Environment
Kali Tiger Reserve
Why in news? Foresters at the Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka recently sighted and photographed a striped hyena in the park’s safari zone. The anima...
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Why in news? Foresters at the Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka recently sighted and photographed a striped hyena in the park’s safari zone. The anima...
Why in news? A local naturalist recently reported sighting a rare Malabar gliding frog near Hirebagewadi in Karnataka's Belagavi district. Such sighti...
Why in news? Researchers conducting a pilot study in Europe found that ground beetles from the family Carabidae can act as natural "bio-indicators" of...
Why in news? During an International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting in mid‑October 2025, delegates considered a proposal to levy a global fee o...
Why in news? On 18 October 2025, the forest department of Himachal Pradesh organised an international bird‑watching programme in the Rakchham–Chit...
Why in news? In October 2025, Florida wildlife officials confirmed the state’s second case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a white‑tailed deer...
Why in news? A new global assessment presented at a conservation congress in Abu Dhabi warns that the long‑term survival of dugongs in India’s Gu...
Why in news? On 15 October 2025 the National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the pollution control boards of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana and the dep...
Why in news? Data from the European Space Agency’s Swarm satellite mission, released in October 2025, show that the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) �...
Why in news? The Supreme Court of India permitted the sale and use of only “green” firecrackers in the Delhi–National Capital Region for Diwali�...
Why in news? Chhattisgarh’s Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary now hosts a thriving population of blackbuck antelopes after they had been locally extinc...
Why in news? The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations recognised the Sustainable Aquaculture in Mangrove Ecosystems (SAIME) m...
