A NEW GECKO SPECIES FOUND IN ASSAM

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A NEW GECKO SPECIES IN ASSAM 

* SPECIES NAME - CYRTODACTYLUS JAYADITYAI 

KARNATAKA DECLARED ITS NEW GEO-HERITAGE SITE OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE

* YANA CAVES, IN KARNATAKA KNOWN FOR ITS STRIKING BLACK CRYSTALLINE ROCK FORMATION, AND RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE DECLARED AS THE GEO-HERITAGE SITE OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE ON 13TH APRIL 2026. 

* IT IS LOCATED IN WESTERN GHATS IN UTTARA KANNDADISTRICT. 

* IT HAS TWO PROMINENT MONOLITHIC OUTCROPS - 

A) BHAIRAVAVESHWARA SHIKHARA (120M) 

B) MOHINI SHIKHARA ( 90M) 

* ACCORDING TO GSI THE FORMATION DATE BACKED AROUND 2,7 MILLION YEARS, AND COMPOSED OF PRECAMBRIAN DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE

JANUARY TO MARCH APPOINTMENTS IN 2026

JANUARY - 

* * 1994 BATCH IAS OFFICER MRS NANDINI CHAKRABORTY HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO WEST BENGAL.

* SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE CHIEF SECRETARY OF WEST BENGAL.

* Ajay Singhal Has Been Appointed As The New DGP Of Haryana.

* * 1991 Batch EX IAS OFFICER Manoj Pant Appointed As The Principal Secretary To West Bengal Chief Minister 

* Former National Investigation Agency (NIA) Director General Sadanand Date Has Been Appointed As Maharashtra's New DGP For Next Two Years. 

* 2004 West Bengal IAS Officer Jagdish Prasad Meena Appointed As New Home Secretary Of West Bengal. 

* Tenure Of Sonal V Mishra IPS, IG CRPF Extended For a Period Of One Year. 

* Mamta Verma Appointed As The ADG Of DD News.

* * IAS OFFICER RAVINDRA KUMAR AGRAWAL HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FCI.

* Sreekumar G Pillai Has Been Appointed As The New Director Of Indira Gandhi Centre For Atomic Research I GCAR).

* Professor Shekhar C Mande Has Taken Charge As The President Of The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) 

* SDS Jamwal Has Been Appointed As The New DGP Of Arunachal Pradesh.

* Dr Chalumuri Ravi Sekhar Has Been Appointed As The New Director Central Road Research Institute ( CSIR - CRRI)

* A K Balasubramanian Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board ( AERB) For Next 3 Years.

( AERB HQ - MUMBAI) ESTD -1983 

* * 1994 BATCH IPS OFFICER RAKESH AGARWAL HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY (NIA) 

* 1993 BATCH IPS OFFICER OF WEST BENGAL CADRE SHRI PRAVEEN KUMAR HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF BORDER SECURITY FORCE ( BSF) ..

* HE PRESENTLY SERVING DG OOF ITBP. 

* 

* 1990 BATCH IPS OFFICER OF HARYANA CADRE SHATRUJEET SINGH KAPOOR HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF INDO TIBETAN BORDER POLICE (ITBP)

* Professor Shubha Tole Has Been Elected President Of The International Brain Research Organisation - 

* PRAVEEN VASISTHA HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW VIGILANCE COMMISSIONER OF CHIEF VIGILANCE COMMISSION ( CVC) 

 * 1992 Batch UP Cadre IPS OFFICER Anand Swaroop Has Been Appointed As The Special Secretary ( Internal Security) In The Ministry Of Home Affairs.

* Shri Hari S Bhatia Has Been Appointed As The Interim Chairperson Of IISER Tirupati 

* Mr Arun T Ramachandani Has Been Elected As The President Of The Society Of Indian Defence Manufacturers ( SIDM) For 2025 - 2027 

*  Professor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Former Chairperson Of University Grants Commission (UGC) Has Been Selected As One Of The Two Experts From ASPAC GROUP ( GIV) To UNESCO' s Group Of Experts On Preventive Action Plan For The Protection Of Education From Attack.

*  Professor Kanchan K Mallik Has Been Appointed As UNESCO Chair On Community Media At University Of Hyderabad.

* Gujarat Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi Takes Charge As Vice Chairman Of Mahatma Gandhi Sabarmati Ashram Memorial Trust.

*  Ms Aruna Nayar, Currently Serving As Secretary To Railway Board, Has Been Appointed As The Director General ( Human Resources) To Railway Board.

LONGEST SERVING CM OF KARNATAKA - 

*  Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharamaih Has Now Longest Chief Minister Of State ( Equals To Former CM D Devaraj) 

JUDICIAL - 

*  Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo Of Odisha High Court Has Been Appointed As The Chief Justice Of Patna High Court.

* Justice Soumen Sen Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Justice Of Kerala High Court.

* Justice Revati Mohite Dere Has Been Appointed As The Chief Justice Of Meghalaya High Court.

* Ms Sonak Appointed As Chief Justice Of Jharkhand. 

*  Justice A Muhamed Mustaque Sworn In As Chief Justice Of Sikkim High Court.

