Environment
Pilibhit Tiger Reserve – Human–Tiger Conflict
Why in news? A tragic incident in November 2025 brought the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh into focus when a local farmer was killed by a tig...
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Why in news? A tragic incident in November 2025 brought the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh into focus when a local farmer was killed by a tig...
Why in news? Wildlife officials in India’s Himalayan states have reported that Himalayan black bears are becoming unusually active and aggressive be...
Why in news? At the 43rd session of UNESCO’s General Conference held in Samarkand, the Sultanate of Oman was elected to the Man and the Biosphere (M...
Why in news? A wave of recent exoplanet research has reignited interest in the Rare Earth Hypothesis. Astronomers have discovered that many planets pr...
Why in news? The Indian Railways plans to deploy a new system called DRISHTI (Dynamic Real‑time Intelligent Surveillance for High‑value Transport ...
Why in news? A study published in Scientific Reports in November 2025 proposes that Neanderthals did not vanish through a sudden extinction but were g...
Why in news? The Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha has attracted fresh attention as proposals to convert it into a tiger reserve have stalled for ...
Why in news? The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has proposed India’s first offshore wind demonstration farm near Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu...
Why in news? Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL) has announced plans to increase production of the rare earth element neodymium to about 500 tonnes by F...
Why in news? On 10 November 2025, India and Vietnam convened their 15th Defence Policy Dialogue in New Delhi. The meeting reviewed ongoing defence coo...
Why in news? At the National Conference on Environment‑2025, Supreme Court Justice P. S. Narasimha highlighted India’s move from an anthropocentri...
Why in news? Researchers have identified a new species of water‑penny beetle in the Kurangani stream of the Bodi hills in Tamil Nadu. The species, n...
