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Hussain Sagar Lake Cleanup

Hussain Sagar Lake Cleanup

Why in news? The historic Hussain Sagar in Hyderabad has long suffered from algal bloom and a foul smell due to sewage and industrial effluents. To ad...

Sulphur Dioxide Emissions and the Status of Flue‑Gas Desulphurisation (FGD)

Sulphur Dioxide Emissions and the Status of Flue‑Gas Desulphurisation (FGD)

Why in news? An analysis of Central Electricity Authority data between 1 and 19 November 2025 found that fifteen coal‑fired power units in the Natio...

Airborne microplastics – a new pollution threat

Airborne microplastics – a new pollution threat

Why in news? A peer‑reviewed study published in November 2025 reported that people in Indian megacities are unknowingly inhaling microscopic plastic...

Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary – comprehensive wildlife survey begins

Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary – comprehensive wildlife survey begins

Why in news? The Department of Forests & Wildlife in Chandigarh, in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India, launched a week‑long wildlif...

Taningia silasii – deep‑sea squid found off the Kerala coast

Taningia silasii – deep‑sea squid found off the Kerala coast

Why in news? Indian marine biologists recently reported the discovery of a new species of deep‑sea squid in the Arabian Sea. The specimen was collec...

Bhoramdev Wildlife Sanctuary

Bhoramdev Wildlife Sanctuary

Why in news? Forest authorities in Chhattisgarh recently reported that two Indian bison (gaur) were electrocuted by poachers in the Chilfi East Range ...

Indian Pond Heron

Indian Pond Heron

Why in news? Civil‑society naturalists in Visakhapatnam recently documented large groups of Indian Pond Herons and Cattle Egrets undertaking nocturn...

Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)

Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)

Why in news? The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently attended the 11th Joint Crediting Mechanism Partner Countries’ M...

Kuno National Park and the Birth of Cheetah Cubs

Kuno National Park and the Birth of Cheetah Cubs

Why in news? Mukhi, the first female cheetah born in India after the species was declared extinct in 1952, has given birth to five cubs at Kuno Nation...

Global Methane Status Report 2025

Global Methane Status Report 2025

Why in news? The latest Global Methane Status Report 2025, released by the UN Environment Programme and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, warns tha...

Protidricerus albocapitatus – New Owlfly Species

Protidricerus albocapitatus – New Owlfly Species

Why in news? Researchers have discovered a new species of owlfly in the Nedumkayam forest in Kerala. The find is significant because no new species fr...

Climate Change Performance Index 2026 – India’s Rank Drops

Climate Change Performance Index 2026 – India’s Rank Drops

Why in news? The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2026, released on 18 November 2025 by Germanwatch, New Climate Institute and the Climate Acti...

Tiger’s Return to Gujarat – Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary

Tiger’s Return to Gujarat – Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary

Why in news? In November 2025 Gujarat’s Forest Department confirmed that a male tiger has been residing in the Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuary for aro...

Ginkgo‑toothed beaked whale sighted alive for the first time

Ginkgo‑toothed beaked whale sighted alive for the first time

Why in news? Marine researchers recently observed a living ginkgo‑toothed beaked whale off the coast of Baja California, Mexico – the first confir...

Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade (IFCCT)

Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade (IFCCT)

Why in news? The 30th Conference of Parties (COP‑30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, hosted by Brazil in November 2025, launched a...

Lycodon irwini – New Wolf Snake from Great Nicobar

Lycodon irwini – New Wolf Snake from Great Nicobar

Why in news? Herpetologists from Pondicherry University and the Max Planck Institute have described a new species of non‑venomous wolf snake from Gr...

Adam Chini Rice – Reviving a Heritage Grain

Adam Chini Rice – Reviving a Heritage Grain

Why in news? Scientists at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have revived and improved the traditional black aromatic rice variety known locally as Adam ...

Rediscovery of the Asiatic Caracal in India

Rediscovery of the Asiatic Caracal in India

Why in news? In November 2025, a community‑led wildlife expedition in the Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary of Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district captured p...

Albino Checkered Keelback Recorded in Assam

Albino Checkered Keelback Recorded in Assam

Why in news? Herpetologists at the Assam State Zoo and Botanical Garden have reported the first documented case of albinism in a checkered keelback sn...

Ashtamudi Lake's Dolphin-Fisher Collaboration Study

Ashtamudi Lake's Dolphin-Fisher Collaboration Study

Why in news? Researchers from the University of Kerala and international partners have launched a long-term study to investigate the unique cooperatio...

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