CPCB Report on Polluted River Sites
Why in news? The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released its 2023 assessment of Indiaâs river water quality in September 2025. The...
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Why in news? The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released its 2023 assessment of Indiaâs river water quality in September 2025. The...
Why in news? News reports from Thiruvananthapuram in September 2025 stated that several bonnet macaques were found dead under suspicious cir...
Why in news? The forest department of Jharkhand announced in September 2025 that Betla National Park will host Indiaâs first artificialâ...
Why in news? Conservationists in Hong Kong installed nest boxes for the critically endangered yellowâcrested cockatoo, as natural tree hol...
Why in news? Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS) in Maharashtraâs Yavatmal district has received attention for its success in conserving ti...
Why in news? International studies warn that plastic waste could reach 1.2 billion tonnes per year by 2060, tripling current levels. Only ab...
Why in news? Madhya Pradesh has launched a cheetah mating programme at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary to establish a second viable populati...
Why in news? Scientists at the MACSâAgharkar Research Institute in Pune discovered two previously unknown species of black aspergilli (sec...
Why in news? A wildlife survey by WWFâIndia and the Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department has captured the first photographic evidence of Pa...
Why in news? With heatwaves, floods and pollution affecting urban areas, the need to make Indian cities resilient to climate change has beco...
Why in news? Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha was formally upgraded to a tiger reserve in 2025 after receiving approval from the Natio...
Why in news? As debates on climate policy continue, analysts looked back at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to understand how it shaped global env...
Why in news? Environmental debates in August 2025 compared the carbonâsequestering roles of younger forests and oldâgrowth forests. Thi...
Why in news? A global report released in 2025 estimated that invasive alien species have caused economic losses exceeding two trillion US do...
Why in news? The National Board for Wildlife approved West Bengalâs proposal in August 2025 to add over 1,000 km² to the Sundarbans Tig...
Why in news? The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has issued updated guidelines on identifying and conserving tiger corridors. T...
Why in news? World Orangutan Day is celebrated every year on 19 August. The 2025 theme urged people to save orangutans and the rainforests t...
Why in news? The latest census in the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve recorded 213 sightings of saltwater crocodiles in 2025, including a large...
Why in news? In August 2025 the government released updated data on districts facing severe groundwater stress. It identified 193 districts...
Why in news? An unfortunate incident in August 2025 left twenty tourists stranded during a tiger safari in Rajasthanâs Ranthambore Nation...