Category: CA Flora

For the first time in India, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has specified the identity standards for Basmati Rice which will be enforced with effect from 01 August 2023.

3 medicinal plant species found in the Himalayashave made it to IUCN Red List of Threatened Species following a recent assessment.

Saffron festival is being organised in Kashmir.

Recently, IARI successfully tested 2 new dwarf varieties of Kalanamak rice (Pusa Narendra Kalanamak 1638 and Pusa Narendra Kalanamak 1652) in Uttar Pradesh that give double the yield.

Harvest season for Pokkali Rice variety of Kerala.

Recently, 6 new varieties of Neelakurinji Flowers have been identified in the Kallippara hills in Santhanpara region (Kerala) of Western Ghats.

Scientists have reached the tallest tree ever found in the Amazon rainforest.

Article in Hindu – Farmers of Shivamoga, Karnataka have been cultivating the flood resistant variety during monsoon.

As a part of the River Yamuna rejuvenation project, Delhi Development Authority is developing Baansera­, the first Bamboo theme park of Delhi along the Yamuna riverfront.

The proposed installation of eight solar power plants in Rajasthan has led to a major confrontation with the Bishnoi activists, who have strongly protested against the felling of khejri trees.

A student in Chandigarh was crushed to death after a 250-year-old tree fell on her inside the school complex.

Centre has decided to promote the cultivation of dragon fruit (Super fruit) in 50,000 hectares.