union territories, from…
Context Recently, The Haiderpur Wetland declared as the 47th Ramsar Sites of India abutting the Madhya Ganga barrage, about 10 km from Bijnor in western Uttar Pradesh. About Haiderpur Wetland…
Context Two plant species now extinct in the wild. Two species of plants first collected by botanists more than 125 years ago from Meghalaya and the Andaman Islands are now…
Context Recently, Karnataka Chief Minister informed the Centre that the state is opposed to the Kasturirangan Committee report on Western Ghats. What are the recommendations of the Kasturirangan committee report?…
Context Buoyed by the success of its innovative Project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant-Human Attacks using Bees) in Karnataka, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has now replicated the project in Assam.…
Context In a major discovery, the longest in-country migration route of lesser floricans, the endangered birds of the bustard group, has been tracked for the first time from Rajasthan to…
Context India is among 40 leaders to back and sign up to the UK's Glasgow Breakthrough Agenda, an international plan to deliver clean and affordable technology everywhere by 2030, launched at…