Environment
Madras Hedgehog – Conserving a Bare‑Bellied Mammal
Why in news? The forest department of Tamil Nadu has launched a year‑long study on the Madras hedgehog in the Theri forests of the Thoothukudi distr...
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Why in news? The forest department of Tamil Nadu has launched a year‑long study on the Madras hedgehog in the Theri forests of the Thoothukudi distr...
Why in news? The Union Minister for Development of the North Eastern Region recently laid the foundation stone for an ₹80 crore Agarwood Value Chain...
Why in news? A camera trap in Ratapani Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, captured an Asiatic wild dog — commonly called the dhole — in January 2026. ...
Why in news? The Punjab government objected in January 2026 after the Bhakra Beas Management Board released silt‑laden water from Pandoh Dam into th...
Why in news? Camera‑trap images released by the Sikkim Forest Department confirmed that tigers have been using the Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary as ...
Why in news? Customs officials at Chennai airport intercepted a Malaysian traveller carrying nearly three thousand hatchlings of red‑eared slider tu...
Why in news? An annual census conducted on 18 January 2026 counted 1,52,762 migratory birds from 106 species in Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park....
Why in news? The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change notified a zero‑to‑one kilometre eco‑sensitive zone (ESZ) around Rajasthan�...
Why in news? The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), with support from the National Mission for Clean Ganga, launched a new project to safeguard br...
Why in news? On 19–20 January 2026 the Sun ejected a large cloud of charged particles that struck Earth’s magnetic field. The resulting G4 (severe...
Why in news? Botanists have described a new species of the ginger family, Parakaempferia alba, from the humid valleys of Siang district in Arunachal P...
Why in news? A recent population estimation by Odisha’s forest department recorded 1,858 saltwater crocodiles in the state, an increase of 32 indivi...
