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• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 30, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Scientists have warned that the Great Barrier Reef will face a critical period of heat stress over the coming weeks, following the most widespread coral bleaching the natural world has ever endured.About Great Barrier Reef:The Great Barrier R

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 28, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Recently, high levels of lead were found in the blood of thousands of children living around the Kabwe mine in Zambia.How lead affects children?Lead is a potent neurotoxin that causes irreparable harm to children’s brains.It is pa

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 26, Mar 2022

The 2021 World Air Quality Report was released, the report presented an overview of the state of global air quality in 2021.Released by IQAir, a Swiss group that measures air quality levels based on the concentration of Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5.Key findi

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 25, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Consensus is building among various stakeholders meeting in Bali, Indonesia, to adopt a non-binding declaration that will enhance international cooperation and coordination for combating illegal trade in mercury, a major pollutant globally.The Gove

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 24, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Commission for Air Quality Management recently reviewed the progress of Biomass Co-firing.Though some progress has been made towards co-firing, the CAQM finds the progress not up to the desired levels.Background:In May 2021, to address the iss

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 23, Mar 2022

Reference News:-Observed on: 21st March every year since 2021.The organizers are the United Nations Forum on Forests and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with Governments, the Collaborative Partnership on F

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 22, Mar 2022

Why in News?The cheetah, which became extinct in India after Independence, is all set to return with the Union Government launching an action plan.Under the ‘Action Plan for Introduction of Cheetah in India’, 50 of these big cats will be introduced in the next

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 22, Mar 2022

Reference News:-The cheetah, which became extinct in India after Independence, is all set to return with the Union Government launching an action plan.Under the ‘Action Plan for Introduction of Cheetah in India’, 50 of these big cats will be introduced in t

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 21, Mar 2022

Why in  News?An uncommon experiment with Africa’s Boma technique undertaken at Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district for capturing and translocating spotted deer is set to improve the prey base in Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve, situated 450 km a

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 16, Mar 2022

The Great Indian Bustard (GIB), is one of the heaviest flying birds, and is found mainly in the Indian subcontinent. Barely 150 of these birds are estimated to be surviving now globally Today, its population is confined mostly to Rajasthan and Gujarat. Scientific