CURRENT AFFAIRS

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 24, Dec 2021

Why in News?Department of Food & Public Distribution notified modified scheme to enhance ethanol distillation capacity in the country for producing 1st Generation (1G) ethanol from feed stocks such as cereals (rice, wheat, barley, corn & sorghum), sugarcane, suga

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 23, Dec 2021

Why in News?The Zoological Survey of India has recently started tagging  endangered Olive Ridley Turtles in Odisha.The scientists have recently tagged some turtles in Bay of Bengal.These tags are made of aluminum.Key Facts:According to ZSI, it will

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 22, Dec 2021

Why in News?The Punjab and Haryana High Court has declared Sukhna lake (Chandigarh) as a living entity .What is legal entity?A legal entity means entity which acts like a natural person but only through a designated person, whose acts

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 22, Dec 2021

Why in News?A recent study by scientists at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) states that the black carbon concentrations near the Gangotri glacier rose 400 times in summer.What is Black carbon?It is a potent climate-warming component of particu

• RAOS, Jaipur
• 22, Dec 2021

Environmentalists have expressed concern over amendments to the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 on the grounds that it prioritises intellectual property and commercial trade at the expense of the Act’s key aim of conserving biological resources.The amended Bill was drafted in r

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 22, Dec 2021

Why in News?The Central government is working on the establishment of an exclusive body to implement projects for linking rivers- To be called the National Interlinking of Rivers Authority (NIRA). Functions of NIRA:It is expected to take up both inter-State and intra

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 16, Dec 2021

Why in news?According to recent estimates by Wetlands International South Asia, nearly 30% of the natural wetlands in India have been lost in the last three decades. Majorly, the loss of Wetlands is more prominent in Urban areas.Wetlands International South Asia was es

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 15, Dec 2021

Reference news-Recently, the Centre has approached the Supreme Court seeking modification of its order directing that all transmission cables in the habitat of the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) be laid underground.Background:Earlier this year (20

• Vaid's ICS, Lucknow
• 15, Dec 2021

Why in news?According to recent estimates by Wetlands International South Asia, nearly 30% of the natural wetlands in India have been lost in the last three decades. Majorly, the loss of Wetlands is more prominent in Urban areas.Wetlands International South Asia was es

• Tesmus, Lucknow
• 15, Dec 2021

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