Daily Current Affairs – 23 June, 2021

Facts in News Land For Life Award Shyam Sundar Jyani, a Rajasthan-based climate activist, has won the prestigious United Nations’ Land for Life Award for his environment conservation concept, Familial Forestry. Familial Forestry means transferring the care of the tree and environment in the family so that a tree becomes a part of the family’s […]

In News Recently, Two Supreme Court judges have recused themselves from hearing cases relating to West Bengal. On June 21, Delhi High Court judge Anup Bhambhani recused himself from hearing a plea by digital media houses challenging the validity of the IT rules regulating intermediaries.   About Judge Recusal When there is a conflict of […]

In News : The Odisha government has proposed to raise mangrove and casuarinas plantation in the coastal belt.  The state has around 480-kilometres-long coastal belt.   Need Odisha is one the most cyclone-prone states in the country and it also is vulnerable to various natural disasters like flood, hailstorm, drought due to its unique geo-climatic […]

In News The Parliamentary panel asked the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD) to conduct a survey on the impact of the pandemic on anganwadi services and malnutrition levels among children.   About The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports fixating on the need for data to understand “how anganwadi […]

In News Recently, 8 of 12 captive-bred pygmy hogs have been released in the Manas National Park of western Assam. This is the second batch to have been reintroduced into the wild under the Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme (PHCP) in 2021.   Pygmy Hogs Scientific Name: Porcula salvania Features These are the world’s rarest and […]

In News UNESCO has decided to downgrade the status of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.   About The UN body released a draft report recommending the reef’s World Heritage status to be downgraded because of its dramatic coral decline. Although the Report did commend Australia’s efforts to improve reef quality and its financial commitment. […]