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Stockholm Water Prize 2026: Kaveh Madani, Water Governance & SIWI

Stockholm Water Prize 2026: Kaveh Madani, Water Governance & SIWI

Why in news? The Stockholm International Water Institute announced that Professor Kaveh Madani, Director of the United Nations University’s Institut...

Indian Wolf: Vulnerable Status, Grasslands & Wildlife Conflict

Indian Wolf: Vulnerable Status, Grasslands & Wildlife Conflict

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...

Hindon River Pollution: Zero Dissolved Oxygen, Yamuna Tributary & Effluents

Hindon River Pollution: Zero Dissolved Oxygen, Yamuna Tributary & Effluents

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...

Asiatic Wild Water Buffalo: Kaziranga to Kanha Translocation

Asiatic Wild Water Buffalo: Kaziranga to Kanha Translocation

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...

Butis bargabhimae: New Fish Species, Rupnarayan River & West Bengal

Butis bargabhimae: New Fish Species, Rupnarayan River & West Bengal

Why in news? Scientists from Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya and Vidyasagar University have described a new species of estuarine fish from the Rupnarayan Riv...

Vela carli Crab: Gynandromorphy, Silent Valley & Western Ghats

Vela carli Crab: Gynandromorphy, Silent Valley & Western Ghats

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...

Nagoya Protocol: Access and Benefit Sharing, CBD & National Biodiversity Authority

Nagoya Protocol: Access and Benefit Sharing, CBD & National Biodiversity Authority

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...

Great Indian Bustard: Captive Breeding, Project GIB & Rajasthan

Great Indian Bustard: Captive Breeding, Project GIB & Rajasthan

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...

Drawida vazhania: Kerala Earthworm, Western Ghats & Soil Ecology

Drawida vazhania: Kerala Earthworm, Western Ghats & Soil Ecology

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...

UNEP Report: Unused Medicines, Pharmaceutical Waste & Antimicrobial Resistance

UNEP Report: Unused Medicines, Pharmaceutical Waste & Antimicrobial Resistance

Why in news? The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report warning that improper disposal of unused or expired medicines poses...

Megamalai Sanctuary: Western Ghats Biodiversity & ZSI Discoveries

Megamalai Sanctuary: Western Ghats Biodiversity & ZSI Discoveries

Why in news? The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has reported the discovery of nine previously unknown species during faunal surveys in the Megamalai...

Henckelia monophylla: Rare Plant Rediscovery & Arunachal Biodiversity

Henckelia monophylla: Rare Plant Rediscovery & Arunachal Biodiversity

Why in news? Botanists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have rediscovered Henckelia monophylla, a rare flowering plant, in the forests of Arun...

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