Environment
National Board for Wildlife (NBWL)
Why in news? The National Board for Wildlife has recently approved several infrastructure projects near protected areas, prompting discussions about i...
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Why in news? The National Board for Wildlife has recently approved several infrastructure projects near protected areas, prompting discussions about i...
Why in news? A new study by researchers from the Environment Department of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) in Shimla has identified the Sal tree as ...
Why in news? Volcanic lightning captured public attention after an educational project brought to life an eighteenth-century mechanical model of Mount...
Why in news? The Environment Ministry's Forest Advisory Committee recently withheld clearance for the proposed Sharavathi Pumped Storage Hydroelectric...
Why in news? Scientists recently discovered new lichen species in the Western Ghats of India, highlighting the need to protect these delicate organism...
Why in news? The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife recently recommended reinstating the Rhesus Macaque in India’s protected sche...
Why in news? The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released its Emissions Gap Report 2025. This report assesses the gap between greenhouse�...
Why in news? The striped hyena recently appeared in news reports following sightings near human settlements and discussions about its conservation sta...
Why in news? Researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, are investigating whether the seeds of cycad plants cont...
Why in news? The normally transparent waters of the Umngot River in Meghalaya have turned brown due to soil and debris dumped during road construction...
Why in news? Wildlife enthusiasts captured images of an Indian spotted chevrotain, commonly called the mouse deer, in Maharashtra’s Tungareshwar Wil...
Why in news? Marine scientists in Greece have deployed thousands of mussels around the Saronic Gulf to measure levels of microplastic pollution. The f...
