Context: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) designated November 6 as the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict on November 5, 2001.The day highlights the long-term environmental consequences of arm...

Context: Kuno National Park Director Uttam Kumar Sharma clarified that satellite collars fitted on cheetahs do not provide continuous live tracking.The clarification followed the death of KNG22, a male cheetah found seriously injured in the Sheopur t...

Context: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the iKhet Bachao Abhiyan (Save the Farm Campaign) on October 22 in Karnal, Haryana, urging farmers to adopt balanced fertiliser use during the rabi season.Core issue: Distorted fertil...

Context: Punjab’s groundwater extraction has reached 152%, making groundwater depletion both an environmental and socio-economic challenge.The crisis is increasingly affecting small and marginal farmers, who lack the capital needed to access deeper g...