Daily Environment & Ecology current affairs for UPSC, TNPSC, Bank and SSC exams – key facts, background and exam angle for every news item. 23 articles, newest first.
தமிழில் படிக்க →On 24 Oct 2026, Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, opened the 'Integrated Atmospheric Chemistry…
With the onset of the North-East monsoon, lakhs of milkweed butterflies – Blue Tiger, Dark Blue Tiger, Common Crow and Double-branded Crow – are migrating from the…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 22 Oct 2026, at Najafgarh, Delhi, launched 43 Delhi Jal Board projects worth ₹8,941.22 crore to rejuvenate the Yamuna – 10 inaugurated…
After the Northeast monsoon set in around mid-October, the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) Chennai issued an 'orange alert' (heavy to very heavy rain) for four…
WWF-India's EIACP (Environmental Information, Awareness, Capacity Building and Livelihood Programme) Programme Centre–Resource Partner, supported by the Union Ministry…
On 19 Oct 2026 (Monday), Delhi CM Rekha Gupta inaugurated a biogas plant at Goyla Dairy in the Najafgarh area of south-west Delhi. Built by the Municipal Corporation of…
A juvenile European bee-eater (Merops apiaster), a migratory bird, was seen on 11 Oct 2026 at the 'Broken Bridge' near the Adyar estuary, Chennai – the species' first…
In the Karka village area of Chhattisgarh's Udanti–Sitanadi Tiger Reserve (USTR), the Forest Department is launching 'tree surgery' to save over 500 trees damaged by…
As per satellite monitoring data of CREAMS at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI, New Delhi), 793 crop-residue burning events were recorded in the 7…
On 15 Oct 2026 Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced that Chandigarh's Sukhna wetland (Ramsar site no. 2602) and Sauj Jheel near Kishni, Mainpuri…
On 16 Oct 2026 the Revenue Department of the UT of Ladakh issued notification S.O. 284 creating 'Sankoo' district, approved by Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena.…
A Division Bench of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh – Chief Justice Dr Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Rajesh Sekhri – on 14 Oct 2026 barred fuel-powered…
The Hindu (15 Oct 2026) reported that the Endangered 'Jeypore ground gecko' (Cyrtodactylus jeyporensis) – four individuals – was recorded in the past year in the Balda…
According to a PLOS One study by Gujarat Forest Department officials, 'Beyond Gir: Barda Wildlife Sanctuary as a Potential Stronghold for Asiatic Lions' (reported Oct…
The Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) launched India's first sub-national ecosystem risk assessment under the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) framework at Kollam…
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav opened the new headquarters office of the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) at 55 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi, on 12 Oct 2026.…
According to the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Global Seasonal Climate Update (8 Oct 2026), sea-surface temperatures in the central-eastern equatorial…
The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) held India's first synchronised nationwide Sarus Crane survey on 10–11 Oct 2026 (10 Oct was World Migratory Bird Day). Under…
WWF's Living Planet Report 2026 (7 Oct 2026) found that monitored vertebrate populations (mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish) fell by an average of 73% over the…
During Wildlife Week, Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena flagged off six specially designed open vehicles for India's first high-altitude snow leopard safari at Leh on 7 Oct…
With a rainfall deficit of about 53.4% during the south-west monsoon (June–August) of the 2026 kharif season, the Andhra Pradesh government declared 388 mandals in 21…
Citing a deficient monsoon, El Niño and fears of drought, Maharashtra will cut water supply by at least 10% in all urban and rural local bodies (corporations,…
On 5 October 2026 Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced that KJP21, a 32-month-old India-born female cheetah, gave birth to 5 cubs at Kuno National Park,…
