Our time begins now News: The article discusses about India’s vulnerability to climate change and a road map to transit quickly to a near-zero carbon economy. Important Facts: 2. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), recently released a report in Seoul highlighting the impacts that developing countries like India would face if global warming touches… Continue reading Our time begins now
Tag: Ecology
Aim, shoot for a citizen-science repository of Indian mammals
Aim, shoot for a citizen-science repository of Indian mammals News: Scientists from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore have come up with a new citizen-science repository on Indian mammals, called Mammals of India (MaOI). Important Facts: 2. About Mammals of India (MaO): It is an online, peer- reviewed, freely-accessible portal which aims to… Continue reading Aim, shoot for a citizen-science repository of Indian mammals
Where Ganga meets the Bay of Pollution
Where Ganga meets the Bay of Pollution News: A research paper highlighted the worsening water quality of Ganga river after the Ganga Sagar Mela celebrated on Sagar Islands (West Bengal) Important Facts: A paper titled ‘Pollution and its consequences at Ganga Sagar mass bathing in India’, was published recently in the journal Environment, Development and… Continue reading Where Ganga meets the Bay of Pollution
7 PM Daily Editorials Brief – April 25, 2018 (Draft National Clean Air Programme (NCAP): an overview)
Read In-depth analysis of all the Editorials here Source : New system to measure air quality Analysis : Draft National Clean Air Programme (NCAP): an overview
7 PM Daily Editorials Brief – January 11, 2018 (Tigers in danger)
Read In-depth analysis of all the Editorials here Source : Gujarat to count elusive tigers (The Hindu) Analysis : Tigers in danger