Have coastal ecosystem norms been violated? Subject: Environment Section: This week, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India tabled a report in Parliament on whether steps taken by the Union Environment Ministry to conserve India’s coastal ecosystems have been successful. The CAG frequently undertakes ‘performance audits’ of government programmes and ministries. This […]

    Ramsar sites Subject: Environment Section :Conservation Context: India adds 11 more wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites to make total 75 Ramsar sites covering an area of 13,26,677 ha in the country in the 75th year of Independence. Concept: India is one of the Contracting Parties to Ramsar Convention, signed in Ramsar, […]

    NASA Studies Find Previously Unknown Loss of Antarctic Ice Subject :Environment Section: Climate Change Context: New research on Antarctica, including the first map of iceberg calving, doubles the previous estimates of loss from ice shelves and details how the continent is changing. One study, published in the journal Nature, maps how iceberg calving […]

    World Lion Day: Asiatic lions used to inhabit most of southwest Asia & India Subject : Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: World Lion da Concept The only free-roaming population of Asiatic lions in the world has been in Gujarat, India, for the last 130 years. But before that, the lion subspecies inhabited most of […]