The first confirmed sighting of the elusive Fishing Cat ( Prionailurus viverrinus ) was reported to be in the Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve (RVTR) in Rajasthan. This discovery was made at the captured camera traps on a regular tiger check in the Bundi district and brings about the concealed biodiversity of the reserve and the flourishing aquatic environment.

A group of scientists at Madura College, Madurai have discovered a new plant species in the Kudremukh range of the Western Ghats in Karnataka. The plant was named Impatiens selvasinghii in honor of the efforts by Professor P. Selva Singh Richard in the reproductive biology of endangered and endemic plants in the area. This not only shows the spectacular richness of the Western Ghats but also indicates some serious conservation concerns raised by the increasing levels of tourism.

The System for Pension Administration - Raksha (SPARSH) has become a pioneer project in the modernisation of the Indian defence pension administration. Since its introduction to eliminate the sluggish and discrepant legacy processes, SPARSH has become the largest digital pension platform in the world to serve defence personnel. It has also been able to onboard more than 31.5 lakh pensioners in India and Nepal by 2025, which guarantees efficiency, transparency and timely payment of pensions.

The problem of noise pollution has been slowly but surely turning into a silent epidemic of health in Indian cities. Noise is one of the least discussed environmental issues, despite the fact that it is a category of air pollutant according to the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. Be it chaotic traffic, loudspeakers, construction sites, and industry, the life of urban dwellers is constantly filled with unsafe sound levels, and most of the time, people do not even think what their long-term effects are.

The Indian rivers have started to show improvement, and there is some slight decrease in the level of pollution which was reported in 2023. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) reports that few places along the rivers where people could no longer bath has been reduced and this is a small though positive sign of clean waterways. The main measurement that is employed in assessing this development is the Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) that is one of the prime indicators of organic pollution in water.