16 March 2021. Introduction: The Supreme Court of India has given its suggestion on the behalf of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustards after the number of birds falling dead due to collision with power lines is increasing over time. These power line run through the dwindling natural habitats of the Indian Bustards located in […]
16 March 2021. Introduction: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) have established an oversight committee on March 15, 2021 comprising of twelve members in order to prevent the unregulated and Unscientific mining in Meghalaya. The committee was established after the NGT observed that rat-hole mining is so often in Meghalaya despite the government has put ban […]
Introduction: A fire recently broke out in Shetrunjay Hills reserve forest area; a habitat of Asiatic lions, in Bhavnagar territorial forest division.It engulfed an area of around 200 hectares.However,it was successfully controlled by the forest department. Highlights: The officers of the Bhavnagar territorial forest division highlighted that the fire started in the revenue area of […]
16 March 2021. Introduction: China’s capital Beijing is facing a heavy sandstorm as the city was covered with a thick brown dust cover due to heavy winds blowing in from northern parts of China, reducing visibility to less than 1,000 meters. Highlights The China Meteorological Administration sounded the “Yellow alert” stating that the sandstorms had […]