The Independent charitable organisation Oxfam reported that ‘net zero’ carbon targets that many countries have announced may be a “dangerous distraction” from the priority of cutting carbon emissions. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 "Land-hungry ‘net zero’ schemes could force an 80 per cent ...

A massive wildfire broke out in Manavgat District of Antalya Province, southern Turkey, engulfing approximately 1500 hectares of land. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A wildfire is a fire in an area of combustible vegetation occurring in rural areas. It may crossroads, or burn in sparsely ...

The biggest rainforest in the world, Amazon forests have started emitting carbon dioxide (CO2) instead of absorbing carbon emissions. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A significant amount of deforestation in eastern and southeastern Brazil has turned the forest into a source of CO2 that has ...

The recent attempt of Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) to reintroduce into the wild an abandoned nine-month-old cub named Mangala after rearing it in ‘captivity’ for two years has once again brought the controversial concept of ‘re-wilding’ of abandoned or injured animals under the lens. Daily ...

The United Nations World Meteorological Organization has confirmed that Antarctica logged temperatures up to 18.3 degrees Celsius, a new maximum temperature record for the region, on February 6 earlier this year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 With this, Antarctica has now become one of the ...

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) granted a nod to the Ramgarh Vishdhari wildlife sanctuary to become the 4th Tiger reserve of Rajasthan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This Sanctuary is located at a distance of 45 Km from Bundi City on Bundi-Nainwa Road near Village Ramgarh, ...

According to the UNESCO in a draft report, the Great Barrier Reef of Australia should be put on the list of world heritage sites that are in danger. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Great Barrier Reef gained World Heritage ranking in 1981, but over the years due to accelerated global ...

Two species of monal, a colour pheasant, were sighted together in Local wildlife enthusiasts in Upper Siang district of central Arunachal Pradesh. While Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus) is more widely distributed from Afghanistan to northeast India, the rarer Sclater’s (Lophophorus ...

According to the India wind energy market outlook released by Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), India will install 20 GW of wind energy capacity over 2021-25. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Wind power generation capacity in India has increased in recent times. India’s total installed wind ...

Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) and the Administration of Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to make it a clean and green UT. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Under the MoU, various clean energy and energy efficiency programmes will be ...