Category: Geography Current Affairs

Taklamakan Desert: For decades, China has been planting trees and other vegetation around the edges of the Taklamakan Desert, one of the world’s largest and driest deserts, in an effort to stop desertification and hold back shifting sand. The Taklamakan Desert, located in southwest Xinjiang in northwest China, is one of the world’s largest sandy […]

Kishau Multipurpose Project: In a major push to resolve long-pending inter-state water disputes, six northern states Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Delhi signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pave the way for the Kishau Multipurpose Project. A MoU was signed in 1994, between the Yamuna basin states (undivided Uttar Pradesh, […]

Pangwala Tribe : In News A detailed study on the gut microbiome of the Pangwala tribal community has found that members living in the remote Pangi valley and those who have migrated to urban areas retain a remarkably similar “core microbiome” despite having substantial differences in lifestyle, diet, and environment. The Pangwala are a Scheduled […]

Ramjak Mountain: A four-member team from Keralam recently scaled Ramjak, a 6,318-metre peak in the remote Lahaul region of Himachal Pradesh. It is a high-altitude mountain peak located in the remote Lahaul region of Himachal Pradesh. The peak is located near Shingo La, which is a popular trek route from Himachal to Zanskar. Ramjak is […]

Nuakhai Festival: The Prime Minister of India extended greetings to people on the auspicious occasion of Nuakhai. Nuakhai Festival is a festival of Western Odisha and adjoining areas of Simdega in Jharkhand. The word nua means new and khai means food. It is an agricultural festival which is observed to welcome the new rice of […]

Paniya Tribe: The Kerala State Human Rights Commission recently directed authorities to urgently rehabilitate Paniya tribal families living in makeshift tarpaulin shelters at Vaniyampuzha, across the Chaliyar River in Pothukal panchayat, Kerala. The Paniya (Paniyan) tribe is one of the major Scheduled Tribes of Kerala. They are predominantly found in Wayanad and also in parts […]

Paniya Tribe: The Kerala State Human Rights Commission recently directed authorities to urgently rehabilitate Paniya tribal families living in makeshift tarpaulin shelters at Vaniyampuzha, across the Chaliyar River in Pothukal panchayat, Kerala. The Paniya (Paniyan) tribe is one of the major Scheduled Tribes of Kerala. They are predominantly found in Wayanad and also in parts […]

Kandaleru Dam: The Andhra Pradesh government recently stopped the release of Krishna River water to Chennai from the Kandaleru reservoir. Kandaleru Dam is a major irrigation and water-supply project located in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. It is built across the Kandaleru River, a tributary of the Pennar (Penna) Key Construction Features: Built using […]

Planet Mercury: Mercury may have shrunk more than scientists previously estimated, with the planet’s diameter potentially reducing by as much as 23 km, a recent study has revealed. It is the smallest planet in our solar system and the nearest to the Sun. It is one of the four terrestrial (rocky) planets, along with Venus, […]

Tso Kar Lake: The Ladakh administration recently launched an ambitious project to revive and restore the shrinking Tso Kar Lake by diverting nearly 320 million litres of untapped glacier water daily from the glacial stream, Rupsho Kharnak. Tso Kar, meaning “White Lake” in Ladakhi, is a high-altitude salt lake located in the Rupshu Valley of […]