Threat to the Great Indian Bustard Context: A Supreme Court appointed committee has recommended that to protect the endangered great Indian bustard, close to 800 km of proposed power lines in the Thar and Kutch deserts of Rajasthan and Gujarat should be rerouted or made to go underground. Background: Despite a Supreme Court decision mandating the removal of low-voltage electrical lines Power companies and State governments don’t appear to have made any significant efforts to comply […]
Effects of Climate Change on Monsoon Context: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has clearly sighted that 2022 has seen the second highest extreme events since 1902. An alarming case as incidents of floods and droughts have increased, there is more evidence coming our way on […]
Installing Pollution Control Technologies to Thermal Plants Context: Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) extended the deadline for installing pollution control technologies in the country’s thermal power plants (TPPs). This was the third time that the Ministry has extended the deadline […]
Challenges of Translocating the Big Cats Context: Today, a modified passenger B-747 Jumbo Jet will take off from Hosea Kutako International Airport in Windhoek, Namibia, for Jaipur. On board will be eight Namibian wild cheetahs, five females and three males. in the 1960s the trend […]
What Numbers do not Reveal about Tiger Conservation For Prelims Similipal tiger reserve: Located in Odisha Pseudo-melanistic or Black tigers found in this Reserve. This happens due to tiger population in Similipal forming a small and isolated population. Ranthambore tiger reserve: Located in Rajasthan […]
Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill Context: Members of the opposition party have criticised the provisions of the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 that is currently being reviewed by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). About the Act: The Biological Diversity Act of 2002 was enacted to […]
Indian Tent Turtles Context: • Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in Rajya Sabha gave the status of the Indian tent turtle which is listed in Schedule –I of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, […]
Sariska Tiger Reserve Context: • Recently, there was a massive fire which broke out in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in the Alwar district of Rajasthan. • The Indian Airforce has come into rescue, two IAF helicopters have been putting efforts to control the blaze by […]
Kaziranga National Park Context: • The population of the greater one-horned or Indian rhinoceros in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve has increased by 200 in four years, the latest census of the World Heritage Site’s flagship animal has revealed. About: • Kaziranga National […]
Soil Health Card Context: • The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Lok Sabha gave the details about the soil health card recently. What is Soil Health Card? • A Soil Health Card is used […]