TITBITS:
1. Monsoon sowing of pulses is significantly better
this year, and could see prices start to plunge by the start of 2025, bringing
down food inflation.
2. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate
Change, launched the Ideas4LiFE portal at IIT Delhi. The portal invites
innovative ideas to promote environment-friendly behaviours and lifestyles,
encouraging students, researchers, faculty, and innovators to contribute.
3. The Central Water Commission (CWC) has been awarded
the GEEF Global WaterTech Award for ‘Water Department of the Year’ at the
Global Water Tech Summit 2024, hosted by the Global Energy and Environment
Foundation (GEEF).
4. The Union Environment Ministry’s approval for oil
and gas exploration by Cairn India in Assam’s Hoollongapar Gibbon Wildlife
Sanctuary has raised concerns about the endangered hoolock gibbon’s habitat.
5. China is set to build the world’s first nuclear
power plant using molten thorium salt in the Gobi Desert, aiming for operation
by 2025.
6. Brazil has reported its first-ever deaths from
Oropouche fever, a mosquito-borne disease with symptoms similar to dengue, but
severe cases are rare.
7. The Global Mangrove
Alliance (GMA) released a comprehensive report on World Mangrove Day, titled
"The State of the World's Mangroves, 2024."
8.
In order to enhance marine fisheries resources and
enrich coastal biodiversity, artificial reef was deployed at Rameshwaram.