Dedicated Freight Corridor: The Indian Army has successfully conducted trial runs of military trains loaded with vehicles and equipment on the dedicated freight corridor. It ferried heavy equipment from New Rewari station in Haryana to New Phulera in Rajasthan. Dedicated Freight Corridor Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India is constructing the Western DFC (1506 Route […]
Category: Geography Current Affairs
Southern Ocean As The World’s Fifth Ocean
The Southern Ocean As The World’s Fifth Ocean: The National Geographic magazine has recognized the ‘Southern Ocean’ as the world’s fifth ocean. The Southern Ocean is the only ocean ‘to touch three other oceans and to completely embrace a continent rather than being embraced by them’. Its northern limit is a latitude of 60 degrees […]
Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Status : For Basmati Rice
Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Status: For Basmati Rice: India, the world’s largest exporter of basmati rice, has applied for protected geographical indication (PGI) status from the European Union’s Council on Quality Schemes for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs. This would give it sole ownership of the basmati title in the EU. Pakistan, which is the only […]
Dagmara Hydro-Electric Project: Bihar
Dagmara Hydro-Electric Project,: Bihar: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) Limited and Bihar State Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (BSHPC) for Implementation of Dagmara Hydro-Electric Project, Supaul, Bihar. NHPC is a Category-A Miniratna Company under the Ministry of Power, in the field of Hydropower. It is the largest […]
China’s Monopoly on Rare Earth Metals
China’s Monopoly: Rare Earth Metals: China’s dominance in the rare earth metals, key to the future of manufacturing, is posing a major concern for the West. China has over time acquired global domination of rare earths, even at one point, it produced 90% of the rare earths the world needs. Today, however, it has come […]
What is Sea Snot?
Sea Snot’: Turkey: Turkey’s Sea of Marmara, which connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea, has witnessed the largest outbreak of ‘sea snot’. A ‘sea snot’ outbreak was first recorded in the country in 2007. Sea Snot and its Formation: It is marine mucilage that is formed when algae are overloaded with nutrients as […]
Black Carbon And Glacier Melting
Black Carbon And Glacier Melting: The report titled “Glaciers of the Himalayas: Climate Change, Black Carbon and Regional Resilience” says that the glaciers are melting faster than the global average ice mass. However, the strong policy on black carbon can sharply cut glacier melt. The research report is released by the World Bank and covers […]
Devika River Project
Devika River Project: Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh reviewed the progress of the Devika River Project of Udhampur in J&K and called for speedy execution of this model project. Devika river Udhampur in J&K is also a well-known city for the Devika river. As it appears and disappears in many places, Devika is also known […]
Monsoon Forecast: India Meteorological Department (IMD)
Monsoon Forecast: India Meteorological Department (IMD): The arrival of the southwest monsoon over Kerala has been delayed to June 3, the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The agency had last month forecast that the onset would be on May 31. Skymet, a private weather forecast agency, however, said the monsoon had arrived. This was because two […]
Statehood Day of Goa 2021: 30th May
Statehood Day of Goa: 30th May: On the Statehood Day of Goa (30th May), the Prime Minister greeted the people of the state. Goa is located on the southwestern coast of India within the region known as the Konkan and geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. Capital: Panji. Official Language: Konkani […]
