NEW EMISSION NORMS FOR COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS Subject : Environment Context : The government has pushed back deadlines for coal-fired power plants to adopt new emission norms by up to three years, and allowed utilities that miss the new target to continue operating after paying a penalty, according to a notice. Concept : […]

    KUTCH GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD SANCTUARY Subject : Environment Context : A fire broke out inside the Lala-Budiya Great Indian Bustard (GIB) Sanctuary near Naliya in Kutch district of Gujarat on Thursday evening, damaging at least 20 hectares of vegetation. Concept : Kutch Bustard Sanctuary or Kachchh Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary, also known as […]

    BANDHAVGARH NATIONAL PARK Subject : Environment Context : Recently, a wildfire that had spread across several zones in Bandhavgarh National Park has been brought under control. Concept : About Bandhavgarh National Park It is located in the Vindhya Hills of the Umaria district in Madhya Pradesh. It is known for the Royal Bengal […]

    BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY Subject: Environment Context: The garden at Government Co-ed Senior Secondary School, Sector 5, RK Puram had started as an initiative by English teacher Ankita Singh Yadav two years ago. Yadav said that she got her idea for this garden from her own birding and buttery sighting outings at the […]

    NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES Subject : Environment Context : A group of lepidopterists have found a new butterfly species in India. Concept : The discovery of the species Nacaduba sinhala rama swamii Sadasivan, 2021 in the Agasthyamala is in the Western Ghats a decade ago has now found place in the Journal of Threatened […]

    AFRICAN ELEPHANT Subject : Environment Context : Recently, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has found that the forest elephant and savanna elephant are threatened with extinction. Concept : The report has opted to assess the African mammal as two separate species following genetic studies of populations. The IUCN has found […]