Category: Geography Current Affairs

What Is Daylight Saving Time? Daylight saving time was in the news this week as standard time hit the United States this past weekend, forcing people to turn their clocks back and gain an hour of sleep. Daylight Saving Time is Also called summer time, it is the system for uniformly advancing clocks, so as […]

National Interlinking Of Rivers Authority (NIRA): The Centre Government is contemplating creation of the National Interlinking of Rivers Authority (NIRA). NIRA is supposed to be an independent autonomous body for planning, investigation, financing and the implementation of the river interlinking projects in the country. NIRA will function as an umbrella body for all river linking […]

Bhopal’s Habibganj Railway Station : Now Rani Kamlapati Station The name of Bhopal’s Habibganj railway station has been changed to Rani Kamlapati station. The station has been redeveloped at a cost of around Rs 100 crore with private participation — a first such large-scale PPP model in station redevelopment in India, in the works for […]

Leonids Meteor Shower: The annual Leonids Meteor Shower has begun and will be active between 6th and 30th November, with peak activity expected on 17th November. Meteor: It is a space rock or meteoroid that enters Earth’s atmosphere. Meteoroids are objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids. Most are […]

Bhaskaracharya National Institute For Space Applications And Geo-Informatics (BISAG-N): The Indian Army has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics (BISAG-N), Gandhinagar, Gujarat. This MoU will facilitate exchange of knowledge and collaboration in the fields emerging technologies for development of GIS and IT based Enterprise Resource Planning […]

Frothing In Yamuna: In what has become a repeat occurrence in the city, a layer of froth was seen floating over parts of the Yamuna river near Kalindi Kunj recently, with Chhath devotees standing in toxic foam-laden water to offer prayers. The froth is a sign of a polluted river. The release of untreated or […]

Mullaperiyar Dam Issue: The Kerala government has withdrawn its decision granting permission to Tamil Nadu for felling 15 trees downstream the Baby Dam at Mullaperiyar reservoir as part of efforts to strengthen the structure. The state government said that action will be taken against the officials who had sanctioned the move. Both the states are […]

Mass Extinction: Before the Cretaceous mass extinction known for wiping out non-avian dinosaurs, the Earth had witnessed four other great mass extinctions. A paper published last week in the journal, Nature Geoscience, has come up with a new reason behind the first mass extinction, also known as the Late Ordovician mass extinction. The article notes […]

Logos Of Darjeeling Toy Train As Intellectual Property: India has finally registered the logos (two) of the iconic ‘Toy Train’ internationally as its intellectual property. The claim for registration was sent to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) with the procedure laid down in WIPO’s Vienna Classification (VCL). There is a six-month window to register […]