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G7 Ministers’ Meeting: Climate, Energy, and Environment Highlights

G7 Ministers’ Meeting: Climate, Energy, and Environment Highlights: The recent G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy, and Environment in Sapporo, Japan focused on how advanced economies can make a significant impact on addressing the climate crisis. Because these economies contribute significantly to the problem, prompt action is crucial. The meeting aimed to tackle key issues […]

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India approves MoU with Nepal on biodiversity conservation

Cabinet has approved an MoU with the Government of Nepal on biodiversity conservation to strengthen and enhance coordination and cooperation in the field of forests, biodiversity conservation, and climate change. This MoU also aims the restoration of corridors and interlinking areas and sharing of knowledge and best practices, between the two countries. Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change:

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India ranked worst in the world in terms of environmental performance in 2022

In the 2022 Environment Performance Index (EPI), an analysis by Yale and Columbia University researchers that gives a data-driven evaluation of the situation of sustainability around the world, India came in last out of 180 countries. Climate change, environmental public health, and biodiversity are among the 40 performance factors used by the EPI to rank 180 nations. With an overall

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OECD projected the Global plastic waste to be tripled by 2060

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report, the global usage of plastic is set to increase by three times by the year 2060. The world that is destroy by severe plastic pollution, has need to take up several measures to combat the the use of plastic. Currently, nearly 100 million tonnes of plastic

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India committed to work with US on clean energy

India stands committed to working with America on clean energy after a telephonic conversation with US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) John Kerry. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Both sides agreed that India and the USA, will engage for a constructive engagement under the “India-US Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership” . John

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‘Mermaid’ in Andaman archipelago has Bathinda link

Marine biologists from the Central University of Punjab (CUP) have discovered a new species of marine green algae from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and named the green seaweed Acetabularia jalakanyakae after the goddess of oceans. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It has been named Acetabularia jalakanyakae. Jalakanyaka in Sanskrit literally means mermaid and a

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Greenland summit received rain instead of snow for first time ever on record

Precipitation fell at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet as rain and notice for the first time on record. The rain fell for several hours at the ice sheet’s 3,216-metre summit on August 14, where temperatures were recorded above the freezing point for around nine hours. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Greenland, which

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Govt to ban manufacture, sale and use of single-use plastic items

The Government has notified the plastic waste management amendment rules 2021 prohibiting identified single-use plastic items by 2022. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The manufacturing, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of several single-use plastics will be prohibited with effect from the 1st of July of next year. The thickness of plastic carry bags will

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India’s first national park to be equipped with satellite phones

Kaziranga National Park of Assam became the first national park in India to be equipped with satellite phones. 10 satellite phones were handed over to the park officials. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The satellite phones will give an edge to the forest personnel over the poachers by boosting anti-poaching measures and also during emergencies

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Several Indian cities likely to sink due to rising sea level

According to a report by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), nearly 12 coastal cities of India sitting on the bank of the Indian coastline are likely to face the wrath of going underwater due to the increased risk of rising sea levels. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The coastal cities including Chennai, Kochi, Visakhapatnam,

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