EARTH HOUR Subject: Environment Context : The Earth Hour is being observed on 27th March 2021. Concept : Earth Hour is the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF)’s annual initiative that began in 2007. It is held every year on the last Saturday of March. It encourages people from more than 180 countries […]

    SATKOSIA TIGER RESERVE Subject: Environment Context: Sundari has left but Satkosia Tiger Reserve management still nurses hope of revival of the inter-State tiger reintroduction project. Concept: Satkosia Tiger Reserve, Bhubaneswar comprises two adjoining sanctuaries of central Odisha named as Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary and Baisipalli Sanctuary. It is located in the Angul district of […]

    WHITSUN REEF Subject : Environment Context : The Philippines government has claimed that around 220 Chinese boats have been spotted at a reef in the South China Sea waters controlled by Manila. Concept : It urged China to recall the boats saying the presence of the vessels violated Manila’s maritime rights by encroaching […]

    RED SANDERS Subject : Environment Context : The Forest Department has prepared a schedule for the global e-auction of the seized red sanders logs. Concept : About Red Sanders: Pterocarpussantalinus or Red Sanders is an endemic tree of South India They are found in Tropical Dry Deciduous forest of the Palakonda and Seshachalam […]

    LARGEST TULIP GARDEN Subject : Environment Context : Asia’s largest tulip garden in srinagar gets high tech cold storage facility. Concept : Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip garden, previously Model Floriculture Center, is a tulip garden in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is the largest tulip garden in Asia spread over an area […]