Context: 224 new species of plants and 372 animal species discovered in India last year Scientists and taxonomists have documented 596 new species of flora and fauna from India in…

CONTEXT: Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar launched a people’s campaign #SelfiewithSapling urging all to join and plant a sapling and post the selfie with the sapling on social media. This year…

CONTEXT: Australia's Macquarie University researchers revealed salt traces trapped in many diamonds show they are formed from ancient seabeds that got recycled after being buried deep beneath Earth's crust. Researchers…

Mount Etnaa, Europe's Highest Volcano and one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupted spitting molten lava high into the sky. It is located on the east coast of Sicily,…

Indian Army commissioned a Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS) at Fort William Military Station, Kolkata, West Bengal. It is a part of the countrywide Go Green' initiative. The…

CONTEXT: The National Green Tribunal has directed a committee to take groundwater samples and study the methodology of recharging it. The decision came after a plea alleged that rainwater harvesting…

A new species of wasp from the genus Kudakrumia identified by scientists in Goa. It has been named as Kudakrumia Rangnekari after Goa-based researcher Parag Rangnekar. Wasp is a member…

CONTEXT: Union Environment Ministry on 29th May launched the song 'Hawa Aane De' to spread awareness about Air pollution. The song was launched by Secretary, Ministry of Environment C K…

CONTEXT: Bathynellaceans are minute crustaceans (crab family) and they live in the porous spaces of sediments along the waterways. Not more than 0.5-mm long, they are barely visible to the…

Context: Union Ministry of Environment announced a project to create DNA Database for Indian Rhinos. This is done in order to curb poaching and collect evidence for wildlife crimes including…

Relentless pursuit of economic growth, twinned with the impact of climate change, has put one million species at risk of extinction, as per a report. Known as the Global Assessment,…

Following a plea raising concerns over incidents of forest fires in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir, the National Green Tribunal has sought a report from the Union Environment…

The Union Environment Ministry has constituted a committee to implement the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). The committee will be chaired by the Secretary, Union Environment Ministry. The NCAP unveiled…