Category: Geography Current Affairs

Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains: New data published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters reveals the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains (GSM) were formed over 500 million years ago, during the assembly of the Gondwana supercontinent. The Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains are a completely buried mountain range beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, located at its highest point. These mountains […]

Afrikaners – Africa’s White Tribe: The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State welcomed the first group of Afrikaner refugees to the United States.Afrikaners are a white ethnic group native to South Africa, shaped through ethnogenesis on African soil, and are often referred to as “Africa’s White Tribe” due to their deep-rooted historical presence since the 17th […]

Madku Island: The Chhattisgarh High Court is actively monitoring the development initiatives at Madku Dweep, a place of significant local importance. Madku Island is situated on the banks of the Shivnath River (longest tributary of the Mahanadi River), in the Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh. The name Madku stems from the fact that the island is […]

Adyar River: A Rs 1,500-crore project to rejuvenate and restore a ‘dead’ 44-km stretch of River Adyar is stuck since 2023 and lying choked in the city. The Adyar, originating near the Chembarambakkam Lake in Kanchipuram district, is one of the three rivers which winds through Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and joins the Bay of Bengal […]

Dongria Kondh Community: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recently sought for an Action Taken Report from Odisha Chief Secretary on the precarious living condition, lack of basic amenities and necessities of life of more than 10,000 families from “Dongria Kondh”, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) Community. It is a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group […]

Geostrategic Passes Connecting Kailash Mansarovar Yatra: India announced the resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra (KMY) after a 5-year pause, halted by China in 2020 due to Covid-19 and Line of Actual Control (LAC) tensions. KMY has been operational since 1981. KMY is a pilgrimage organized by the Ministry of External Affairs (India) to Mount […]

Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Join Hands for Tapti Basin Mega Recharge Project: In a landmark move aimed at securing water resources and promoting inter-State cooperation, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra signed an MoU on May 10, 2025, to jointly implement the Tapti Basin Mega Recharge Project. The agreement seeks to mitigate water scarcity and improve irrigation […]

Raika tribe: The Raika’s knowledge of pasture cycles, animal health and biodiversity has long supported the health of Rajasthan’s arid ecology. The Raika tribe is an indigenous pastoralist community primarily inhabiting the arid and semi-arid regions of Rajasthan, notably around Kumbhalgarh in Rajsamand district. Also known as Rabaris, they have a distinct socio-cultural relationship with […]

Asteroid YR4: On April 2, 2025, NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 3.8% probability of colliding with the Moon on December 22, 2032. YR4 is a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) discovered in December 2024 using the ATLAS telescope in Chile. Its orbit brings it within 1.3 times the Earth-Sun distance, making it a Near-Earth […]

Magnetars: Researchers have found observational evidence that magnetar flares can produce heavy elements like gold through a process known as r-process nucleosynthesis. Until now, gold was believed to form predominantly in neutron star mergers. Magnetars are a type of neutron star characterised by exceptionally strong magnetic fields, estimated to be a thousand times stronger than […]