UP’s Ranipur Tiger Reserve Becomes 53rd Tiger Reserve of India: The fourth and 53rd tiger reserves in India will be located in Uttar Pradesh. The tiger reserve is spread across over 529.36 sq km out of which the core area is 230.32 sq km and the buffer area is 299.05 sq km. Union Minister for ...

Centre approves Terai Elephant Reserve in Uttar Pradesh: The Union Ministry of Forests, Environment and Climate Change gave its nod to the establishment of the Terai Elephant Reserve (TER) in Uttar Pradesh. The reserve will cover an area of 3049 sq km including Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) and ...

The government of India has banned the single-use plastic from July 1, 2022. As per the notification on August 12, 2021, the government has prohibited the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of all identified single-use plastic items, which have low utility and ...

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav reported that the IPCC report on climate change is a clarion call for the developed nations to immediately cut emissions and decarbonise their economies. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The authors of the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report, “Climate ...

Ministry of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change released Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It has been published by Space Application Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad. The Atlas provides state wise area of degraded lands for the time ...

According to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India, a total of 186 elephants were killed after being hit by trains across India between 2009-10 and 2020-21. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Assam accounted for the highest number of elephant ...

The Environment Appraisal Committee (EAC) - Infrastructure I of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has flagged serious concerns about NITI Aayog’s ambitious project for Great Nicobar Island (‘NITI Aayog vision for Great Nicobar ignores tribal, ecological concerns’. ...

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar has released Marine Mega Fauna Stranding Guidelines and the National Marine Turtle Action Plan in New Delhi. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The documents contains ways and means to guide improved coordination amongst the ...

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has approved establishment of 19 Integrated Regional Offices (IROs) of the MoEF&CC with a view to achieving outcomes related to the mandates of MoEF&CC in an improved, timely and effective manner, and for this purpose to further ...

Recently, the Ministry of Environment has reconstituted the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to include an expert from the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, and a molecular biologist. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The CZA is a statutory body chaired by the Environment ...