Subject: Environment Context: Four persons, including two from Pune, were arrested for allegedly trying to sell a pangolin in Satara district Concept: Pangolin, also known as scaly anteater, is an insectivorous mammal that has hard scales of keratin on its body. Two of the eight subspecies of the animal are found in India. The animal […]
Subject: Environment Context: The Tamilnadu government has notified rules for Tamil Nadu Protected Agricultural Zone Development Act which came into force on February 21. The rules are aimed at protecting the farmer interest along the Cauvery delta. What does the rule provide for? It provides for constituting a seven member technical committee that would assist […]
Subject: Environment Context: The Maruvan project strives to rejuvenate an arid stretch of the Marwar region in Rajasthan hopes by restoring the native forests by developing patches using the Miyawaki technique of rejuvenation. Concept: Miyawaki is a technique pioneered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, that helps build dense, native forests. The approach is supposed to […]
Subject: Environment Context: Punjab government has banned the usage of nine pesticides, generally used for Basmati and non Basmati crops, for 60 days Concept: The nine pesticide that have been banned temporarily include Acephate, Carbendazim, Thiamethoxam, Triazofos, Tricyclazole, Buprofezin, Carbofuron, Propiconazole, and Thiophanate Methyl. Farmers use these pesticides even after the grain formation stage in […]
Subject: Environment Context: The levels of ozone have increased across the Northern Hemisphere in the last 20 years, a new study by the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States has showed. Concept: Ozone is a gas made up of three oxygen atoms (O3). […]