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C.R. Patil reviews Jal Shakti Abhiyan and Atal Bhujal Yojana with collectors of 151 districts

Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil reviewed Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain and Atal Bhujal Yojana with District Collectors on 10 March 2025, directing that all government buildings, schools and health facilities install rainwater harvesting.

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🌿 Pollution & Conservation 📍 Delhi

CAQM invokes GRAP Stage-I across NCR as Delhi's AQI turns 'Poor' (202)

The CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP invoked Stage-I of the revised Graded Response Action Plan across the entire NCR on 7 March 2025, after Delhi's daily average AQI reached 202 ('Poor').

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🌿 Pollution & Conservation 📍 Rajasthan Important

12th Regional 3R and Circular Economy Forum ends in Jaipur with adoption of the Jaipur Declaration

The 12th Regional 3R and Circular Economy Forum in Asia and the Pacific concluded in Jaipur on 5 March 2025 with member countries unanimously adopting the 'Jaipur Declaration'.

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🌿 Climate Change 📍 Delhi

World Sustainable Development Summit 2025 opens in New Delhi on theme of partnerships for climate solutions

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav addressed the inaugural session of TERI's World Sustainable Development Summit 2025 in New Delhi on 5 March 2025, held on the theme 'Partnerships for Accelerating Sustainable Development and Climate Solutions'.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Gujarat Important

PM Modi inaugurates Vantara wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre in Jamnagar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Vantara, a wildlife conservation, rescue and rehabilitation initiative in Jamnagar, Gujarat, on 4 March 2025.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Gujarat Must know

PM Modi chairs 7th meeting of National Board for Wildlife at Gir; 16th Asiatic lion estimation announced

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 7th meeting of the National Board for Wildlife at Gir National Park, Gujarat, on World Wildlife Day, 3 March 2025, and announced the 16th Asiatic lion population estimation in 2025.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 India Important

India's first riverine dolphin estimation report counts 6,327 dolphins; Uttar Pradesh tops

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released India's first-ever riverine dolphin estimation report, which counted 6,327 dolphins, at the NBWL meeting in Gir on 3 March 2025.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 India Important

World Wildlife Day 2025 observed with theme 'Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet'

World Wildlife Day was observed on 3 March 2025 with the theme 'Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet', as the Environment Ministry listed India's conservation milestones.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Uttarakhand Important

Mana avalanche rescue in Chamoli concludes: 46 of 54 BRO workers rescued, eight dead

The multi-agency search and rescue operation after the 28 February avalanche at a Border Roads Organisation camp near Mana village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district ended on 2 March 2025, with 46 of the 54 workers rescued and eight dead.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Kerala

C-DAC's HIMASHIELD 2024 grand challenge on GLOF mitigation concludes in Thiruvananthapuram

The HIMASHIELD 2024 Grand Challenge on Glacial Lake Outburst Flood mitigation, organised by C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram, concluded on National Science Day, 28 February 2025.

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🏆 Awards & Honours 📍 India Important

Animal Welfare Board of India confers Prani Mitra and Jeev Daya Awards; four animal welfare handbooks released

The Animal Welfare Board of India presented the Prani Mitra and Jeev Daya Awards at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 27 February 2025 and released four handbooks on animal welfare laws.

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🏛️ Polity & Governance 📍 Punjab Important

Punjab Cabinet approves adopting the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 2024 under Article 252; clears excise policy 2025-26

The Punjab Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on 27 February 2025 approved adopting Parliament's Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act, 2024, enacted under Article 252, and an excise policy aiming at ₹11,020 crore in 2025-26.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Kerala

Kerala Cabinet picks only Elstone Estate for Phase 1 of Wayanad landslide survivors' township; ₹20 lakh per house

The Kerala Cabinet decided on 27 February 2025 to build the first phase of the township for survivors of the 30 July 2024 Wayanad landslides only at Elstone Estate in Kalpetta municipality, and fixed ₹20 lakh as the sponsorship amount per house.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 Karnataka Important

Mann Ki Baat: PM credits Soliga tribe for tiger rise in Karnataka's BRT Tiger Reserve, hails Andaman's 'Deer Woman'

Ahead of World Wildlife Day, PM Narendra Modi said in Mann Ki Baat on 23 February 2025 that the tiger-worshipping Soliga tribe deserves much of the credit for the rising tiger population in Karnataka's BRT Tiger Reserve.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Telangana Must know

SLBC tunnel collapse in Telangana's Nagarkurnool traps eight workers about 14 km inside

A portion of the roof of the under-construction Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel near Domalapenta in Nagarkurnool district, Telangana, collapsed on 22 February 2025, trapping eight workers about 14 km inside.

