Nagoya Protocol: Access and Benefit Sharing, CBD & National Biodiversity Authority
Why in news? On 27 February 2026, India submitted its first National Report on the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biologic...
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Why in news? On 27 February 2026, India submitted its first National Report on the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol to the Convention on Biologic...
Why in news? Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India and MES Mampad College have reported the first cases of gynandromorphy in the freshwater c...
Why in news? Scientists have reported the discovery of a new earthworm species called Drawida vazhania from the Vazhani Dam area in the PeechiβVazha...
Why in news? On 13 March 2026 the Prime Minister virtually inaugurated the 120 MW Lower Kopili Hydroelectric Project in central Assam. The runβofβ...
Why in news? NMDC Limited has become the first mining company in India to produce 50 million tonnes of iron ore in a single financial year. The achiev...
Why in news? The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a report warning that improper disposal of unused or expired medicines poses...
Why in news? The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has reported the discovery of nine previously unknown species during faunal surveys in the Megamalai...
Why in news? Renowned Tamil lyricist and author R. Vairamuthu has been selected for the 2025 Jnanpith Award, making him the third Tamil writer to rece...
Why in news? On 16 March 2026 the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) issued a series of nationwide directions aimed at improving adoption proc...
Why in news? The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change announced that two new chicks of the Great Indian Bustard have hatched at th...
Why in news? The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research β National Chemical Laboratory (CSIRβNCL) has announced that it is ready to scale u...
Why in news? Botanists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have rediscovered Henckelia monophylla, a rare flowering plant, in the forests of Arun...
Why in news? Archaeologists working at the ancient Egyptian town of El Ashmunein (Hermopolis Magna) unearthed a large limestone fragment that fits wit...
Why in news? On 12 March 2026 a U.S. Air Force KCβ135 Stratotanker aircraft crashed in western Iraq during Operation Epic Fury. All six crew members...
Why in news? Laboratory experiments simulating the conditions on Saturnβs moon Titan have shown that acrylonitrile, a molecule present in Titanβs ...
Why in news? Researchers have discovered a new species of catfish, Amblyceps vayavy, in the hill streams of Goa and Maharashtra in the northern Wester...
Why in news? An ancient Telugu inscription linked to the 15thβcentury Gajapati kings was found on a stone pillar in the Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temp...
Why in news? Scientists from the SETI Institute have identified a rare iron sulphate, ferric hydroxysulphate, in layered deposits near Marsβs vast V...
Why in news? The Union Cabinetβs approval of Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 introduced a comprehensive digital framework called Sujalam Bharat to monitor ru...
Why in news? On 13 March 2026 the Supreme Court of India took suo motu cognisance of rampant illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary and...