 * Justice Manoj Gupta Has Been Appointed As Chief Justice Of Uttarakhand High Court. 

*  JUSTICE G R Swaminathan, Madras High Court Has Take A Historic Decision To allowed A Memorial Stupa For 1755 Natham Kanavai War Heroes.

*  Former Rajya Sabha Shri Ravindra Kumar Appointed As The Additional Solicitor General ( ASG) In The Supreme Court. 

* Sujoy Paul Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Justice Of Calcutta High court.

RETIRES - 

* Maharashtra's First WOMAN Director General Of Police ( DGP) Rashmi SHUKLA Retired. ( CAREER SPAN OF 37 YEARS) 

PRESIDENT - 

* * GUINEA COUP LEADER GENERAL MAMADY DOUMBOUYA ELECTED AS NEW PRESIDENT OF COUNTRY.

* * YOWERI MUSEVENI HAS WINS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FOR 7TH TERM OF UGANDA.

* 

PRIME MINISTER - 

* Yemen Appoints Foreign Minister Ahmed Bin Mubarak As New Prime Minister Of Country.

* 

AMBASSADOR - 

* 2001 Batch IFS Anshuman Gaur Has Been Appointed As INDIAN AMBASSADOR To Bosnia.

* Ms Muanpuli Saiawi Has Been Appointed As Indian High commissioner To New Zealand.

*  Amit Kumar Mishra Has Been Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To Georgia.

BRAND AMBASADOR - 

* Actor Amitabh Bachchan Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of CAMPA SURE 

* Former Indian Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni Has Been Appointed As The Goodwill Ambassador For Pune Grand Tour.

* Thyrocare Onboards Appoints Actress Madhuri Dixit As It's Brand Ambassador.

FEBRUARY - 

* Nivedita Dubey Has Assumed As The Member ( Human Resources) Airport Authority Of India' (AAI) 

*  Sunetra Pawar, Wife Of Late Ajit Pawar Has Took Oath As Deputy CM Of Maharshtra 

* Shri Jose VJ Assumed As The Additional Charge As Chairman And Managing Director Of Cochin shipyard limited (CSL).

* 1989 Batch IPS OFFICER P V Ramasastry Has Been Appointed As The Member Of The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission ( NCRC) For Next 5 Years. 

* Hari Shankar Varma Takes Charge As Member ( Operation & Business Development) Of Railway Board.

* President Droupadi MURMU Has Approved The Appointment Of Rashmi Kamal As Director Of CENSUS Operations And Director Of Citizen Registration, West Bengal 

* Sangram Kesari Mohapatra Assumed As The Chairman Of WODC 

* 1996 Batch IPS OFFICER Anil Shukla Has Been Appointed As The DG Home Guards, Delhi 

* * THANYA NATHAN BECAME THE FIRST VISUALLY CHALLENGED WOMAN JUDGE OF KERALA COURT.

 * Rohit Kumar Singh Has Joined USISPF As Chair Of Global Value Chains Committee.

* Ashok Kumar Appointed As The Chief Electrical OFFICER Of New Delhi.

* Sumeet Anand, FOUNDER Of IndSight Appointed HONORARY Consul General Of The Principality Of Monaco In India.

* India's Balaram Ravindran Has Appointed As The Independent International Scientific Panel On AI By UN General Assembly 

*  Purnesh Modi Elected As Deputy Speaker Of Gujarat Assembly 

* Government Has Given Additional Charge Nidhi Chhibber  As Chief Executive Officer Of NITI AAYOG.

* IIT Madras Professor B Ravindran Appointed To UN Scientific Panel On AI.

*  Former District judge Deep Chandra Joshi Appointed As Acting President Of NCLT 

* Senjam Raj Sekhar Joins As The Air India Limited As Global Head Of communication.

*  Pradeep Singh Kharola Has Been Appointed As Advisor To Air India.

* Shri Rajesh Kumar Pandey Has Been Appointed As The General Manager Of Northern Railway.

*  1989 Batch IRTS Officer Prabhas Dansana Has Been Appointed As Director General Of Research Designs And Standard Organisation ( RDSO) Lucknow 

* Shri Mohit Chandra Assumed As General Manager Of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works.

* Shri Manoranjan Pradhan Takes Charge As General Manager Of Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore.

*  2007 Batch IAS OFFICER From Gujarat Sandip Janardanpant Has Been Appointed As Chief Electrol OFFICER OF Gujarat.

* Rajiv Shukla Has Nominated To India - Austria Parliamentary Friendship Group For 18th Lok Sabha.

CHIEF MINISTER  - 

* * SHRI YUMNAM KHEMCHAND TAKES OATH AS THE NEW CHIEF MINISTER OF MANIPUR.

* Mr Losii Dikho Has Sworn In As Deputy CM Of Manipur.

PRIME MINISTER - 

* MIA AMOR MOTTLEY HAS WINS THE ELECTROL VICTORY OF PRIME MINISTER FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE TERMS.

* TARIQUE RAHMAN HAS SWORN IN AS PRIME MINISTER OF BANGLADESH.

