CPCB pulls up 52 firms over handling of waste
The 52 companies questioned by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) include Amazon, Flipkart, Danone Foods and Beverages and Patanjali Ayurved Limited.
Plan Bee
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) was awarded the best innovation prize by Indian Railways for the 2018-19 fiscal.
Environment Impact Assessment Notification, 2019
The proposed Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2019, makes the District Magistrate (DM) the chairperson of an expert authority, or the District Environment Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA).
Construction in Aravalis Questioned
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought a joint report from the Centre and the Haryana government on a plea seeking action against construction of police lines in the forest land of Aravalis.
Water conservation Project
The Delhi Cabinet has approved a project for conservation of water by creating small ponds in the Yamuna floodplains.
Rhino protection force deployed in Kaziranga
The special protection force is trained to combat poachers and understand animal behaviour was deployed in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP).
Tamil Nadu state Butterfly
Tamil yeoman (Cirrochroathais) or the ‘TamizhMaravan’ is notified as the states Butterfly
Wildlife Conservation at Bandipur
A meeting was convened by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) at Bandipur which was attended by forest personnel from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Tortoise named “Impressed”
Tortoise found in Yazali area of the Lower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh was beautiful enough to be named ‘impressed’
Increase in Forest cover
Union Minister for Environment told Lok Sabha that India’s forest cover up by 1% in the last one year.