General Awareness

ENVIRONMENT - December 2018

Dec 2018

Mar 05, 2019

Gurugram World's most Polluted

As per a new pollution report, India's national capital region (NCR) emerged as the most polluted region in the world in 2018, with Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Noida, and Bhiwadi in the top six worst-affected cities.
Air pollution is likely to cause the death of an estimated seven million lives globally in the next year while costing the world's economy nearly $ 225 billion.
Of the 20 most polluted cities in the world last year, 18 were in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, the study found.
Delhi is ranked 11th in the list; the only non-Indian city in the top five is Pakistan's Faisalabad.

India to Tie-up with Nations to Save Rhinos

India will collaborate with Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia and Malaysia to increase the population of three species of Asian rhinos, including the Greater one-horned rhinoceros found in the Indian sub-continent.
The five rhino range nations signed a declaration 'The New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019' for the conservation and protection of the species at the Second Asian Rhino Range Countries meeting.

Mar 02, 2019

Himachal Pradesh Winter

This winter has been the harshest and the wettest one in Himachal Pradesh in a quarter of a century. The hill state experienced 13 spells of snow and a 43% increase in rainfall in January and February over the normal average, triggering avalanches, damaging roads and disrupting electricity supplies. The abundance of rain and snow has, however, delighted farmers.
Experts say the snow will be beneficial to crops and for hydropower generation in the state as the thawing of glaciers that feeds Himalayan rivers. Snowfall had been scanty last year, resulting in a water shortage. The state capital Shimla faced its worst water crisis last year.

Feb 25, 2019

World's Biggest Bee Found Alive

The world's biggest bee has been re-discovered, after decades thought lost to science.
The giant bee - which is as long as an adult's thumb - was found on a little-explored Indonesian island.
Known as Wallace's giant bee, the insect is named after the British naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallace, who described it in 1858.

Feb 22, 2019

Giant Tortoise Believed Extinct for 100 Years Found

A living member of species of tortoise not seen in more than 110 years and feared to be extinct has been found in a remote part of the Galápagos island of Fernandina.
An adult female Chelonoidis phantasticus, also known as the Fernandina giant tortoise, was spotted by a joint expedition of the Galápagos National Park and the US-based Galapagos Conservancy.
Investigators think there may be more members of the species on the island because of tracks and faeces they found.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature has the Fernandina giant tortoise listed as critically endangered and possibly extinct.

Feb 21, 2019

Industries Fined for Toxic Effluents in Drains

In its first-ever drive against illegal discharge of industrial waste, the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (DSIIDC) has fined 910 industries for directly releasing toxic effluents into drains.
The action is part of a survey that is currently under way in Delhi to identify the number of industries that are still not linked to a common effluent treatment plant (CETP), despite rules asking them to do so.
It is a first that an agency has started to map industries and their linkages to CETPs in Delhi. The DSIIDC said that until February 15, it inspected 7,794 units out of which show-cause notices have been issued to 956 for effluent release violations.

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