Reunion Island : Indian Navy’s first training squadron Arrived Ships of the Indian Navy’s first training squadron (1TS), INS Tir and ICGS Sarathi, arrived at Réunion Island, while INS Shardul reached Port Louis, Mauritius, recently, as part of their long-range training deployment in the southwest Indian Ocean Region. Reunion Island is a French island in […]
Category: Geography Current Affairs
Permafrost : New Discovery
Permafrost : New Discovery In a discovery in Siberia, scientists recently uncovered a 44,000-year-old wolf, nearly perfectly preserved in permafrost. Permafrost is any ground that remains completely frozen—32°F (0°C) or colder—for at least two years straight. These permanently frozen grounds are most common in regions with high mountains and in Earth’s higher latitudes—near the North […]
Geotagging of Buildings in Census
Geotagging of Buildings in Census: The 2027 Census of India will introduce geotagging of all buildings for the first time during Houselisting Operations. Geotagging is the process of assigning latitude–longitude coordinates to each building and mapping it on a Geographic Information System (GIS). It provides a precise digital identity to every structure in India. Launched […]
Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal)
Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal): China announced the creation of a national nature reserve on Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal) in the South China Sea. Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal). It is disputed coral atoll in the South China Sea, also called Scarborough Shoal (English), Huangyan Island (China), and Panatag Shoal (Philippines).Located about 220 km west of Luzon […]
Avalanche
Avalanche: Three Army personnel, including two Agniveers, lost their lives recently in a major avalanche at the Siachen base camp in Ladakh. An avalanche is a large amount of snow that quickly moves down a slope. An avalanche can be deadly because it will bury or sweep away anything in its path. Large amounts of […]
Bhil Tribe
Bhil Tribe: A translated collection of folk tales of the Bhil tribe in Madhya Pradesh will be made available on the Ministry of Tribal Affairs’ Adi Vaani website and the app. Bhils are considered as one of the oldest tribes in India and identified as one of the Dravidian racial tribes of Western India and […]
Lankhong Puja
Lankhong Puja: The Tiwa tribe of Assam recently celebrated their traditional Lankhong Puja, a socio-religious festival where prayers are offered for a good harvest in the upcoming Rabi season. Lankhong Puja is a traditional socio-religious festival of the Tiwa community. Celebrated by: The Tiwa (Lalung) tribe of Assam. Reason is to invoke blessings for a […]
Evia Island
Evia Island: A magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook central Greece recently, with its epicenter located near Athens on Evia Island. Evia, or Euboea, is the second largest island in Greece, second only to Crete, and third in Europe (second only to Cyprus). The area of the island is a little more than 3500 sq.km. It is […]
Rattle Hydroelectric Project
Rattle Hydroelectric Project: Five persons were injured when a landslide struck the vital Rattle hydroelectric project in Kishtwar recently. It is a hydroelectric power plant under construction in Kishtwar District, Jammu and Kashmir. It is an 850 MW run-of-river scheme located on the Chenab River. The project is being developed by Ratle Hydroelectric Power Corporation […]
The Apatanis Tribe
The Apatanis Tribe: The Apatani women of Ziro Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, represent the last generation to wear the tribe’s traditional facial tattoos and wooden nose plugs, a practice banned in the 1970s but still proudly carried by elderly women. The Apatani (Tanw, Apa Tani, or Apa) are an indigenous tribal group of Arunachal Pradesh. Known […]