* HE BECAME THE 11TH PRIME MINISTER OF COUNTRY 

* ROB JETTEN HAS SWORN IN AS NEW PRIME MINISTER OF NEDERLANDS.

* CAPITAL - AMSTERDAM 

PRESIDENT - 

* * CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE LAURA FERNANDEZ WINS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN COSTA RICA 

* * PORTUGAL ELECTED SOCIALIST ANTONIO JOSE SEGURO AS COUNTRY PRESIDENT.

AMBASSADOR - 

* Nagma Mohammed Mallick Has Appointed As Indian Ambassador To Marshal Island.

* 2005 IFS Rachita Bhandari Has Been Appointed As India's Next High Commissioner To Republic Of Malta 

* 1997 IFS OFFICER Puneet Agarwal Has Been Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To Thailand 

* 1994 Batch IFS Officer Neeta Bhusan Has Been Appointed As Indian Ambassador To Republic Of Poland.

BRAND AMBASSADOR - 

* Agami Realty Appoints Former Indian Cricketer Sunil Gavaskar As Brand Ambassador.

* Actress Tamanna Bhatia Has Appointed As Brand Ambassador Of Karnataka Soaps And Detergent ( KSDL,)

* 

MARCH - 

*  Rajeev Raghuwanshi Has Gets One Year Extension As head Of DCGI.

* IAS OFFICER Atish Chandra Assumed As New Secretary, Department Of Agriculture And Farmers Welfare.

* IPS Jainarayan Singh Has Elevated To Director General In Power Corporation.

* Former Executive Director Of CONCOR, Rajeev Bhardwaj Has Been Appointed As The Member ( Personnel) Of Prasar Bharti 

* Former UGC Chairman Padmashree Professor Shri Jagadish Kumar Appointed As The Chairman Of IIM CALCUTTA ( BOARD OF GOVERNORS) 

* Mariana L Neisuler Has Assumed Charge As US Consulate General In Chennai.

* Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited Has Appoints Shivendra Pratap As Joint Managing Director 

* India Assumes The Presidency Of Council Of The 31st Session Of The International Sea bed Authority (ISA) 

* Professor L C Mallaiah Named Vice Chancellor Of Dravidian University, KUPPAM 

* PETA INDIA APPOINTS ACTRESS RAVINA TANDON AS NEW ITS HONORARY DIRECTOR.

* IPS Ajay Nand Took Charge As The Kolkata Police Commissioner.

* Niranjan Sadhvi Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson In The National Commission For Backward Classes.

* Piyush Anand's Tenure As Director General Of NDRF Extended For One Year.

* IAS OFFICER Aryaka Akhoury Appointed As Deputy Secretary In DoPT 

* 

2016 BATCH Chhattisgarh Cadre IAS OFFICER Ravi Mittal Has Appointed As The Deputy Secretary In The Prime Minister Office For 4 Years.

* IAS OFFICER Kranthi Kumar Pati Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Director Of LBSNAA, Mussoorie, For 4 Years 

* 1991 Batch IAS Mrs Debashree Mukherjee, Has GIVEN Additional Charge As Chairperson Of The National Council For Vocational Education And Training ( NCVET)

*  Haryana Government Appoints IAS Amit Kumar Agarwal As Administrator Of Al- Falah University 

*  1990 Batch IAS Officer Manoj Kumar Das Assumed As Chief Secretary Of Gujarat

*  ASSOCHAM Appoints Kishore Alva As Karnataka State Council Chairman For FY 2027 

* Vishwanathan Anand, Pv Sindhu, Dia Mirza, Rickey Kej, And Shanthanu Moitra Have Been Included As 2026 Legacy Ambassador For Earth Hour 

* Nitish Kumar Reappointed As President Of JDU 

* The Indian Express Appoints Deepsikha Ghosh As Chief Content OFFICER 

* Dr Prabha A Chandra Has Assumed As Director Of NIMHANS 

* Senior Diplomat Rudrendra Tandon Appointed Secretary ( East) In Ministry Of External Affairs 

*  Dr Narottam Prasad Sahu Has Assumed Charge As Director Of ICAR - Central Institute Of Fisheries Education, Mumbai.

* Senior Advocate P Sreekumar Appointed Additional Solicitor For Kerala High court 

*  Dr Ashok Kumar Panda Has Appointed As Chairman And MANAGING DIRECTOR OF Steel Authority Of India' (SAIL) 

*Delhi AIIMS Alumna Nisha Mehta Named Health Minister Of Nepal.

* Manoj Kohli Joins The Adobe International Advisory Board 

RESIGNED - 

*  Rupali Chakankar Has Resigned From The Post Of Chairperson Of Maharashtra State Commission For Women.

GOVERNORS - 

 * Lt Governor Of Delhi Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena Has Appointed As The Lt Governor Of Ladakh.

* Taranjit Singh Sandhu Appointed As The Lt Governor Of Delhi.

* Governor Of Himachal Pradesh Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla Has Been Appointed As Governor Of Telengana.

