Subject: Environment Context: WHO has formally acknowledged the possibility that the novel coronavirus can remain in the air in crowded indoor spaces, where short-range aerosol transmission cannot be ruled out. Concept: Aerosols are defined as a combination of liquid or solid particles suspended in a gaseous or liquid environment. “Primary” aerosols, like dust, soot, or sea salt, come directly from […]
Subject: Environment Context: The fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation 2018, results of which were declared to the nation on Global Tiger Day last year has entered the Guinness World Record for being the world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey. Concept: The All India Tiger Estimation done quadrennially is steered by the National Tiger […]
Subject: Environment Context: Prime Minister has inaugurated Asia’s largest solar energy plant in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. Concept: India is among the top 5 nations of the world in renewable energy utilization process and this scheme will help farmers become partners in the nation’s energy sufficiency project. The 750-megawatt ultra-mega solar power plant touted to reduce […]
Subject: Environment Context: The Supreme Court recalled its March 27 order which allowed automobile dealers 10 days time, immediately after lockdown is lifted, to sell 10 per cent of their stock of BS-IV emission norm-compliant vehicles. Concept: The Bharat Stage emission standards are standards instituted by the government to regulate the output of air pollutants […]
Subject: Environment Context: United Nations University (UNU) released report on e-waste. Concept: Findings: E-waste will increase by 38 per cent in the decade between 2020 and 2030. There was 6 million tonnes (MT) e-waste in 2019, according to the report. That is a nearly 21 per cent increase in just five years. Asia generated the […]
Subject:IR/Environment Context: Beijing made new territorial claim on eastern Bhutan while objecting to a request to develop the Sakteng wildlife sanctuary in eastern Bhutan’s Trashigang district at an online meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Concept: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) was established on the eve of the 1992 Rio Earth Summitto help tackle […]
Subject: Environment Context: The Forest Department is going to have traffic monitoring mechanism along the roads adjacent to Nagarahole National Park to ensure better compliance of forest laws by motorists and to minimise road kills. Concept: Nagarahole is named after Nagarahole (Cobra river in the local language, Kannada), a winding river which runs eastwards through […]
Subject:Environment Context: Lepidopterists have discovered two new butterflies Striped Hairstreak and Elusive Prince in Arunachal Pradesh Concept: The Striped Hairstreak (Yamamotozephyruskwangtugenesis) was located in Vijaynagar bordering Myanmar while the Elusive Prince was found in Miao on the periphery of the Namdapha National Park. Namdapha national park Namdapha National Park is the largest protected area in […]
Subject: Environment Context: Urban Forest inaugurated at the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India in New Delhi Concept: Urban forests are the lungs of the cities and act as an oxygen bank and Carbon Sink. Miyawaki method of forest creation is employed which could help in reducing the temperature by as much […]
Subject: Environment Context: Researchers have “rediscovered” a rare plant species called Globbaandersonii from the Sikkim Himalayas near the Teesta river valley region after a gap of nearly 136 years. Concept: It is “critically endangered” and “narrowly endemic”, the species is restricted mainly to Teesta River Valley region which includes the Sikkim Himalays and Darjeeling hill ranges. Plant […]