Maharastra’s proposed amendment for protection of Heritage Trees Subject : Environment Context : Recently, the Maharashtra government has decided to make amendments to the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection and Preservation of Trees Act of 1975, to introduce provisions for the protection of ‘heritage trees’. Concept : Heritage Trees Under the proposed amendment, a […]
PAKKE TIGER RESERVE Subject : Environment Context : More than 200 contingency workers of the Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh went on an indefinite strike over non-payment of wages since December 2020. Concept : Pakke Tiger Reserve Pakke Tiger Reserve (declared in 1999 – 2000) lies in the foothills of the eastern […]
Turtle researchers opposes NITI Aayog’s plans to develop two islands in the Union Territory (UT) of Andaman and Nicobar. Subject : Environment Context : Turtle researchers have banded together to launch a signature campaign against the NITI Aayog’s plans to develop two islands in the Union Territory (UT) of Andaman and Nicobar. They […]
Brood X: The lives and encounters of America’s largest group of cicadas Subject: Environment Context: US President Joe Biden’s first trip abroad was delayed unexpectedly when a swarm of cicadas bombarded the plane Air Force One, which was about to take off for the UK. Biden had to swat a cicada away when […]
NO DECISION ON ADDU ATOLL : SOLIH Subject : Environment / Geography Context : The Maldives has made no decision on opening an Indian consulate in its southern Addu Atoll, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said on Tuesday, a fortnight after the Indian Cabinet cleared a proposal for it. Concept : About Addu Atoll […]
BIOMEDICAL WASTE Subject: Environment Context : The report titled, “State of India’s Environment 2021,” released by the Centre for Science and Environment, said 2,03,000 kg of COVID-19 biomedical waste was produced daily in May this year and it was roughly 33% of India’s non-COVID biomedical waste. Concept : As per Bio-medical Waste Management […]