* Governor Of Telengana Jishu Dev Varma Has Been Appointed As The Governor Of Maharshtra 

* Nand Kishore Yadav Has Been Appointed As The Governor Of Nagaland.

* Lt General ( RETIRED) Syed Ata Hasnain Appointed As Governor Of Bihar 

* Governor of Tamilnadu R N Ravi Appointed As The Governor Of West Bengal 

* Governor of Kerala Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar Of TAMILNADU 

* Lt Governor Of Ladakh Shri Kavinder Gupta Has Been Appointed As The Governor Of Himachal Pradesh 

* WWF APPOINTS EMINENT SAND ARTIST SHRI SUDARSHAN PATTNAIK AS BRAND AMBASSADOR ( ON THE OCCASIONS OF 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH HOUR) 

JUDICIAL - 

* Retired Bombay High court Judge Sandeep Sindhe Has Been Appointed As Lokayukta Goa 

* President Droupadi MURMU Has Appoints Justice Shusrut Arvind Dharam Adhikari As The Chief Justice Of Madras High court.

*  Justice Lisa Gill From Punjab And Haryana High court Has Been Transfer To Andhra Pradesh High court.

* Senior Advocate Meneka Guruswamy Became The First Queer MP ( Elected to Rajya Sabha) 

AMBASSADOR - 

* Anita Shukla Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To Republic Of Ecuador 

*  Suneet Mehta Has Been Appointed As India's Next High Commissioner To Tonga.

*  1992 IFS OFFICER Shri Vikram K Doraiswami Appointed As India's Next Ambassador To People's Republic Of China 

* 1992 Batch IFS OFFICER P Kumaran Set To India's High Commissioner To UK 

* Naba Kumar Pal Has Been Appointed As Indian Ambassador to Chad 

PRIME MINISTER - 

* MADAGASCAR APPOINTED ITS NEW PRIME MINISTER AMID THEIR CABINET DISSOLVE RECENTLY 

* COUNTRY APPOINTS ITS ANTI CORRUPTION CHIEF MAMITIANA RAJAONARISON AS ITS NEW PRIME MINISTER 

* PRESIDENT OF MADAGASCAR MICHAEL RANDRIANIRINA APPOINTED THE NEW PM 

* PREVIOUS PM WAS - HERINTSALAMA RAJAONARIVELO 

* CAPITAL OF MADAGASCAR - ANTANANARIVO 

* CURRENCY OF MADAGASCAR - THE ARIARY 

* MADAGASCAR IS AN AFRICAN CONTINENT COUNTRY 

* * PERU INTERIM PRESIDENT JOSE MARIA BALCAZAR APPOINTS NEW PRIME MINISTER ( GENERAL LUIS ENRIQUE ARROYO) 

* PREVIOUS PM - DENISSE MIRALLES 

* CAPITAL OF PERU - LIMA 

* CURRENCY OF PERU - SOL 

* * ANUTIN CHARNVIRAKUL HAS BEEN REELECTED AS PRIME MINISTER OF THAILAND.

* CAPITAL - BANGKOK 

* CURRENCY - THAI BAHT 

* * NEPAL RAPPER SINGER BALENDRA SHAH SWORN IN AS 47TH PRIME MINISTER 

* * UCHRAL NYAM OSOR - HAS ELECTED AS PRIME MINISTER OF MONGOLIA ON 30TH MARCH 2026 

* CAPITAL OF MONGOLIA - ULAANBAATAR 

* CURRENCY - MONGOLIAN TOGROG ( TUGRIK) 

BRAND AMBASSADOR - 

* JK MAXX Paints Appointed Akshay  Kumar As Brand Ambassador 

JANUARY TO MARCH WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN 2026

JANUARY - 

* Assam Reports Zero Rhino Poaching In 2025. 

* India Loses 165 Tigers in 2025

MADHYA PRADESH - 55 

MAHARASHTRA - 28 

KARNATAKA - 22 

UTTARAKHAND - 18 

ASSAM - 12 

RAJASTHAN -11 

* 

FIRST SIGHT - 

*  Karnataka Records Its First' Sandalwood Leopard 

CROCODILE CENSUS - 

* A Total Of 1858 Salt Water Crocodile Counted in Odisha 

- 531 Hatchling (28.58%)

- 442 Yearlings ( 23.79%)

- 365 Juvenile ( 19.64%)

- 167 Sub Adults - ( 8.99%(

- 353 Adults ( 19%)

NEW SPECIES = 

* * CALAMARIA MIZORAMENSIS, A NEW REED SNAKE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN MIZORAM.

* IT IS BASED ON DNA 

* THIS IS THE NON - VENOMOUS REED SNAKE 

* 

NEW PL\ANT SPECIES - 

'* * HEPTAPLEURUM ANAMUDIANUM, AMRUTH, ROBI & SUJANA, A NEW SPECIES OF ARALIACEAE HAS DISCOVERD IN ANAMUDI HILLS, IDUKKI DISTRICT, KERALA.

* THIS SPECIES DISTINGUISH BY ITS LEAF TAXONOMY.

* 

* RESEARCHERS FROM NAGALAND UNIVERSITY HAVE FOUND A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN PHEK.

