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Two international days observed this week:Global Recycling Day – 18 March: Held every year to encourage recycling and sustainable waste management. The 2026 theme is ‘Don't Think Waste. Think Opportunity!’International D...
The Geological Survey of India has declared Kalinjar Hill a National Geo-Heritage Site.Located in the Vindhya Range, it displays the rare Eparchaean Unconformity, where rock layers of very different ages meet.2.5-billion...
Three notable biodiversity records have been reported. A new parasitic wasp, Chelonus (Carinichelonus) mahadeb, was discovered in tea estates of Assam; it belongs to the Braconidae family, known for parasitoid behaviour....
The International Day of Action for Rivers is observed on March 14 to underline the importance of conserving rivers for clean water, biodiversity and human survival. It was adopted in 1997 at an international meeting hel...
A new plant species, Osbeckia zubeengargiana, has been discovered in the grasslands of Manas National Park in Assam. It belongs to the Melastomataceae family and has been named after Zubeen Garg. Separately, Myiophanes k...
A faunal survey by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, has identified nine species new to science. They include the jumping spider Stenaelurillus megamalai, the mayflies E...
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has launched the National Climate Stack Innovation Challenge. The initiative seeks to build a National Climate Stack that brings various climate datasets t...
Scientists have published India's first comprehensive checklist of fireflies, recording 92 species in 27 genera based on records from 1881 to 2025. More than 60% of these species are endemic to India, and several have no...
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has withdrawn the 2025 version of the seismic code (IS 1893) following concerns raised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). The earlier standard, IS 1893 (Part 1): 20...
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched the Dumpsite Remediation Accelerator Programme (DRAP) under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, aiming to reach "Lakshya Zero Dumpsites" by September 2026.The progr...
Scientists have identified two fruit fly species new to science, Acidoxantha paratotoflava and Hemilea suneriae, in the Himalayan foothills of the Solan region in Himachal Pradesh.Both belong to the subfamily Trypetinae....
A rare marine amphipod, Stenothoe lowryi, has been found in India for the first time at Arjyapalli Beach in Odisha's Ganjam district. Until now, this small shrimp-like creature had been reported only from the shores of M...
