Environment
Ranthambore National Park
Why in news? An unfortunate incident in August 2025 left twenty tourists stranded during a tiger safari in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park af...
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Why in news? An unfortunate incident in August 2025 left twenty tourists stranded during a tiger safari in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park af...
Why in news? Researchers reported on 18 August 2025 that coral reefs in the Gulf of Mannar off the Tamil Nadu coast are recovering after two decades o...
Why in news? An inspiring story from Chhattisgarh’s Udanti‑Sitanadi Tiger Reserve made headlines on 18 August 2025. Forest officials used satellit...
Why in news? The third round of negotiations for a global treaty on plastic pollution, held in Geneva in August 2025, ended without agreement for the ...
Location and features Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Karnataka, declared in 1987 and expanded to over 1,027 km² in 2013. It stradd...
Why in news? Assam’s government announced the success of ‘Operation Falcon’, a year‑long anti‑poaching drive that has led to the arrest of d...
Why in news? World Elephant Day is observed every year on 12 August to raise awareness about the importance of elephants and the threats they face. In...
Why in news? The 16th census of the Asiatic lion population, released in 2025, reports an increase in the number of lions in and around Gujarat’s Gi...
Why in News? The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its largest decline in coral cover in nearly four decades, largely due to severe coral bleaching, ...
Why in News? The Maharashtra Chief Minister held talks with the team running the Vantara wildlife centre after public controversy over the relocation ...
Why in news? Marine biologists recently identified Vibrio pectenicida, a bacterium, as the agent causing sea star wasting disease (SSWD), which has de...
Why in news? A synchronised survey conducted in early 2025 across Tamil Nadu and Kerala found that the population of the Nilgiri tahr, Tamil Nadu’s ...
Why in news? New data released in August 2025 show significant shifts in India’s pesticide sector. Insecticides, herbicides and fungicides dominate ...
Why in news? On 5 August 2025, Haryana launched the 750‑acre Matri Van project in Gurugram’s Aravalli hills to restore degraded forest and create ...
Why in news? Ten critically endangered Asian giant tortoises were released into the Zeliang Community Reserve in Nagaland in August 2025 as part of a ...
Why in news? In August 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that Pollution Control Boards (PCBs) can impose restitutionary damages on polluters under the Wat...
Why in news? A study by the Wildlife Institute of India reported exceptionally high bird mortality rates around wind farms in Rajasthan’s Thar Deser...
Why in news? In July 2025 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion in response to a request from several small island state...
Why in news? Growing climate pressures, geopolitical uncertainties and India’s ambition for energy self‑reliance have intensified calls for next�...
Why in news? The Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD) released a forecast warning that plastic use and waste in the ASEAN P...