* NEW SPECIES - HOYA NAGAENSIS ( NAGAENSIS FROM NAGALAND) & NAGA COMMUNITY 

( FAMILY - APOCYNACEAE) 

* SUB FAMILY - ASCLEPIADOIDEAE 

* THE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN PHEK DISTRICT FOREST IN NAGALAND 

* 

TWO NEW FROG SPECIES - 

* RESEARCHERS FROM DELHI AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW FROG SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH. ( HERPETOLOGIST DR S D BIJU FROM DELHI UNIVERSITY) 

* LEPTOBRACHIUM SOMANI ( SOMAN'S SLENDER ARMED FROG) 

* LEPTOBRACHIUM MECHUKA ( MECHUKA SLENDER ARMED FROG) 

* THESE TWO SPECIES HAVE DISCOVERED IN LOWER DIBANG VALLEY AND SHI - YOMI DISTRICT 

* 

TWO NEW SNAIL SPECIES - 

* RESEARCHERS FROM EUROPE HAS DISCOVERD THREE NEW GENERA OF SMALL  LAND SNAIL SPECIES FROM HIMALAYA AND MIZORAM. 

* Chamalycaeus Ganeshaiahi 

* Cycloryx Rohiniae ( From Blue Mountain, Mizoram) 

* Dicharax  Umashaankeri, From Blue Mountain, Mizoram 

* NEWLY DISCOVERED SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO TRUSTEE OF ATREE - Rohini Nilekani, R Uma Shaanker, K N Ganeshaiah 

* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED THREE NEW SPECIES OF MUSICAL KATYDIDS IN KASHMIR.

* CONOCEPHALUS USMANII ( Named After Professor Mohd Kamil Usmani) 

* CONOCEPHALUS NAGARIENSIS ( Budagam District) 

* CONOCEPHALUS GANDERBALI ( Named After Ganderbal District) 

* THE TEAM WAS LEAD BY MUZAMIL SYED SHAH FROM ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY, 

* A SMALL CRUSTACEAN HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN KVARATTI LAGOON IN LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS 

* A NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES 

* FAMILY - LAOPHONTIDAE ( CLASS - COPEPODA) 

* THE SPECIES CRUSTACEAN NAMED - INDIAPHONTE BIJOYI 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER - A BIJOY NANDAN, Dean Of Faculty Marine Science, Cochin University of Science & Technology ( CUST) 

* A NEW SPECIES OF WORM LIKE CAECILIAN HAS DISCOVERD IN WESTERN GHATS 

* SPECIES NAME - GEGENEOPHIS VALMIKI 

( NAMED AFTER MAHARISHI VALMIKI MANDIR, IN SATARA DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA) 

* 

* A NEW SPECIES OF GINGER HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN SIANG VALLEY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAME - PARAKAEMPFERIA ALBA 

* RESERCHERS FROM KERALA & TAMILNADU HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF RARE ANT FLIES - FROM DELHI & TAMILNADU.

* TWO NEW SPECIES ARE 

- METADON GHORPADEI ( Picture 1) 

- METADON REEMERI ( Picture 2) 

- SUB FAMILY -  MICRODONTINAE ( Syrphidae) 

* Rare Ghost Orchid REDISCOVERED After 175 Years In Meghalaya.

* A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS DISCOVERD IN EAST KAMENG DISTRICT IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH ( INDIAN HIMALAYA) 

* SPECIES NAME - STROBILANTHES RITESHII K 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO - ACANTHACEAE) 

* 

* A NEW SPECIES OF WILDFLOWER SPECIES (YELLOW COLOUR) DISCOVERED IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA.

* PLANT NAME - LEPIDAGATHIS KONKANENSIS ( KONKON REGION) 

* A GROUP OF BOTANIST FROM PARULEKAR COLLEGE OF ARTS, COMMENCE, SCIENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE SCIENCES, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, AND LOCAL COLLEGE OF MAHARSHTRA DISCOVERED 

* THIS SPECIES IS BRIGHT YELLOW COLOUR, TWO LIPPED BLOSSOM AND VERY SHORT, DENSE FLOWERING HEAD ( MEASURES ABOUT 2 CENTIMETRES)

 

* 

STATE FLOWER - 

* CHANDIGARH DECLARES THE STRIPED TIGER BUTTERFLY AS STATE FLOWER 

* DANAUS GENUTIA ( SPECIES NAME) 

ENVIRONMENT - 

* The Tamilnadu Forest Has Denied Permission To NTPC Tamilnadu Energy Corporation Limited To Conduct Test At The Proposed Upper Bhavani Pumped Storage HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT At Mukhurti National Park 

* Tamilnadu Has Registered A Historic Milestone With The Notification Of 100 New Reserve Forests, Nearly 13,500 Hectares 

*  Madhya Pradesh To Rename The Ratapani Tiger Reserve After Padmashri Archaeologist Dr. Vishnu Sridhar.

