Environment & Ecology Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Thu, 23 Oct 2025
- IAS officer Tarun Kumar Pithode took charge as the full-time Member Secretary of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas on 23 October 2025.
- The National Human Rights Commission urged 19 states and 4 Union Territories to take preventive steps to protect the homeless and vulnerable from cold waves, citing 3,639 cold-wave deaths in 2019–2023.
Wed, 22 Oct 2025
- India moved up to 9th place globally in total forest area, from 10th, and kept 3rd place in annual forest area gain, according to the FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2025 released in Bali (PIB, 22 October 2025).
- The National Biodiversity Authority released ₹67 lakh to the Dapur Biodiversity Management Committee in Sinnar taluk, Nashik district, Maharashtra, as access and benefit-sharing money for commercial use of soil microorganisms (PIB, 22 October 2025).
Mon, 20 Oct 2025
- Delhi celebrated Diwali on 20 October 2025 with Stage II of the Graded Response Action Plan in force across NCR, after CAQM invoked it on 19 October when Delhi's hourly AQI crossed 300.
- On 20 October 2025, the Environment Ministry said WWF-India's EIACP Programme Centre was running a 'Green Diwali' campaign under Mission LiFE, including a 'Breathable Art' installation in Rohini, Delhi.
Sun, 19 Oct 2025
Fri, 17 Oct 2025
Tue, 14 Oct 2025
Mon, 13 Oct 2025
Sun, 12 Oct 2025
- On 12 October 2025 at IMD headquarters in New Delhi, Dr Jitendra Singh reviewed the Web-GIS Multi-Hazard Early Warning Decision Support System, credited with saving about ₹250 crore by ending dependence on foreign vendors, and the village-level 'Mausamgram' forecast platform.
- On 11 October 2025 in Abu Dhabi, Environment MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh took part in the Recognition Ceremony of Forest Rangers, organised by IUCN and the Wildlife Trust of India on the sidelines of the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 (PIB, 12 October 2025).
Fri, 10 Oct 2025
Thu, 09 Oct 2025
Wed, 08 Oct 2025
Tue, 07 Oct 2025
Mon, 06 Oct 2025
- On 5–6 October 2025 off the coast of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, the Indian Coast Guard held the 10th National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-X) with the 27th NOSDCP meeting, attended by 40 foreign observers from 32 countries.
- On 6 October 2025 at the FRI campus, Dehradun, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav led Wildlife Week 2025 celebrations on the theme 'Human-Wildlife Coexistence' and launched five national projects including Project Sloth Bear, Project Gharial and a Centre of Excellence on human–wildlife conflict at SACON.
Sun, 05 Oct 2025
Thu, 02 Oct 2025
- Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav laid the foundation stone of 'Namo Van' at Manesar, Haryana, on 2 October 2025 to mark Wildlife Week 2025 (2–8 October).
- The Fit India Mission held Freedom Run 6.0 across the country on Gandhi Jayanti, 2 October 2025, with a pledge to end single-use plastic and keep public places litter-free.
- Eleven people, including eight minors, died on 2 October 2025 when a tractor-trolley carrying devotees for Durga idol immersion overturned into a pond in the Pandhana area of Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh.
Wed, 01 Oct 2025
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 1 October 2025 approved four-laning of the 85.675 km Kalibor–Numaligarh section of NH-715 in Assam, including wildlife-friendly measures on the Kaziranga National Park stretch, at ₹6,957 crore.
- Delhi's average AQI for January–September 2025 was 164, its best for the period since 2018 apart from the 2020 lockdown year, the Environment Ministry said on 1 October 2025.
Tue, 30 Sept 2025
Mon, 29 Sept 2025
- The National Biodiversity Authority announced on 29 September 2025 that it has sanctioned ₹82 lakh to the Andhra Pradesh Biodiversity Board to raise one lakh Red Sanders saplings under the Access and Benefit Sharing mechanism.
- The Empowered Task Force on Ganga Rejuvenation held its 16th meeting under Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil on 29 September 2025 and released a report on the impacts of sand mining in large rivers.
Sat, 27 Sept 2025
- A stampede at a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam rally addressed by actor Vijay at Velusamypuram in Karur, Tamil Nadu, on 27 September 2025 killed 41 people; the State set up a commission of inquiry under retired judge Aruna Jagadeesan.
- UNESCO added India's Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul–Spiti district to its World Network of Biosphere Reserves on 27 September 2025, making it India's 13th listed biosphere reserve.