Category: Geography Current Affairs

Pratas Islands: A Chinese reconnaissance drone briefly flew over the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands at the top end of the South China Sea recently, in what Taiwan’s defence ministry called a “provocative and irresponsible” move. The Pratas Islands, also known as the Dongsha Islands, are a small group of three islands located in the northern part […]

Neknampur Lake: Dismissing viral social media claims, a flight safety chief said that the hot air balloon landing near Neknampur Lake in Hyderabad recently was a routine and controlled landing, standard in balloon operations, and not an emergency. Neknampur Lake, also known as Ibrahim Bagh Cheruvu, is a historic man-made reservoir situated in the southern […]

Mt Elbrus: An artificially-triggered avalanche was filmed cascading down Russia’s highest mountain, Mount Elbrus. It is located in southwest Russia and is part of the Caucasus Mountains. It is believed that the Caucasus Mountains were formed due to the northward collision of the Arabian Plate with the Eurasian Plate. Geological studies have revealed that Mount […]

Chatham Islands: A bloom of phytoplankton—tiny photosynthetic organisms that become visible to satellites when their numbers explode—encircled the Chatham Islands in austral summer recently Chatham Islands is an island group in the South Pacific Ocean. These islands are New Zealand’s most easterly territory. Composed of 10 islands, they are primarily of volcanic formation, but areas […]

Dardanelles Strait: Southbound ship traffic is set to resume in Turkey’s Dardanelles Strait after a tanker experienced engine failure recently. Dardanelles Strait is a very important narrow waterway in northwestern Turkey. It connects the Aegean Sea (an arm of the Mediterranean Sea) to the Sea of Marmara. This strait acts like a natural border, separating […]

Finke River: The Finke River, known to the Arrernte people as Larapinta, is believed to be the world’s oldest river system. It is a major but intermittent river of central Australia It starts in the MacDonnell Ranges in the Northern Territory. The river forms where two smaller creeks, Davenport and Ormiston, meet. It is often […]

Konda Reddi Tribe: At least 38 thatched houses belonging to members of the Konda Reddi tribe have been gutted in a fire mishap reportedly due to a short circuit at Sarlanka village in Prathipadu Mandal in Kakinada district, Andhra Pradesh, recently. Konda Reddis is a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) inhabiting the banks situated on […]

Zanskar River: The much-awaited Chadar trek on the frozen Zanskar River in Ladakh has been deferred due to inadequate ice formation, disappointing trekkers eager to participate in the adventure sport. Zanskar River is a major left-bank tributary of the Indus River, flowing entirely within the union territory of Ladakh in northern India. It drains the […]

Shaksgam Valley Dispute: India rejected China’s infrastructure activities in the Shaksgam Valley, termed projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as illegal and invalid, and asserted that the valley is an inseparable part of India. The Shaksgam Valley (Trans-Karakoram Tract) is a high-altitude, sparsely populated region in the eastern Karakoram mountain range. It lies north […]

Jharkhand Megaliths: Jharkhand has initiated a push to secure a UNESCO World Heritage Tag for its extensive megalithic landscapes, with Jharkhand CM highlighting them internationally at Davos and the UK.Megaliths are large stone structures such as menhirs (standing stones), dolmens (table-like tombs), burial slabs, cairns and stone circles.They were built for burials, ancestor memory, rituals, […]