* Crocodile Census Held in Odisha ( Similpal) 

84 in 2026 ( 81 in 2025) 

AWARDS - 

* Dr Nobin Raja, A Researchers At ATREE Has Been Awarded With Hasmukh Shah Memorial Award For Ecological Studies 2025.

* * AMERICAN MYCOLOGIST TOBY KIERS WINS THE 2026 TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT.

* HER WORK ON MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI 

* 

* G Rajkumar, An Eminent ENVIRONMENTALIST Of Kerala Passed Away.

( KNOWN AS KURINJI RAJKUMAR) 

* WHO Led The Role In The Estsblishment Of Kurinjimala Sanctuary 2006) 

( to protect The Rare Neelakurinji Flower In Western Ghat) 

( Meitei Nganu Or Eshing Nganu - The Manipuri Duck Has Been Registered As a Distinct Indigenous Breed In Assam. (By ICAR) 

FIRST MAGH BIHU CENSUS - 

* First Magh Bihu Census Records 2026 

- 111 Bird Species In Chandubi Beel 

* UNION Environment And Climate MINISTER Has Announced The Notification Declaring The Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary As Eco Sensitive Zone 

* The Russian Federation Has Formally Joined As The International Big Cat Alliance 

* Hesarghatta Grassland, In Bengaluru Received The Conservation Reserve Tag.

* Tamilnadu Forest Department Will Conduct A State Wide Raptor Assessment To Map Distribution Of Birds Of Prey.

* Bacillus Subtilis Declared State Microbe Of Kerala.

* Two Days Asian Water Bird Census 2026 To Conduct At Pobitora 

* A 63.5 Lakh Tonne Reserves Of Rare Earth Elements Discovered In Karnataka.

BOOKS - 

*  SHRUBS AND CLIMBERS IN INDIA: A Field Guide Book Author - The Kodaikanal Based Environmentalist PIPA MUKHERJEE 

NEW RAMSAR SITES ADDED - 

* * MINISTRY OF FOREST, CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT HAS ANNOUNCED TO ADD TWO NEW RAMSAR SITES 

* PATNA BIRD SANCTURY IN ETAH, UTTAR PRADESH 

* CHHARI - DHAND IN KUTCH, GUJARAT 

* 

FEBRUARY - 

ENVIRONMENT - 

* Madhya Pradesh Forest Department Has Announced The Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary As Cheetahs Third Home.

* World Wetlands Day - 2nd February (THEME 2026 - WETLANDS AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE CELEBRATING CULTURAL HERITAGE ) 

* Smooth Coated otters Has Listed As Vulnerable By IUCN.

* The Asiatic Lion Population Has Increases To 891 in 2025 From 674 In 2020 

* Wildlife Institute Of India ( WII) In Collaboration With Forest Department, Tamilnadu Has FOUND 158 Dugongs in Palk Bay & 112 In Gulf Of Mannar 

* Asia Recorded The Largest Area Of Planted Forest In 146 Million Hectares (23% Of World) 

* Two Women Farmers Arika Narasamma And Lalam Jyothi Have Been Selected For A European Agro ECOLOGY Tour Under APCNF Programme.

* RAMSAR Listed Nala Sarovar Recorded 6 .42 Lakh Birds Of 270 Species.

* Mudu malai Elephant Rivaldo Died 

* A Total Of 41 Tigers Died In Maharshtra in 2025.

* Jammu and Kashmir Police Has Unveiled The High Altitude Squad Snow Leopard For Anti Terror Operation.

 * The Tamilnadu Government Has Launched The First Dark Sky Park At The Ariyur Shola Reserve Forests, In Koli Hills.

DOLPHIN CENSUS IN ODISHA - 

* * ODISHA DOLPHIN CENSUS CONDUCTED ( 765 DOLPHINS POPULATION) 

* 493 in BHITARKANIKA 

* 175 IN CHILIKA LAKE 

* 66 in PURI 

* 15 IN BALASORE 

* 13 BERHAMPUR 

* 3 BHADRAK 

AWARDS - 

* * India's Meha Jain Wins The Inaugural ASU ( Science Prize) For Transformational Impact For Uses Of Satellite Data And Artificial Intelligence To Help Farmers To COMBAT With CLIMATE 

* TAMILNADU CHIEF MINISTER M K Stallin Has Laid Foundation Stone of First Sea Turtle Conservation Centre At Guindy, Chennai.

NEW SPECIES - 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPINY SPECIES OF ANT IN GARBHANGA RESERVE FOREST IN ASSAM 

* SPECIES NAME - POLYRHACHIS GARBHANGAENSIS 

* INDIA RECORDS 71 SPECIES OF GENUS POLYRHACHIS 

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* * RESERCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF WORMS ( POLYCHAETES) FROM WEST BENGAL.

* TWO NEW SPECIES ARE 

a) Nereididae ( Annelida Nereididae ) 

b) Second SPECIES NAMED AFTER Dhitri Banarjee ( ZSI Director) 

* This Species Helps In Coastal Health 

** BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) RESEARCHER TEAM HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEW SPECIES OF FLOWERING PLANT IN PAKHAL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN MAHBUBABAD DISTRICT, IN TELENGANA.

