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35 stories for “Current Affairs” · August 2026
Clear filtersKhijadiya Bird Sanctuary, a Ramsar wetland in Jamnagar district, Gujarat, has been identified as a major breeding site for the Black-necked Stork, listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Surveys from July 2024 to...
Pune-based scientists have found two new species of microscopic marine organisms, Psammophaga holzmannae and Psammophaga sinhai, in intertidal sediments along Maharashtra's Konkan coast. They are single-celled protists o...
International Whale Shark Day is observed on August 30 to build awareness about protecting whale sharks. The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) launched the 'Save the Whale Shark Campaign' along coastal Karnataka, Kerala and...
World Lake Day, designated by the UN General Assembly and first observed globally in 2025, falls on August 27. It raises awareness of threats to lakes and promotes their conservation, restoration and sustainable manageme...
A new global drought resilience architecture was unveiled at UNCCD COP17. It includes the world's first Drought Resilience Index (DRI), which measures a country's ability to anticipate, prepare for and withstand droughts...
A survey has recorded 165 butterfly species, 37 of them endangered, in Dehing Patkai National Park, Assam. The park spreads over 234.26 sq km in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts and is one of the surviving stretches of A...
A tiger has been recorded by a camera trap in the Kishkindha hills of Koppal district, Karnataka, the first report from this forest area in nearly five decades. Officials believe it may have moved in from the Srisailam w...
The ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR) has formally registered the Periyar cow, also called Periyar Kullan, as an indigenous cattle breed. It is the second breed from Kerala to gain national recogni...
A new Himalayan flowering plant has been named Impatiens nimspurjai in honour of Nepali mountaineer Nirmal 'Nimsdai' Purja. First spotted in 2011 in Nepal's western Myagdi district, it was formally described after more t...
India launched its first-ever Guide to Grasslands and Other Open Natural Ecosystems of India at the UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The guide covers grasslands, savannas, deserts and other open ecosystems, describi...
At their 12th meeting in New Delhi, BRICS Environment Ministers opposed the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), warning that such measures could hurt developing countries' climate action and resil...
The 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) began in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Countries are negotiating a global drought framework after COP16 in Riyadh ended w...
