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World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD), 2025 was organized by the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) in India on May 17, 2025.

According to a recent research study, food shortages and malnutrition induced by climate change can affect the composition of the 'human gut microbiota'.

The Chipko Movement began in the early 1970s in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand (then part of Uttar Pradesh). 

The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) is an international statistical framework developed to integrate environmental and economic data. 

A recent report submitted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) revealed that 80% of the environmental compensation funds remain unutilized. 

On a historic day, the Union Transport Minister inaugurated India’s first National Highway constructed using Bio-Bitumen — the Nagpur-Mansar Bypass on National Highway 44. 

The Government of Karnataka has declared Hesaraghatta Grassland as a conservation reserve. This decision is a significant initiative towards protecting the shrinking ecological diversity and natural resources under the pressure of urbanization.

On May 22, 2025, under a historic agreement, the United Kingdom has announced to hand over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. This agreement has ended the decades-old rule of the British administration on the Indian Ocean archipelago, which has been the subject of ongoing legal and diplomatic disputes since the separation of the islands from Mauritius in 1965.

White Category Industries are those industries or business activities that have negligible or no adverse impact on the environment. 

Light pollution refers to the excessive, misdirected, or obtrusive use of artificial outdoor light.