The Supreme Court upheld an Allahabad High Court order granting immunity from investigation and prosecution if one declared illegal acquisition or possession of exotic wildlife species between June and December. This was under a new amnesty scheme announced by the Centre. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change […]
The United Nations (UN), United Kingdom (UK) and France are proud to be co-hosting the Climate Ambition Summit 2020, in partnership with Chile and Italy on 12 December, exactly five years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Climate Ambition Summit, held virtually, marked the five years of
India remains in the top 10 for the second year in a row in the latest global Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) released in Germany. The biggest current emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) China figures at 33rd rank while the largest historical polluter, the USA, appears at the bottom of the list. Daily Current Affairs
Ramnagar Forest Division in Nainital district, Uttarakhand, recently built its first eco-bridge for reptiles and smaller mammals. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Eco-ducts or eco-bridges aim to enhance wildlife connectivity that can be disrupted because of highways or logging. These include: Canopy bridges (usually for monkeys, squirrels and other arboreal species); Concrete underpasses or
At the 37th General Body meeting of Central Zoo Authority chaired by Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar two new zoos the Rajgir Zoo Safari in Nalanda, Bihar and Shaheed Ashfaque Ullah Khan Prani Udyaan in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh were granted recognition. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Rajgir Zoo
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Leaving their known habitat in Dhari in Gir (east) wildlife division in Amreli district, three Asiatic lions—a female and two sub-adult males, have walked around 100 km to reach Jasdan taluka of Rajkot district and have been camping in a grassland and revenue areas of Jasdan. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This is for
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Villagers in Vadhavan in Maharashtra’s Dahanu taluka, about 131 km from Mumbai, came out in protest against a biodiversity survey commissioned by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) for the construction of the Vadhavan Port that received in-principle approval from the Union Cabinet in February. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Dahanu is one of
A turtle of a vulnerable species was rescued from a fish market in Assam’s Silchar, courtesy quick thinking and action on the part of a university professor. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Indian peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia hurum) is a species of turtle found in South Asia. It is listed on the IUCN
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Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), in a first-of-its-kind study, has projected that numbers of the Malayan Giant Squirrel could decline by 90% in India by 2050, and it could be extinct by then if urgent steps are not taken. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The Malayan Giant Squirrel, one of the world’s largest squirrel
The Centre has set up high-level inter-ministerial Apex Committee for Implementation of Paris Agreement (AIPA) under the chairmanship of Secretary, MoEFCC to oversee the implementation of climate change targets that India has committed to under the 2015 Paris Agreement. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The purpose of AIPA is to generate a coordinated response
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