ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA HAS DISCOVERD TWO NEW SPECIES OF LICHEN MOTHS

* 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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JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 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. 

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* 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.

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PRIME MINISTER - 

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

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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,)

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SEBI APPOINTS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

*  SEBI Announced 2007 IPS OFFICER Sadanand S Date As New Executive Director.

94TH GRAND MASTER OF INDIA

* MAYANK CHAKRABORTY BECAME THE FIRST NORTH EAST INDIAN (ASSAM) TOE BECAME THE 94TH GRAND MASTER OF INDIA 

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 14TH MARCH 2026

World PI Day - 14th March 

1) Sumit Antil Wins The Gold in Javelin At World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2026 New Delhi.

2) Mondo Duplantis Set Another World Record By Clearing 6.31 m 

3) Shantanu Narayen, Indian - American Adobe CEO Steps Down After 18 Years.

4) IIT MADRAS Has Developed An Electronic System To Power Pulsed Plasma Thrusters For Small Satellites.

5) Premadhar Sharma, Veteran Sports Journalist Of Assam Passed Away.

6) Researchers From Shiv Nadar University Has Developed a Ti3C2Tx - Chitosan Aerogel, That Tackles Two Threats At Once - Chemical Dyes And Pathogen in Waste Water.

7) Akhila Balachandar Has Steps Down As CFO Of Greaves Cotton 

* Manish Paddar Appointed As GROUP CFO 

8) IIT Guwahati Developed A Radiation Resistant Cement Mortar For Safer Nuclear Infrastructure 

9) Spain Permanently Withdraw Ambassador To Israel.

10) DRDO Pune Based Lab And DIAT Have Developed Indigenous Tactile Sensor Arrays For Advanced Robotics Application.

11) Indian Army Launched The Major Bridge Project In Chilaw To Restore Link In Colombo.

12) Former AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das Passed Away 

13) The Appropriation Bill Passed in Lok SABHA on 13th March 2026 

14) Bihar Wins The Best State Award For Promotion Of Sports In Sports Star Aces Award 2026 

15) SEBI Announced 2007 IPS OFFICER Sadanand S Date As New Executive Director.

16) Sagar Defence Has Laid The Foundation Stone Of World's First Autonomous Maritime Shipbuilding And System In Juvvaladdine In Andhra Pradesh 

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

18) WATER NATURE PROGRESS : Solution For A New India Book Author - Parameswaran Iyer, Arunabha Ghosh, Richard Damania 

19) EX DGP Of Jammu and Kashmir Mr Rashmi Ranjan Swain Appointed As First Chairman Of Odisha Uniformed Services Staff Selection Commission 

20) Murali Sreesankar Wins The Comeback Of The Year 2025 At Sports Star Ace Award 2026 

21) Suruchi Singh Wins The Young Achivers Of The Year Award At Sports Star Ace Award 

22) Delhi Hurricane Wins The Men's National Rugby 15s Championships 

* Runners Up - Bombay Gymkhana 

* Host - Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar Odisha 

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

24) Isuzu Motors India Appoints Takeshi Hirano As Deputy Managing Director 

25) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Virtually Inaugurated Development Project Worth Rs 4,570 Crores in Kokrajhar, Assam.

26) Tamilnadu Chief Minister M K Stallin Has COMMISIONED The First Unit Of UDANGUDI Thermal Power Plant 

27) Shriram General Insurance Has Launched The Shri Health Suraksha 2.0 

28) Fitch Rating Has Raised India's GDP To 7.5% For FY 2026/27 

29) BJP MP Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik Introduce The Kolhapuri Leather Craft ( Preservation And Livelihood Security Bill) 2026 

30) SOCIAL And Justice Minister Shri Virendra Kumar Has Introduced The Transgender Persons ( Protection Of Rights) Amendment Of Bill 2026 At Lok SABHA 

31) Peru Declared A State Of Emergency in 283 Districts Amids Heavy Rains 

32) Deen Dayal Port Authority Has Scripted History With Record MMT Cargo Handling 

33) Mayank Chakroborty From Assam And First From North East India became The 93rd Grand Master of India 

FIRST CHAIRMAN OF ODISHA UNIFORMED SERVICES STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION

* FORMER JAMMU & KASHMIR DGP RASHMI RANJAN SWAIN HAS APPOINTED AS THE FIRST CHAIRMAN OF ODISHA UNIFORMED SERVICES STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION. ( OUSSSC) 

RESEARCHERS FROM BSI HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FUNGAL SPECIES

* 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) 

A NEW PLANT SPECIES NAMED AFTER LATE ZUBEEN GARG

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

* SPECIES NAME - OSBECKIA ZUBEENGARGIANA 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO MELASTOMATACEAE 

FIRST WOMAN OFFICER TO JOIN TERRITORIAL ARMY

* LT COLONEL NASREEN FATIMA BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN WOMAN TOE JOIN TERRITORIAL ARMY OFFICER.

JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 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 

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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 

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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.

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* 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 

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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 

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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) 

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* 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) 

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* 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)

 

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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 

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* 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 

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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 

* 

* * A NEW ORCHID SPECIES DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS 

* SPECIES NAME - DIPLOCENTRUM PAPILLOSUM 

* 

* 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 

* 

*  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 

* 

* * 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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