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Why in news? Botanists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) discovered a new species of wild kiwi, Actinidia indica, during fieldwork in Arunachal...
Why in news? The Supreme Court declined to interfere with a Bombay High Court order allowing the removal of nearly 45,700 mangrove trees for the Verso...
Why in news? The Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam reopened to tourists for the 2025–26 season, drawing attention to its remarkable population of...
Why in news? On 20 March 2026 the National Productivity Council (NPC) signed an agreement with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ...
Why in news? Environmental experts have warned that climate change is likely to accelerate the spread of Prosopis juliflora, a hardy shrub introduced ...
Why in news? Recent satellite data processed by Carbon Mapper and analysed by the Stop Methane Project have revealed that 15 of the world’s top 25 m...
Why in news? The Tamil Nadu government informed the Madras High Court that 42 illegal resorts and farmhouses operating in the eco‑sensitive zone of ...
Why in news? A new study has warned that mangrove estuaries across the tropics are slipping into a chemical state called hypercapnic hypoxia, where ca...
Why in news? The Stockholm International Water Institute announced that Professor Kaveh Madani, Director of the United Nations University’s Institut...
Why in news? The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released a 2025 assessment treating the Indian wolf as a distinct taxon and cat...
Why in news? A recent survey of the Hindon River in western Uttar Pradesh reported zero dissolved oxygen at several sites, indicating that the water i...
Why in news? Authorities have launched a plan to relocate Asiatic wild water buffaloes from the Kaziranga National Park in Assam to the Kanha Tiger Re...
Why in news? Scientists from Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya and Vidyasagar University have described a new species of estuarine fish from the Rupnarayan Riv...
Why in news? On 27 February 2026, India submitted its first National Report on the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biologic...
Why in news? Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India and MES Mampad College have reported the first cases of gynandromorphy in the freshwater c...
Why in news? The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced that two new chicks of the Great Indian Bustard have hatched at th...
Why in news? Scientists have reported the discovery of a new earthworm species called Drawida vazhania from the Vazhani Dam area in the Peechi‑Vazha...
Why in news? The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report warning that improper disposal of unused or expired medicines poses...
Why in news? The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has reported the discovery of nine previously unknown species during faunal surveys in the Megamalai...
Why in news? Botanists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have rediscovered Henckelia monophylla, a rare flowering plant, in the forests of Arun...
