New Courses GS Pre & Mains NCERT CSAT for UPSC Crash course for Pre 2026Source : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-02-18 ‘POLICIES BIASED AGAINST RAINFED AGRICULTURE’ Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Major Crops, Cropping Patterns and various Agricultural Revolutions A new rainfed agriculture atlas released this week documents the policy biases that are making farming unviable. Three out of five farmers in India grow their crops using rainwater, instead…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-29 ‘INDIA CAN’T HANDLE MORE BIG CATS’ Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Wildlife Related Issues While conservation efforts are aimed at increasing the tiger count in India, global experts and officials in the government suggest that India must also prepare for a new challenge — of reaching…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-04-05 ‘AIR POLLUTION SHORTENED LIFESPAN BY 30 MONTHS’ Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Pollution – Air, Water, Soil & E-waste The current high level of air pollution has shortened the average lifespan of a South Asian child by two-and-a- half years while globally the reduction stands at 20 months,…
DetailsSource : www.hindustantimes.com Date : 2018-11-29 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development & EIA If climate sceptics — there are many across the world, including US President Donald Trump — needed further evidence that climate change is indeed a reality, the last few weeks would have given them enough scientific…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-17 UN MEET DILUTES INDIAN PLAN TO PHASE OUT SINGLE-USE PLASTICS Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development, and EIA Wake-up call:Indian cities generate 15,000 tonnes of plastic waste daily. A file photo of a drain in New Delhi.PTIPTI An ambitious resolution piloted by India to phase out…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-15 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development & EIA Bryony Drought was frozen in the fruit section. To her left on a recent shopping trip, the 26-year-old London school teacher saw “normal” bananas, grown using pesticides and chemical fertilizer. On the right were organic bananas…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-31 STUDY SAYS COW URINE MAY BE ADDING TO GLOBAL WARMING Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Degradation – GHGs, Ozone Depletion and Climate Change Cow urine — a minor fount of research in India for its medicinal benefits — may also contribute to global warming. The urine from the…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-03-16 STUDENTS WORLDWIDE SKIP CLASSES DEMANDING ACTION ON CLIMATE Relevant for: Environment | Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development, and EIA They’re angry at their elders, and they’re not taking it sitting down. Students worldwide are skipping classes on Friday to take to the streets to protest their governments’ failure to…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-07 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development & EIA The world is in deep trouble. Average global temperatures have crossed a degree Celsius above preindustrial levels and such concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (410 ppm) has never been seen by humans before. The…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-12-12 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Conservation, Sustainable Development & EIA The Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in Assam.Ritu Raj Konwar The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Union Environment Ministry to declare 10 km area around 21 national parks and wildlife sanctuaries across the country as ‘eco-sensitive zones’.…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2019-01-28 REMOVING THE ROOTS OF FARMERS’ DISTRESS Relevant for: Indian Economy | Topic: Agriculture Issues and related constraints Recently, there has been active discussion on the strategies addressing farm distress. There are media reports that the ‘interim Budget’ may focus on the farm sector among other things. Agrarian distress, in…
DetailsSource : www.thehindu.com Date : 2018-11-19 OPINION Relevant for: Environment & Disaster Management Topic: Environmental Degradation – Wildlife related issues The Ferns Naturalists’ Society (FNS), Wayanad, Travancore Natural History Society (TNHS), and the Malabar Natural History Society (MNHS) have joined hands to launch a citizen science project to map the migratory path of butterflies in…
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