MAR 2021 |
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Dr Ajay Mathur Elected as the Director General of the ISA |
Dr Ajay Mathur, Director General, TERI, has been elected as the Director General of the International Solar Alliance (ISA). .... read more
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ASI to Set up Weather Stations with ISRO at Key Sites |
Increasing air pollution is not just a big risk for our lungs but it is also impacting India’s centuries old monuments, some of which house precious paintings and murals, vulnerable and exposed to contaminated air and climate change. .... read more
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Budget 2021: Proposals for Cleaner Environment |
Forty-two million-plus population cities will get additional Rs.2217 crore for air pollution management in the next financial year as the finance minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman said during her budget presentation announcing a slew of measures as part of the Centre’s urban cleanliness mission.
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Bad Air Killed 1.2 Lakh Across 6 Indian Cities |
An estimated 1.2 lakh deaths attributed to air pollution have been reported across six big Indian cities in 2020, with the national capital leading the table followed by Mumbai and Bengaluru. Bad air is also estimated to have cost $17.7 billion in economic terms. .... read more
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Drones to Monitor the Health of Odisha Elephants |
With six elephants of Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary in Kalahandi district succumbing to the bacterial disease haemorrhagic septicaemia in a span of two weeks, the state forest department has started using drone cameras in the range to track the movement of and the health of the elephants, said officials and wildlife experts. .... read more
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Study Spots 84 Odonate Species in WWS |
A four-month dragonfly survey that concluded at the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) recently spotted 84 species of odonates (order of insects comprising dragonflies and damselflies) belonging to 59 genera under 11 families. .... read more
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Climate Change Likely Drove the Extinction of North America’s Largest Animals |
A new study published in Nature Communications suggests that the extinction of North America’s largest mammals was not driven by overhunting by rapidly expanding human populations following their entrance into the Americas. .... read more
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Sri Lanka Records Highest Elephant Deaths in World |
Sri Lanka has recorded the highest number of elephant deaths in the world due to the human-elephant conflict, according to a media report. The island-nation’s Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) had ordered a special audit into the human-elephant conflict by renowned elephant expert Dr Prithviraj Fernando, the head of the Centre for Conservation and Research. .... read more
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New Dating Techniques Reveal Australia’s Oldest Known Rock Painting |
A two-metre-long painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been identified as Australia’s oldest intact rock painting. .... read more
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Seagrass ‘Neptune Balls’ Sieve Millions of Plastic Particles from Water |
Underwater seagrass in coastal areas appear to trap plastic pollution in natural bundles of fibre known as ‘Neptune balls’, researchers have found. With no help from humans, the swaying plants—anchored to shallow seabeds—may collect nearly 900 m plastic items in the Mediterranean alone every year, a study reported in the journal Scientific Reports said. .... read more
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Two-Thirds of World See ‘Climate Emergency’: UN Survey |
Nearly two-thirds of 1.2 million people polled worldwide say humanity faces a climate emergency, according to a UN survey, the largest of its kind ever undertaken. Young and old, rich and poor, respondents in 50 nations home .... read more
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Air Pollution Puts Children at Higher Risk of Disease in Adulthood |
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