Environment
Tulbul Navigation Barrage (Wullar Lake Project)
Why in news? With India suspending the Indus Waters Treaty in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has propose...
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Why in news? With India suspending the Indus Waters Treaty in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has propose...
Why in news? The recent discovery of a 150‑year‑old shipwreck in Lake Michigan has drawn attention to this vast freshwater lake. Lake Michigan is ...
Why in news? A long‑term study in Cabo Verde has found that female loggerhead turtles are breeding earlier but less frequently because warming ocean...
Why in news? Indian marine biologists recently described a new species of squat lobster named Leiogalathea samudragiri. The species was collected in 2...
Why in news? Futala Lake in Nagpur, Maharashtra, has been in the spotlight due to severe pollution. Unchecked sewage and plastic waste have degraded t...
Why in news? A recent survey recorded 17 active nests of the White‑bellied Sea Eagle in Kerala’s Kannur and Kasaragod districts. The finding indic...
Why in news? A nature photographer recently spotted and photographed a Spot‑bellied Eagle‑Owl in Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand. The rare sigh...
Why in news? Conservationists have highlighted the declining numbers of the cheer pheasant after recent surveys in the Himalayas recorded sparse popul...
Why in news? Entomologists have described two previously unknown species of army ants from the dry deciduous forests of Andhra Pradesh’s Eastern Gha...
Why in news? A male tiger nicknamed “Explorer” was recently reintroduced into Papikonda National Park in Andhra Pradesh after travelling over 650 ...
Why in news? Ornithologists have warned of the precarious status of the white‑rumped vulture after recent counts suggested fewer than 6,000 mature i...
Why in News? Botanists from Devagiri St Joseph’s College reported in early 2026 the discovery of a new plant species named Tetrataenium paikadae in ...
