It has been reported that an old project to facilitate the movement of hilsa upstream along the Ganga to its spawning grounds of yore may come to fruition this year. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In scientific parlance, the hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) is an anadromous fish. That is, it ...

Flash flood incident in Uttarakhand is another warning of the dangers that a Himalayan state like Uttarakhand faces from natural processes like landslides, snow avalanches cloudbursts or lake bursts. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 As we saw in 2013 in the same state, such processes can ...

The Ministry of Earth Science has informed Rajya Sabha about National Monsoon Mission. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Under the Monsoon Mission, Ministry has developed the state-of-the-art weather and climate prediction models, which are now in operational use. These models include ...

A glacier break is suspected to have caused the flash floods in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli. When glaciers melt, the water in glacial lakes accumulates behind loose, natural “glacial/moraine dams” made of ice, sand, pebbles and ice residue. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A GLOF refers to the ...

Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar and Ms Barbara Pompili, the French Minister for Ecological Transition launched the Indo-French Year of the Environment in New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The basic objective is to strengthen Indo-French ...

Tropical montane grasslands (TMG) in the Shola Sky Islands of the Western Ghats have suffered big reductions due to invasions by exotic trees such as acacias, pines and eucalyptus, shrinking the range sizes of endemic species, including plants, birds, amphibians and mammals. Daily Current ...

The images of an Indian Bison, or Gaur, in Pune’s urban landscape, the frenzy among people, the capture of the injured animal that ran around in panic, and the sad news of its death has put the spotlight on human-Gaur conflict in the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ...

Extinct Himalayan Serow was spotted in the cold deserts of the Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Himalayan serow, or Capricornis sumatraensis thar, is a subspecies of the mainland serow (Capricornis sumatraensis). Himalayan serow resembles ...

India Water Impact Summit continues with many more experts from India and abroad sharing their insights on the topic of conservation and development. Experts from Norway joined their Indian counterparts to discuss ‘Arth Ganga – River Conservation Synchronised Development’ on 4th day of the summit. ...

Myristica Swamp Treefrog, a rare arboreal species endemic to the Western Ghats that bears the scientific name Mercurana myristicapalustris, has been recorded for the first time north of the Shencottah gap in Vazhachal Reserve Forest in Thrissur. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points ...