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🌐 International Organisations 📍 Maldives Important

India takes over chairmanship of the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation from Bangladesh

India assumed the chairmanship of the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO) from Bangladesh at the 13th Governing Council meeting in the Maldives on 21 February 2025.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Must know

Ministry of Mines shifts Barytes, Felspar, Mica and Quartz from minor to major minerals

The Ministry of Mines, by a gazette notification dated 20 February 2025, shifted Barytes, Felspar, Mica and Quartz from the list of minor minerals to the category of major minerals.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Andhra Pradesh Important

High-Level Committee under Amit Shah approves ₹1,554.99 crore NDRF aid to Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland, Odisha, Telangana and Tripura

A High-Level Committee chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved ₹1,554.99 crore of additional central assistance from the NDRF on 19 February 2025 for five states hit by floods, landslides and cyclones in 2024.

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💹 Economy 📍 Rajasthan Important

Rajasthan Budget 2025-26: Diya Kumari presents state's first Green Budget with ₹27,854 crore allocation

Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Diya Kumari presented the state's 2025-26 Budget in the Assembly on 19 February 2025, including Rajasthan's first Green Budget.

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🌿 Environment & Ecology 📍 Rajasthan Important

Second All-India State Water Ministers' Conference opens in Udaipur, Rajasthan

Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil inaugurated the second All-India State Water Ministers' Conference in Udaipur, Rajasthan, on 18 February 2025, in the presence of Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Delhi Important

Magnitude 4.0 earthquake with epicentre in New Delhi jolts Delhi-NCR at 5:36 am

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake at a depth of 5 km, with its epicentre in New Delhi, struck at 5:36 am on 17 February 2025, the National Center for Seismology said.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Bihar

Magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes Siwan, Bihar, hours after Delhi tremor

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck Siwan district in Bihar at 8:02 am on 17 February 2025 at a depth of 10 km, the National Center for Seismology said.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Tripura Important

Tripura to get advanced weather radar within a year, Jitendra Singh assures CM Manik Saha

Union Minister Jitendra Singh assured Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on 16 February 2025 that the Ministry of Earth Sciences will set up a state-of-the-art weather radar in Tripura within a year.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Delhi Must know

Stampede at New Delhi Railway Station amid Maha Kumbh rush; Railways forms two-member high-level committee

A stampede at New Delhi Railway Station on the night of 15 February 2025, amid crowds heading to Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh, killed 18 people and injured 15, according to the Railways' official statement.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 India

DoT and CDRI release Disaster Risk and Resilience Assessment Framework for telecom

The Department of Telecommunications and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure released a Disaster Risk and Resilience Assessment Framework (DRRAF) for the telecom sector on 12 February 2025.

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🌿 Pollution & Conservation 📍 Delhi Important

CAQM revokes GRAP Stage-III across NCR as Delhi's AQI improves to 286

On 3 February 2025, in Delhi-NCR, the CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP revoked Stage-III of the Graded Response Action Plan in the entire NCR with immediate effect after Delhi's average AQI improved to 286.

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🌿 Environment & Ecology 📍 Uttar Pradesh Must know

World Wetlands Day 2025 celebrated at Parvati Arga Ramsar Site, Gonda; India's Ramsar tally at 89

On 2 February 2025, in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, the Environment Ministry held the national World Wetlands Day 2025 celebration at the Parvati Arga Ramsar Site on the theme 'Protecting Wetlands for our Common Future'.

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🌿 Wildlife & Protected Areas 📍 India Important

India adds four new Ramsar sites, taking its tally to 89; Sikkim and Jharkhand get their first

On 31 January 2025, in New Delhi, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced four new Ramsar sites, Sakkarakottai and Therthangal (Tamil Nadu), Khecheopalri (Sikkim) and Udhwa Lake (Jharkhand), taking India's total to 89.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Uttar Pradesh Must know

Maha Kumbh stampede at Sangam on Mauni Amavasya; UP sets up judicial commission

A stampede in the Sangam area of the Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj in the early hours of Mauni Amavasya, 29 January 2025, killed 30 people and injured 60, DIG Maha Kumbh Vaibhav Krishna announced.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 India Important

High-Level Committee approves ₹3,027.86 crore for drought, lightning and forest-fire mitigation

A High-Level Committee chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 29 January 2025 approved ₹3,027.86 crore for disaster mitigation projects covering drought, lightning and forest fires in various states.

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