Western Ghats Current Affairs, GK & News
Western Ghats
The Western Ghats or Sahyādri runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The range starts near the border of Gujarat and Maharashtra, south of the Tapti River, and runs approximately 1600 km through the states of Maharashtra, ..
..Read MoreGlycosmis albicarpa
Glycosmis albicarpa is the recently discovered species of gin berry. About the discovery Glycosmis albicarpa was discovered by scientists of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI). It was discovered as undergrowth in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli semi-evergreen forests at the Panagudi forest section of the Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary. It was found as a single population that ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Botanical Survey of India • endemic • ever-green • Western Ghats
T.N. Neutrino Observatory-Recent Developments
Tamil Nadu has told the Supreme Court that it does not want the Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) to be built in a vulnerable ecological zone in the Western Ghats, at the cost of wildlife and biodiversity, along with local opposition and public outcry against the project. Why is the state opposing the implementation of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Indian Neutrino Observatory • Periyar Tiger Reserve • Supreme court • Tamil Nadu • Western Ghats
Western Ghats: New gecko species
A team of researchers recently discovered a new gecko species in the Western Ghats of Kerala. The species has been named as Hemidactylus easai. The species was named after the former director of the Kerala Forest and Research Institute P S Easa. About the new species The species was found in the drier regions of ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Biodiversity • Forest • Gecko species • Kerala • New Species • Western Ghats
Sariska Tiger Reserve-Rise in Tigers
The Habitat management was launched in Sariska Tiger Reserve around June 2020. This has increased the number of tigers in the region. The tiger population in the reserve has increased to 25. Under habitat management, water holes and grasslands were developed. Other recent changes New routes have been opened for the tourists. The routes were ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) • Forest Survey of India • Ranthambhore National Park • Ranthambore Tiger Reserve • sariska tiger reserve • Tiger Reserve • Western Ghats
Kerala: New species of spider and millipede
Researchers of Department of Zoology from Christ College, Irinjalakuda, discovered a new species of spider from Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary and new species of millipede from the campus of University of Calicut, Tenhipalam. Carrhotus tholpettyensis This new species of spider was discovered from moist deciduous forest of Tholpetty range of wildlife sanctuary in Western Ghats. It ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Carrhotus tholpettyensis Spider • Delarthrum anomalans Millipede • New species of spider and millipede • Western Ghats