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Why in news? Seven countries—Cook Islands, Madagascar, Mexico, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Uganda—have received a total of US $5.8 million from t...
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Why in news? Seven countries—Cook Islands, Madagascar, Mexico, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Uganda—have received a total of US $5.8 million from t...
Why in news? The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has announced that Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary, recently renamed Veerangana Durgawati Tiger Reserve...
Why in news? A photographer in southern Spain captured images of a white Iberian lynx, the first known case of a leucistic individual in the wild. The...
Why in news? Scientists monitoring the Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon, have warned that it may erupt before the end of ...
Why in news? Indian herpetologists have described a new species of slender gecko from the sacred Venkatadri hills in Andhra Pradesh. Named Hemiphyllod...
Why in news? Brazil, supported by the United Kingdom, has launched the AmazonFACE experiment to understand how the Amazon rainforest will respond to r...
Why in news? Nature enthusiasts in Karwar, Karnataka, recently spotted a large Atlas moth in the Guddehalli forest area. Photographs of the striking i...
Why in news? On 27 October 2025, Gursharan Singh, Head of the Loktak project at NHPC Ltd and newly appointed General Manager (Electrical), met Manipur...
Why in news? Palaeontologists in China have described a new species of the ancient fish genus Whiteia based on two fossil specimens from the Early Tri...
Why in news? On 28 October 2025, a small aircraft (Cessna 206H) conducted a cloud‑seeding trial over parts of Delhi amid severe air pollution. The e...
Why in news? The Ladakh State Wildlife Board has proposed a major revision of the boundaries of the Karakoram and Changthang wildlife sanctuaries. In ...
Why in news? On 29 October 2025, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) directed the Forest and Revenue departments and the Angul district collecto...
Why in news? The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported several short-lived eruptions at Taal Volcano on 25 - 26 Octob...
Why in news? The Goa Forest Department announced that the Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary will receive new animals, including barking deer and sloth bears, ...
Why in news? The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of a complaint alleging that blasting and construction activities for the...
Why in news? On 25 October 2025 villagers in Assam’s Tinsukia district rescued a rare white‑cheeked partridge and handed it over to forest officia...
Why in news? Efforts by the Karnataka Forest Department to relocate villagers from the core areas of Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary have faced resistance....
Why in news? The Union government has reported that around 22,560 hectares of degraded coastal land have been restored or earmarked for restoration un...
Why in news? In late October 2025 more than two dozen pilot whales died after they stranded themselves at Twilight Beach in New Zealand. Local Māori ...
Why in news? The 2,000‑megawatt Subansiri Lower hydroelectric project, India’s largest, started commissioning its first unit in October 2025. Situ...