Delhi’s New Smog Tower Subject – Environment Context – Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated on Monday the country’s first ‘smog tower’, an experimental set up worth Rs 20 crore to purify air in a 1-km radius around the structure. Concept – The structure is 24 m high, about as much as an […]
Natural Gas Subject – Environment Context – Vedanta makes gas discovery in Gujarat. Concept – Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting of methane and commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium. It is formed when layers of decomposing plant and animal matter are exposed to intense […]
Corbett Tiger Reserve Subject – Environment Context – The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to consider as representation a petition to stop the alleged illegal construction of bridges and walls within tiger breeding habitat of the Corbett Tiger Reserve. Concept – Jim Corbett National Park is the […]
Turmeric Subject – Environment Concept – Turmeric (Curcuma longa): It is a perennial herbaceous plant of the ginger family. The plant’s underground stems or rhizomes have been used as a spice, dye, medicine, and religious maker since antiquity. Significance: The spice’s color comes mainly from curcumin, a bright yellow phenolic compound that has been in […]
Asian Elephants Subject – Environment Context – Sri Lanka elephants to get biometric ID cards. Concept – There are three subspecies of Asian elephant which are the Indian, Sumatran and Sri Lankan. Global Population: Estimated 20,000 to 40,000. India is the natural home of the largest population of Asian elephants. It is also found in Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan […]
Greenland Summit Subject – Environment Context – On Saturday last week, for the first time on record, the summit of Greenland received rain and not snow, just as temperatures at the spot went above freezing for the third time in less than ten years. The event has sparked fear as scientists are pointing […]
Land degradation and Desertification Subject – Environment Context – Despite PM Modi’s assurance, land degradation, desertification increasing Concept – Land degradation is caused by multiple forces, including extreme weather conditions, particularly drought. It is also caused by human activities that pollute or degrade the quality of soils and land utility. Desertification is a […]