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Mission Arikompan

In News Mission Arikompan is likely to be delayed as Kerala Forest department is yet to get a satellite radio collar. What is Mission Arikompan? The forest department has initiated ‘Mission Arikompan’, an operation to capture the rogue tusker by the name of Arikompan.  The forest department has come up with a plan to capture […]

U.N. Water Conference 2023

In News Recently, the United Nations 2023 Water Conference was held in New York. About The Conference was held after a gap of 46 years. It coincided with the  review of Implementation of the UN Decade for Action on Water and Sanitation (2018-2028). The review was necessitated after realisation that   we are not on […]

50 years as Project Tiger Reserve

In News Recently, Bandipur completed 50 years as Project Tiger Reserve. About Bandipur was among the first nine reserves to be brought under the flagship programme of Project Tiger in 1973,  it included most areas that were already a protected area as Venugopal Wildlife Park. It is situated in two contiguous districts (Mysore and Chamarajanagar) […]

International Day of Zero Waste

In News The world marked the first-ever International Day of Zero Waste on March 30, 2023. About The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) established the day in response to the worsening impacts of waste on human health, the economy and the environment. The day calls upon all stakeholders — […]

Extend FAME II Subsidy: Standing Committee

In News The Parliamentary Standing Committee on heavy industry highlighted that Phase 2 of the FAME scheme to subsidize electric vehicles has achieved only 51.96 per cent of its target. About The Committee on Estimates (2022-23) for evaluation of electric vehicle policy under the the Union Ministry of Heavy Industries suggested an extension of the […]

India’s solar PV waste problem

In News Recently, A report prepared by the National Solar Energy Federation of India predicted that India could generate over 34,600 tonnes of cumulative solar waste in India by 2030. About: India has the world’s fourth highest solar PV deployment. The installed solar capacity was nearly 62GW in November 2022.  .This contributes  to a large  […]

Biotransformation Technology

In News A UK-based startup claims to have developed a Biotransformation Technology that could alter the state of plastics and make them biodegradable without leaving behind any microplastics About Biotransformation Technology It is a novel approach to ensure plastics that escape refuse streams are processed efficiently and broken down.  It was co-developed by the Imperial […]

Sarus Crane

In News Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) Forest Department has relocated a sarus crane, U.P. ‘s State bird, from Mandka village in Amethi to Raebareli’s Samaspur Bird Sanctuary. About Sarus Crane Scientific Name: Grus antigone Features: The Sarus crane is the world’s tallest flying bird.  The birds are predominantly gray, with long, pale red legs. Their naked […]

World Sparrow Day

In News Every year on March 20 is celebrated as World Sparrow Day. About World Sparrow Day was initiated by the Nature Forever Society of India in collaboration with the Eco-Sys Action Foundation of France.  The first World Sparrow Day was celebrated on March 20, 2010, and was aimed at creating awareness about the decline […]

Horseshoe Crabs

In News Scientists have urged the Odisha government to immediately come up with a robust protection mechanism before the horseshoe crabs become extinct due to destructive fishing practices.  About Horseshoe Crab Horseshoe crabs are marine and brackish water arthropods of the family Limulidae and the only living members of the order Xiphosura. Four living species […]