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Why in news? Environmental workers in Himachal Pradesh alleged rising glyphosate use to clear natural vegetation for seasonal pea cultivation. Reports...
Why in news?Veterinarians in Madhya Pradesh used giloy within the care of a young tigress fighting canine distemper. What is giloy? Giloy is the commo...
Why in news?Iranian teams began removing oil from Qeshm Island’s Hara mangroves. The source of the contamination remained unconfirmed. What is known...
Why in news?Mumbai Police rescued a distressed loggerhead sea turtle from the Arabian Sea and arranged specialised treatment in Dahanu. The reported r...
Why in news?Reporting on a national audit said the mission missed its measured forest-cover goal by nearly 98 per cent. Mission and audit context The ...
Why in news?Botanists formally described a new Leucas species from coastal sand dunes in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu. The discovery The peer-review...
Why in news?A 76.4-square-kilometre ice island broke from Petermann Glacier on 4 August. Researchers described it as the glacier’s largest calving s...
Why in news?Scientists described a new groundwater fish from the India–Nepal border region. The paper appeared in the journal ZooKeys on 11 August. ...
Why in news?Chester Zoo announced the birth of a female babirusa named Rana. Conservationists linked the event to serious disease concerns in Indonesi...
Why in news?Researchers described a new freshwater crab from Karnataka. They named it Ghatiana karnataka after the state where it was found. The disco...
Why in news?A major taxonomic study described three Indian cascade frogs. It also revised the wider classification and distribution of the genus Amolo...
Why in news?The Bombay Natural History Society reported sterilising more than 2,950 free-ranging dogs in Ladakh. The programme seeks to reduce risks t...
