Environment & Ecology Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Fri, 16 May 2025

• Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav represented India at the inaugural Sagarmatha Sambaad in Kathmandu on 16 May 2025, themed 'Climate Change, Mountains, and the Future of Humanity', and set out a five-point call for global action on mountain ecosystems.

Sun, 11 May 2025

• On National Technology Day, 11 May 2025, the Department of Science and Technology announced five Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) testbeds in the cement sector, set up in academia–industry partnership under a PPP model.

Fri, 09 May 2025

• At the 20th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests in New York (5–9 May 2025), India reported forest and tree cover of 25.17% of its geographical area and invited all UN Member States to join the International Big Cat Alliance.
• Principal Scientific Adviser Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood released a report on 9 May 2025 identifying ten highway corridors with the highest potential for early adoption of zero-emission trucks.

Tue, 06 May 2025

• The 62nd Executive Committee of the National Mission for Clean Ganga, chaired by Director-General Rajeev Kumar Mital, approved a ₹3.51-crore project to conserve the Nathmalpur Bhagad wetland in Bhojpur district, Bihar, the fifth wetland under Namami Gange, the Jal Shakti Ministry said on 6 May 2025.
• Union Health Minister J P Nadda inaugurated the 2nd National Workshop on 'Health Sector Disaster Preparedness and Response' and 'Fire Safety in Healthcare Facilities' at Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, on 6 May 2025, and an iGOT course on fire safety was launched.

Sat, 03 May 2025

• A stampede at the annual Lairai Jatra of the Shree Lairai Devi temple in Shirgao village, North Goa, in the early hours of 3 May 2025 killed at least six devotees; Chief Minister Pramod Sawant ordered a magisterial inquiry.

Fri, 02 May 2025

• India and Denmark signed a renewed energy cooperation MoU in New Delhi on 2 May 2025, extending the partnership begun under the original MoU of 5 June 2020.

Thu, 01 May 2025

• The CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP revoked Stage-I of the Graded Response Action Plan across the NCR on 1 May 2025 after Delhi's AQI improved to 184 ('Moderate').
• An Indian delegation led by Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav took part in the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Geneva, held from 30 April to 1 May 2025.

Wed, 30 Apr 2025

• Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma inaugurated Babuji Vanam, described as the world's first energy transmission garden, at Kanha Shanti Vanam near Hyderabad on 30 April 2025.
• NHAI signed a concession agreement with G.R. Infraprojects Ltd on 30 April 2025 to build the 88 km six-lane access-controlled Agra–Gwalior Greenfield Expressway (NH-719D) on BOT (Toll) mode.

Tue, 29 Apr 2025

• A High-Level Committee chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved ₹153.36 crore of additional Central assistance from the NDRF to Manipur for the 2024 hailstorm, the Home Ministry said on 29 April 2025.
• Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam (Uttar Pradesh) raised ₹150 crore through India's first Certified Green Municipal Bond to build a 40 MLD Tertiary Sewage Treatment Plant, the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said on 29 April 2025.
• Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi launched the Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme of India (GHCI) on 29 April 2025 at an MNRE workshop in New Delhi.

Sun, 27 Apr 2025

• In Mann Ki Baat on 27 April 2025, PM Modi urged people to use 'Sachet', a disaster-alert app developed by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
• In Mann Ki Baat on 27 April 2025, PM Modi said more than 140 crore trees had been planted under 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' in a year, and over 70 lakh trees had been planted in Ahmedabad in the last few years.

Sat, 26 Apr 2025

• On 26 April 2025, 20 red-crowned roofed turtles (Batagur kachuga) were moved from the Garhaita Turtle Conservation Centre and released into the Haiderpur Wetland, Uttar Pradesh — the first attempt to reintroduce the species into the Ganga, with Namami Gange support.

Fri, 25 Apr 2025

• The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) approved an annual action plan for 2025 for the River Cities Alliance, which has 145 member cities, announced on 25 April 2025.

Tue, 22 Apr 2025

• The Indian Yoga Association and its state chapters observed World Earth Day on 22 April 2025 with a nationwide tree plantation drive under the Ministry of Ayush's 'Harit Yoga' initiative, one of the ten signature events of International Day of Yoga 2025.
• DPIIT, Startup India and Stride Ventures announced Buoyancy Plastics for Change Recycling Pvt Ltd as the winner of the Bharat Startup Grand Challenge 2025, with funding of up to ₹10 crore, on 22 April 2025.
• NECTAR, an autonomous body under DST, held a live demonstration of an aerostatic drone developed by Airbotix Technologies, Gurgaon, for forest, wildlife, border and disaster surveillance, it was reported on 22 April 2025.

Sun, 20 Apr 2025

• A cloudburst and heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on 20 April 2025; officials said three people, including two children, died in Seri Bagna, as reported by The Hindu and The New Indian Express.

Sat, 19 Apr 2025

• A four-storey building collapsed in the Dayalpur area of Mustafabad, North East Delhi, early on 19 April 2025, killing 11 people, as reported by The Indian Express and Hindustan Times; the PM announced ex-gratia from the PMNRF.

Fri, 18 Apr 2025

• South Eastern Coalfields Limited signed a ₹7,040 crore agreement with TMC Mineral Resources to mine the Singhali underground mine in Korba using paste fill technology, the Coal Ministry said on 18 April 2025.
• Union Minister Pralhad Joshi visited the Greenko-built Integrated Renewable Energy Storage Project at Pinnapuram near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, described as the world's first and largest of its kind, on 18 April 2025.

Thu, 17 Apr 2025

• BRICS agriculture ministers met in Brasília on 17 April 2025 and agreed to launch the BRICS Partnership for Land Restoration, in line with the UNCCD framework; Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan represented India.

Wed, 16 Apr 2025

• Karad, a city in Maharashtra's Satara district, achieves 100% segregation, collection and processing of sanitary and biomedical waste, the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said on 16 April 2025.

Tue, 15 Apr 2025

• The India Meteorological Department's first-stage forecast, issued on 15 April 2025, says the June–September 2025 southwest monsoon rainfall is most likely to be above normal at 105% of the Long Period Average, with a model error of ±5%.

Mon, 14 Apr 2025

• In Yamunanagar, Haryana, on 14 April 2025, PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of an 800 MW unit at the Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Plant and a compressed biogas plant at Mukarabpur, and inaugurated the ₹1,070 crore Rewari Bypass.