Current Affairs

SDG 14 is ‘Life Below Water :Plastic pollution. Increasing levels of debris in the world’s oceans are having a major environmental and economic impact. Marine debris impacts biodiversity through entanglement or ingestion
SDG 14 is ‘Life Below Water :Coastal waters are deteriorating due to pollution and eutrophication. Without concerted efforts, coastal eutrophication is expected to increase in 20 percent of large marine ecosystems by 2050.
SDG 14 is Life Below Water :Ocean acidification has increased significantly in recent decades. Open Ocean sites show current levels of acidity have increased by 26 per cent since the start of the Industrial Revolution.
SDG 14 is Life Below Water :Oceans absorb about 30 per cent of carbon dioxide produced by humans, buffering the impacts of global warming.
SDG 14 is Life Below Water :Oceans provide key natural resources including food, medicines, biofuels and other products. They help with the breakdown and removal of waste and pollution, and their coastal ecosystems act as buf

India's First Centre For Animal Law Set Up At Hyderabad's Nalsar

Date of Publish - Thursday, 12th October 2017

India’s first Centre for Animal Law has been established at the citybased NALSAR University of Law. Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi inaugurated the centre, according to a release issued by Humane Society International (HSI).

Humane Society International, India will work with NALSAR University to steer and coordinate the activities of the centre, it said.