Page-25 of Environment Current Affairs

Centre to Issue Heatwave Advisory to States for Worker Welfare

April 13, 2024

The Centre will issue an advisory to all states and union territories to ensure workers’ welfare during expected heatwave days this summer. The advisory will include measures such as rescheduling work hours, providing regular health checkups, cool places for rest, ..

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Nepal Army Launches Mountain Cleaning Campaign 2024 at Mt. Everest

April 8, 2024

The Nepal Army will collect around 10 tonnes of garbage and five bodies lying at Mt. Everest as part of the Mountain Cleaning Campaign 2024 in the Everest region. The cleaning campaign aims to control human-made pollution in the Himalayas ..

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Uttarakhand Assesses GLOF Risks in Himalayas

April 5, 2024

The state government of Uttarakhand recently set up two expert panels to conduct risk-assessment and monitor five glacial lakes that have been facing risk of immediate danger. Glacial Lake Outburst Floods or GLOFs have been threatening them leading the government ..

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Threats to the Great Indian Bustard and Conservation Efforts

March 31, 2024

The Great Indian Bustard (GIB) (Ardeotis nigriceps) is a critically endangered bird species native to the Indian subcontinent. With fewer than 150 individuals remaining in the wild, the GIB faces numerous threats that are driving it towards extinction. The GIB ..

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Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2024

March 29, 2024

The Environment Ministry of India has recently introduced new rules that make it more difficult for manufacturers of disposable plastic products to label them as ‘biodegradable.’ The updated Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2024, now require that biodegradable plastics not ..

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Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary

March 16, 2024

Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the southern bank of Brahmaputra in Assam. It is known to have the highest concentration of one-horned rhinoceros. It is often referred to as ‘Mini Kaziranga’ because of similarities with regards to the landscape ..

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SIDBI Secures Green Climate Fund Project

March 14, 2024

The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has achieved a significant milestone by securing approval from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for its first anchored project, the Avaana Sustainability Fund (ASF), valued at USD 120 million. The closure was ..

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Egg-Laying Amphibians Found to Feed “Milk” to Hatchlings

March 12, 2024

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have found that ringed caecilians (Siphonops annulatus), a species of legless, burrowing amphibians, provide a milk-like substance to their hatchlings. The study, published in the March 8 issue of Science, sheds new light on the ..

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