Environment & Ecology Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Fri, 13 Jun 2025

• On 13 June 2025 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met those injured in the plane crash, including the lone survivor, and chaired a review meeting at Ahmedabad Airport.

Thu, 12 Jun 2025

• On 12 June 2025 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 operating Ahmedabad–London Gatwick with 230 passengers and 12 crew, crashed shortly after take-off.

Tue, 10 Jun 2025

• On 10 June 2025 in New Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level meeting to review the country's flood management preparedness.
• On 10 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) signed a tripartite MoU with CSIR-CRRI and the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, to curb road dust in NCR.

Mon, 09 Jun 2025

• On 9 June 2025 off Azhikkal, Kerala, the Singapore-flagged container ship MV Wan Hai 503 caught fire after a container explosion, and the Indian Navy's INS Surat rescued 18 of its 22 crew.
• On 9 June 2025 in Nice, France, the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), co-hosted by France and Costa Rica, opened, with Union Minister Jitendra Singh leading India's delegation.

Sun, 08 Jun 2025

• Union Minister Jitendra Singh and Norway's Minister of International Development Åsmund Grøver Aukrust jointly hosted a high-level Marine Spatial Planning event in Monaco on 8 June 2025, World Ocean Day.

Sat, 07 Jun 2025

• The Commission for Air Quality Management's GRAP sub-committee invoked all Stage I actions across the National Capital Region on 7 June 2025 after Delhi's AQI reached 209.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure 2025 by video on 7 June 2025, outlining five global priorities for disaster resilience of coastal regions.

Thu, 05 Jun 2025

• World Environment Day was observed on 5 June 2025 under the global theme #BeatPlasticPollution hosted in Jeju, Republic of Korea, while India's national event at Bharat Mandapam ran under the slogan 'One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution'.
• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the 8th issue of 'EnviStats India 2025: Environment Statistics' in New Delhi on 5 June 2025.

Wed, 04 Jun 2025

• Two Rajasthan wetlands, Khichan in Phalodi and Menar in Udaipur, were added to the list of Ramsar Sites on 4 June 2025, taking India's total to 91.
• The Commission for Air Quality Management directed on 4 June 2025 that no new petrol or diesel light commercial vehicles or two-wheelers be added to aggregator, delivery and e-commerce fleets across NCR from 1 January 2026.
• A stampede outside M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru during Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL victory celebrations on 4 June 2025 killed 11 people, and Karnataka ordered a magisterial inquiry.
• Principal Secretary to the PM P K Mishra told a Ministerial Roundtable on Disaster Risk Reduction Financing in Geneva on 4 June 2025 that India wants a global facility for catalytic funding with technical assistance and knowledge exchange.

Tue, 03 Jun 2025

• The Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology began a 10-day research cruise from Kochi on 3 June 2025 to study the impact of a sunken cargo vessel carrying hazardous containers.

Sat, 31 May 2025

• India's Environment MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh addressed the High-Level International Conference on Glaciers' Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (29–31 May 2025), outlining India's Himalayan monitoring efforts.

Tue, 27 May 2025

• The India Meteorological Department on 27 May 2025 forecast 2025 southwest monsoon rainfall (June–September) at 106% of the Long Period Average with a model error of ±4%, indicating above-normal rainfall.
• The Indian Coast Guard said on 27 May 2025 that its response had slowed the spread of oil from the sunken Liberian container vessel MSC ELSA 3 off Alappuzha, Kerala, with no oil reaching the shore as of 26 May and about 46 containers washed ashore.

Sun, 25 May 2025

• The Liberian container vessel MSC ELSA 3 sank off the Kochi coast on 25 May 2025 due to flooding; all 24 crew were rescued — 21 by the Indian Coast Guard and three by the Indian Navy's INS Sujata.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Mann Ki Baat on 25 May 2025 that the lion population in Gir, Gujarat had risen from 674 to 891 in five years, according to the latest lion census.

Fri, 23 May 2025

• The CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP revoked Stage-I of the Graded Response Action Plan across the entire NCR on 23 May 2025 after Delhi's AQI improved to 129 ('Moderate').

Thu, 22 May 2025

• The Environment Ministry held the national celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2025 at Udaipur on 22 May 2025 and launched the 'One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution' campaign ahead of World Environment Day.
• The Environment Ministry announced on 22 May 2025 the 21 winning ideas under the 'Ideas4LiFE' initiative — the top three in each of Mission LiFE's seven themes — selected from 1,384 entries.

Wed, 21 May 2025

• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav inaugurated a national workshop at Udaipur on 21 May 2025 to finalise a Detailed Action Plan for restoring the Aravalli landscape, India's oldest mountain range.
• The 63rd Executive Committee meeting of the National Mission for Clean Ganga, reported on 21 May 2025, approved a ₹126.41-crore sewage management project for Agra, Uttar Pradesh, and studies on environmental flow in Ganga's tributaries.
• Kamalpur Nagar Panchayat in Tripura has introduced CIPET-certified compostable bags made from PBAT as an alternative to single-use plastic, the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said on 21 May 2025.

Tue, 20 May 2025

• The Ministry of Earth Sciences, with the Embassies of France and Costa Rica, hosted the 2nd Blue Talks at Prithvi Bhawan, New Delhi on 20 May 2025 ahead of the 3rd UN Ocean Conference in Nice (9–13 June 2025).

Mon, 19 May 2025

• The Indian Coast Guard said on 19 May 2025 that its annual 'Operation Olivia' helped protect a record of over 6.98 lakh Olive Ridley turtles that nested at the Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha in February 2025.

Sun, 18 May 2025

• Seventeen members of a family died in a fire in a building at Gulzar Houz near Charminar, Hyderabad, and eight died in a fire at a textile mill in Solapur MIDC on 18 May 2025; the PM announced ₹2 lakh ex-gratia per deceased from PMNRF.