by Team Spectrum Books | Feb 27, 2021 | Ecology and Environment
The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) launched ‘Dolphin Jalaj Safaris on the occasion of ‘Ganga River Dolphin Day’ on October 5, 2020, at six locations including Brijghat, Bijnor, Prayagraj, and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh (UP); Kahalgaon in Bihar; and Bandel in...
by Team Spectrum Books | Feb 11, 2021 | Ecology and Environment
The rarely seen Himalayan serow was sighted and captured in a camera by the state wildlife wing of Himachal Pradesh in the remote cold deserts of snow-laden Spiti Valley, according to a report on December 14, 2020. An endangered medium-sized goat-like antelope, once...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 17, 2020 | Ecology and Environment
As reported on October 30, 2020, the Central government has decided to set up a new umbrella agency (commission) to fight air pollution. However, experts are of the view that the commission may face the same challenges that dogged the most crucial, monitoring, and...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 1, 2020 | Ecology and Environment
As per the news reports in October 2020, a new study, based on real time pollution data during Covid-19 lockdown from February 20 to April 14, carried out by scientists from the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 1, 2020 | Ecology and Environment
As reported on October 5, 2020, Delhi is inching towards an air pollution spike, with winds slowing down and the mornings getting colder. As the winds in the city become calm and the minimum temperature drops air quality in the national capital begins to dip from...
by Team Spectrum Books | Nov 1, 2020 | Ecology and Environment
As reported on October 12, 2020, a survey, funded by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), and carried out by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), has found that rising average temperatures in the Himalayan region (home to more than 35 per...
