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Loktak Hydroelectric Project
Why in news? On 27 October 2025, Gursharan Singh, Head of the Loktak project at NHPC Ltd and newly appointed General Manager (Electrical), met Manipur...
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Why in news? On 27 October 2025, Gursharan Singh, Head of the Loktak project at NHPC Ltd and newly appointed General Manager (Electrical), met Manipur...
Why in news? Palaeontologists in China have described a new species of the ancient fish genus Whiteia based on two fossil specimens from the Early Tri...
Why in news? On 28 October 2025, a small aircraft (Cessna 206H) conducted a cloud‑seeding trial over parts of Delhi amid severe air pollution. The e...
Why in news? The Ladakh State Wildlife Board has proposed a major revision of the boundaries of the Karakoram and Changthang wildlife sanctuaries. In ...
Why in news? On 29 October 2025, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) directed the Forest and Revenue departments and the Angul district collecto...
Why in news? The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported several short-lived eruptions at Taal Volcano on 25 - 26 Octob...
Why in news? The Goa Forest Department announced that the Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary will receive new animals, including barking deer and sloth bears, ...
Why in news? The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken suo motu cognisance of a complaint alleging that blasting and construction activities for the...
Why in news? On 25 October 2025 villagers in Assam’s Tinsukia district rescued a rare white‑cheeked partridge and handed it over to forest officia...
Why in news? Efforts by the Karnataka Forest Department to relocate villagers from the core areas of Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary have faced resistance....
Why in news? The Union government has reported that around 22,560 hectares of degraded coastal land have been restored or earmarked for restoration un...
Why in news? In late October 2025 more than two dozen pilot whales died after they stranded themselves at Twilight Beach in New Zealand. Local Māori ...
Why in news? The 2,000‑megawatt Subansiri Lower hydroelectric project, India’s largest, started commissioning its first unit in October 2025. Situ...
Why in news? A recent study by Indian researchers has explained why Kopi Luwak, a coffee made from beans eaten and excreted by civets, tastes so diffe...
Why in news? Residents and environmental activists near the Bandhwari landfill in Haryana have appealed to the Union environment ministry to stop the ...
Why in news? The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) reserving airspace along the India–Pakistan border for ...
Why in news? Conservationists reported in October 2025 that around 190 blackbucks now roam Chhattisgarh’s Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary – a remar...
Why in news? Jammu and Kashmir’s first chrysanthemum theme garden, also called Bagh Gul‑e‑Daudi, opened to visitors near Dal Lake on 25 October ...
Why in news? Birdwatchers near Karnataka’s Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary recently recorded the first‑ever sighting of an Indian Scops‑Owl in the a...
Why in news? At a recent meeting in Uzbekistan, range states endorsed a new six‑year Programme of Work for the Central Asian Mammals Initiative. The...