Category: Geography Current Affairs

Shiveluch Volcano: The Shiveluch volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula erupted twice recently, sending ash plumes up to 8 kilometres above sea level. It is one of the largest and most active volcanoes located on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, one of the most intense volcanic regions in the world. It is a stratovolcano—a steep-sloped volcano composed of […]

Sea of Japan: North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the Sea of Japan. The Sea of Japan, or East Sea, is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is bound by Japan and Sakhalin to the east and by mainland Russia, North Korea, and South Korea to the west. It is connected […]

River Delta Subsidence: A new global study published in Nature warns that several of India’s major river deltas are sinking at alarming rates placing millions at increasing risk of flooding and displacement. Key Findings of the Study: The research analysed 40 major river deltas across 29 countries, covering areas with over 236 million inhabitants exposed […]

Doomsday Clock: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recently moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest the world has ever been to global catastrophe in its estimation. It is a symbolic clock adopted by atomic scientists to show how close human beings are considered to be to a […]

Sonamarg Avalanche: Massive avalanches struck the Sonamarg tourist resort in Jammu and Kashmir, engulfing buildings and vehicles following heavy snowfall that disrupted the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and forced the cancellation of all flights.An avalanche is a rapid downslope movement of a large detached mass of snow, ice, and associated debris, such as rocks and vegetation.It […]

Chatergala Pass: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) successfully carried out a high-altitude rescue and road restoration operation under Project Sampark at Chatergala Pass. It is situated in the Bhaderwah–Chatergala axis in Jammu region of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a high mountain pass that connects Bani in the Kathua district to Bhaderwah […]

Java Island : Massive Landslide Indonesia’s main island of Java has been recently hit by a massive landslide in which at least 8 people have been reported to be killed. Java Island is located in Indonesia. It is a part of the Greater Sunda Islands, which also includes Sumatra, Borneo, and Sulawesi. It is surrounded […]

Jamma Bane Lands of Kodagu: Karnataka has enacted the Karnataka Land Revenue (2nd Amendment) Act, 2025 to modernize the century-old land record system for the unique Jamma Bane lands in Kodagu (Coorg).Jamma Bane is a unique, hereditary land tenure system prevalent in Kodagu district (Coorg). The lands were originally granted by the erstwhile kings of […]