* SPECIES NAME - DICLIPTERA PAKHALICA 

* FAMILY - ACANTHACEAE 

* * RESEARCHERS FROM ASSAM UNIVERSITY, SILCHAR HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST EVER TINY JUMPING SPIDER SPECIES IN ASSAM.

* SPECIES NAME - COLYTTUS BILINEATUS 

* * RESERCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF DRAGONFLY SPECIES IN KERALA.

* SPECIES NAME - LYRIOTHEMIS KERALAENSIS 

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* * A NEW ORCHID SPECIES DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS 

* SPECIES NAME - DIPLOCENTRUM PAPILLOSUM 

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* ICAR - NBFGR Discovered A New Species Of Squat Lobster From Lakshadweep.

* * A NEW BRIGHT ORANGE SQUAT LOBSTER SPECIES DISCOVERD IN LAKSHADWEEP.

* SPECIES NAME - LEIOGALATHEA SAMUDRAGIRI 

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*  ICAR - CICFR DISCOVERD A New Mahseer Species (TOR  SATTALENSIS) in Uttarkhand.

* * A NEW BRIGHT ORANGE SQUAT LOBSTER SPECIES DISCOVERD IN LAKSHADWEEP.

* SPECIES NAME - LEIOGALATHEA SAMUDRAGIRI 

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* * RESEARCHERS FROM KOZHIKODE ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW APIACEAE SPECIES IN ERAVILULAM GRASSLAND IN KERALA.

* SPECIES NAME - TETRATAENIUM PAIKADAE 

* IT IS A PERENNIAL HERB IN APIACEAE FAMILY ( GROWING 30-80 CM TALL THICK) 

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER IN HONOUR TO LATE REV FATHER JOSEPH PAIKA, ( PRINCIPAL & MANAGER OF JOSEPH'S COLLEGE) 

* THE PLANTS GROWS IN MARSHY GRASSLAND AT ELEVATION BETWEEN 1000-2500 meter ABOVE SEA LEVEL 

* OIL DUCTS FOUND IN ITS FRUITS 

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* * RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF COBRA LILY IN SIAHA DISTRICT, MIZORAM.

* SPECIES NAME - ARISAEMA SIAHAENSE 

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* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW ARMY ANT SPECIES FOUND IN EASTERN GHATS. ( ANDHRA PRADESH) 

* AENICTUS CHITTOORENSIS Sp Nov.

* AENICTUS LANKAMALLENSIS Sp nov 

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* * RESEARCHERS FROM CUSAT & CSIR NIO Goa HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SNAPPING SHRIMP SPECIES IN KERALA.

* NAMED - ALPHEUS MADHUSOODANAI in The Cochin Estuary 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER - BIOLOGIST DR. B MADHUSOODANAI Kurup 

* Union Ministry Of Environment, Forest And Climate Change To Organise HIM - CONNECT On Sideline Of TERI's World Sustainable Development Summit 2026 

 ( The Him - Connect Platform Connects Researchers Working In The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) With Start Up, Investors, Policy Makers) 

( Him - Connect Will Exhibit Field - Validated, Market Ready Solution In Crucial Sectors Including Water Security, Climate Adaption, Waste To Wealth, Sustainable Building, Renewable Energy, And Nature Based Livelihood) 

* * A NEW SPECIES OF BLIND, AQUIFER DWELING FISH DISCOVERD IN GOALPARA DISTRICT, ASSAM 

* SPECIES NAME- GITCHAK NAKANA 

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* IT IS A FIRST AQUIFER FISH FROM NORTH EAST INDIA 

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MARCH - 

* Nine More Cheetahs Brought From Botswana To Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.

*  Andhra Pradesh Launched The HANUMAN Project, To Reduce Human - Wildlife Conflict.

* Coimbatore MP Ganapathy P Rajkumar Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of Nilgiri Tahr Conservation Centre.

* 22,293 Hectares Forest Fires In Last 3 Years In Odisha 

* 2193 Crocodile In Odisha ( Rises 3.54%) 

* 192 Bird Species Recorded In Kerala SILENT VALLEY 

* Madhya Pradesh 's Nauradehi SANCTURY To Became Third Cheetah Habitat In India.

* India Submit  the 7th National Report To Convention On Biological Diversity 

* Scientist SHALINI DHYANI Became The First Indian WOMAN To Join Global Biodiversity Panel 

* India's Forest Cover (2014-2026) 

* Supriya Sahu Has Been Appointed As The WWF - INDIA Global Ambassador For Earth Hour In Tamilnadu 

* GIB Chick  Hatches Has Been Spotted In Gujarat After 10 Years 

BOOKS - 

* FOSSILS OF ARABIA Book Author - Mike Stephenson 

** NOTED ORCHID EXPERT DR. MOHAN PRADHAN FROM SIKKIM HAS CREATED HYBRID ORCHID SPECIES - SEUJIA KAZIRANGA ..

 

* * RESEARCHERS FROM MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY,  M E S MAMPAD COLLEGE, AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION TRUST HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW EARTHWORM SPECIES, AT WESTERN GHATS 

* SPECIES NAME 

* MONILIGASTER GIRISHI ( SPECIES NAMED AFTER DR P GIRISH KUMAR) 

* DRAWIDA REYNOLDSI ( IN HONOUR TO DR JOHN WARREN ( 

* DISCOVERED IN SILENT VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, KERALA 

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* * RESEARCHERS FROM SIKKIM UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW ASIAN GRASS LIZARD SPECIES IN MANAS BIOSPHERE IN ASSAM.

