Universal Declaration of the Rights of Rivers Subject – Environment Context – Give rivers their rights, activists tell IUCN World Conservation Congress Concept – The declaration is a civil society initiative to define the basic rights to which all rivers are entitled. The declaration states that all rivers are: Living entities. Entitled to […]
Manda Buffalo Subject – Environment Context – Manda buffalo gets ‘unique breed’ tag. Concept – The National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) has recognised the Manda buffalo, found in the Eastern Ghats and plateau of Koraput region of Odisha, as the 19th unique breed of buffaloes found in India. The Manda are resistant to parasitic […]
Fuel Stacking in India Subject: Environment Context: According to a report by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).highlighted that a majority of households that use traditional solid fuels along with LPG What is fuel stacking? A phenomenon of using multiple stove-and-fuel cooking combinations within the same household. Reasons for fuel stacking: […]
Three new heatwave hotspots in India put large population at immediate health risk Subject: Environment Context: A team of researchers led by Prof. R.K. Mall and including Saumya Singh and Nidhi Singh from the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India-Mahamana Centre of Excellence in Climate Change Research (MCECCR) at Banaras Hindu […]
Mexico Oil spills Subject: Environment Context: Divers searching for the origin of a substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico one of several spotted off Louisiana’s coast after Hurricane Ida have discovered three damaged pipelines near the leak. Concept: What is an Oil Spill? An oil spill refers to any uncontrolled release […]
Climate change and adverse health impacts Subject: Environment Context: In a first-of-its-kind effort, editors of more than 220 leading health journals from all over the world have published a joint editorial asking governments to take immediate and more ambitious climate action to hold global temperatures from rising beyond 1.5°C from pre-industrial times. Concept: Climate change has […]
River Bhogdoi Subject: Environment Context: The rampant coal mining in Nagaland, coupled with waste discharge from tea estates and encroachment have been sounding death knells for River Bhogdoi in Assam. Concept: The river is on the south bank tributaries of the mighty river Brahmaputra, originates from Mokokchung in Nagaland where it is also […]