Environment
Greater One-Horned Rhino: DNA Indexing & Conservation
Why in news? The Union government approved deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) indexing for greater one-horned rhinoceroses. The database will identify animal...
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Why in news? The Union government approved deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) indexing for greater one-horned rhinoceroses. The database will identify animal...
Why in news? Scientists described a new freshwater red alga and named it Sheathia meghalayensis after Meghalaya. Only one very small population is pre...
Why in news? A new assessment examined rapid grassland loss inside Assam’s Manas Tiger Reserve. Between 1990 and 2019, researchers recorded shrinkin...
Why in news? Scientists identified a new fungal genus from Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary and named it Hyalokamalomyces. The fungus was found on dis...
Why in news? Indian entomologists described a new coastal Karnataka thrips named Trachynotothrips vyaghravahini. They collected it from flowers at Pil...
Why in news? A global conservation assessment examined molluscs found only around deep-sea hydrothermal vents. It classified 125 of 201 assessed speci...
Why in news? A Union environment ministry expert committee opposed the proposed Sharavathi pumped-storage project. It warned about habitat fragmentati...
Why in news? The National Green Tribunal sought a report on waste disposal beside the Saryu River. An inspection found scattered municipal waste near ...
Why in news? The Wildlife Institute of India Society held its 28th meeting, and the Union Environment Minister chaired the meeting at Coimbatore. It w...
Why in news? A joint committee detected banned pesticide aldrin in Rajasthan’s Chandraloi River. The inquiry followed deaths of mugger crocodiles ne...
Why in news? Researchers described a new flowering tree from Arunachal Pradesh, and they named it Mitrephora rashmiae. Only one wild tree is currently...
Why in news? Armed miscreants reportedly fired at forest guards on 7 July 2026. The guards were trying to stop illegal tree felling inside Behali fore...