* SPECIES NAME - TAKYDROMUS ULTAPANENSIS 

* NAMED AFTER ULTAPANI RESERVE FOREST IN KOKRAJHAR DISTRICT 

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* * SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED SIX NEW DAMSELFLY SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND NAGALAND 

* SPECIES ARE 

* CALICNEMIA ARDENA 

* CALICNEMIA ARUNACHALA 

* CALICNEMIA FLAVOVITTATA 

* CALICNEMIA MIMUMKOA 

* CALICNEMIA NAGA 

* CALICNEMIA RUBROMACULA 

* COELICCIA MAGNA 

* INDIA HAS NOW MOST SPECIES (14) OF CALICNEMIA 

* * RESEARCHERS  FROM GUWAHATI UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES ( FLOWER) IN GRASSLAND OF MANAS NATIONAL PARK 

* SPECIES NAME - OSBECKIA ZUBEENGARGIANA 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO MELASTOMATACEAE 

* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FUNGAL SPECIES IN PUSHPAGIRI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, KARNATAKA. 

* SPECIES NAME - VAGINATISPORA BHARATENSIS. ( NAMED AFTER BHARAT ( INDIA) 

* Kaziranga, Assam All WOMEN Banadurga Team Wins Environment Protection Award 

*  HENCKELIA MONOPHYLLA, A Rare Endemic Plant Species Has Been Spotted In Arunachal Pradesh After 189 Years.

* Rare Thread Legged Assassin Bug Has DISCOVERD At Limestone Caves In Andaman 

* * RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI).HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF LICHEN MOTHS IN HIMALAYA 

* ECOLOGICAL ROLE - THESE MOTHS ARE INDICATOR SPECIES OF AIR POLLUTION 

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* * SCIENTISTS FROM WEST BENGAL HAS IDENTIFIED A NEW SPECIES OF ESTUARINE FISH IN RUPNARAYAN RIVER, WEST BENGAL 

* RESEARCHERS FROM TAMRALIPTA MAHAVIDYALAYA, AND VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY FOUND THIS FISH 

* SPECIES NAME - BUTIS BARGABHIMAE  ( BUTID FAMILY) 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER - HINDU DEITY BARGABHIMA 

* THIS SPECIES HAS UNIQUE SCALES BETWEEN ITSE EYE ( KNOWN AS INTER ORBITAL SCALES) 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW CRAB SPECIES IN GOAN MANGROVE.

* SPECIES NAME - CHHAPGARUS NGANKEEAE 

* BROWNY HAIRY SHELL, 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO LATE DR. NGAN KEE Ng ( MARINE BIOLOGIST FROM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE) 

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* A New Species Of Wild Kiwi Species ACTINIDIA INDICA, Discovered In Eastern Himalaya 

* RESERCHERS  FROM KALINGA FOUNDATION & PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW LIZARD SPECIES IN THE TROPICAL SHRUBS OF CAR NICOBAR ISLAND OF INDIAN OCEAN.

* SPECIES NAME - CORYPHOPHYLAX  KRISHNANI 

* STRUCTURE MALE HAS WITH DARK YELLOW THROAT POUCH, KNOWN AS DEWLAP 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO - Dr SHREYAS KRISHNAN, RESEARCHERS FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 

* A NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAME - EUTHALIA ( LIMBUSA) ZUBEENGARGI 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER ASSAMESE SINGER LATE ZUBEEN GARG 

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* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FROG SPECIES IN THE KALI TIGER RESERVES, KARNATAKA .

* SPECIES NAMES - NYCTIBATTRACHUS KALI, ( KNOWN AS KALI NIGHT FROG ( 

* RESERCHERS DESCRIBES THIS SPECIES ( WHICH IS IDENTICAL TO THE NYCTIBATTRACHUS KUMBARA) ( KUMBARA NIGHT FROG) 

* 35th SPECIES OF NIGHT FROG 

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* SCIENTISTS FROM WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA (WWI) DEHRADUN, HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW RARE KEELBACK SNAKES 

SPECIES ARE - 

* HERPETOREAS DAVIDI ( NGENGPUI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, MIZORAM) 

* HEBIUS GILHODESI ( NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK, ARUNACHAL PRADESH) 

*  * Dr Dhitri Banarjee, DIRECTOR At Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Conferred With Kadambini Ganguly Award For Scientific Contribution 

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*  India's First National Report On Nagoya Protocol 

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2ND JADAV PAYENG INTERNATIONAL AWARD - 

* * Anand Agarwala, An Environmentalist And Social Activist In Jorhat, Assam Received The 2nd JADAV PAYENG INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2026 

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