TYRANNOSAURUS REX Subject : Environment Context : Recently, a study by paleontologists from the Netherlands have published a report that Tyrannosaurus had a preferred walking speed of just 5 kmph which is about the same as the average walking speed of humans. Concept : About Tyrannosaurus Rex It is considered the most fearsome […]

    DISC FOOTED BAT Subject : Environment Context : Meghalaya has yielded India’s first bamboo-dwelling bat with sticky discs, taking the species count of the flying mammal in the country to 130. Concept : The disc-footed bat (Eudiscopusdenticulus) was recorded in the north-eastern State’s Lailadarea near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, about 1,000 km west […]

    REWACONODON INDICUS Subject : Environment Context : The Tiki Formation in Madhya Pradesh, a treasure trove of vertebrate fossils, has now yielded a new species and two genera of cynodonts, small rat-like animals that lived about 220 million years ago. Concept : The researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, used scanning […]

    NATIONAL CLIMATE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT REPORT Subject : Environment Context : National climate vulnerability assessment released. Concept : The report is titled ‘Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Adaptation Planning in India Using a Common Framework’. It identifies the most vulnerable states and districts in India with respect to current climate risk and key drivers of […]

    NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL Subject : Environment Context :The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted an eight-member National Task Force to combat air pollution and monitor remedial steps to improve air quality. Concept : It is a specialised body set up under the National Green Tribunal Act (2010) for effective and expeditious disposal of […]

    MONKEYDACTYL Subject: Environment Context: Researchers have described a pterosaur species with opposable thumbs, which could likely be the earliest-known instance of the limb. Concept: The pterosaur species were reptiles, close cousins of dinosaurs and the first animals after insects to evolve powered flight. They evolved into various species; while some were as large […]