The word, “Biodiversity”, is combination of two words, “Bio” means life and “diversity” means variety. Therefore, Biodiversity is variety of various living organisms present on earth and they are interrelated…
Category: Mains 2022
Disasters In India
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), headed by the Prime Minister of India, is the apex body for Disaster Management in India. Setting up of NDMA and the creation of…
African Continental Free Trade Area
An office of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was opened in New Delhi at the Ghanaian Embassy, where several Indian companies committed to enter Africa and take advantage…
Desert National Park(That Desert)
The Desert National Park is an excellent example of the ecosystem of the Thar Desert.The Desert National Park falls under zone 3 (Indian Desert) and is the only representative of…
Kaladan Multimodal Project
The Kaladan project connects Sittwe Port in Myanmar to the India-Myanmar border. The project was jointly initiated by India and Myanmar to create a multi-modal platform for cargo shipments from the eastern…
Yaks to be Insured
The high-altitude yak, feeling the climate change heat across the Himalayan belt, will now be insured.The National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY) at Dirang in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district…
National Green Tribunal
Observing that all five zonal Benches of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) are equally powerful and that their orders would be applicable pan India, the Madras High Court has disapproved…
Last Ice Area
WWF-Canada coined the Last Ice Area, a polar region above Nunavut and Greenland where scientists project sea ice will persist the longest in the face of a warming world. •It’s…
‘Heat Dome’ Effect
Canada and parts of United States are experiencing extreme temperatures, due to which hundreds of people have died. The weather is due to heat dome, a climate phenomenon behind sudden…