Category: Geography Current Affairs

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: 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: 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 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 […]

India Unveils $125 Billion Plan for High-Speed Road Network: India will invest ₹11 lakh crore ($125 billion) to expand its high-speed road network fivefold by 2033. The project, spearheaded by the Ministry for Road Transport and Highways, aims to build 17,000 km of access-controlled expressways, slashing logistics costs and enhancing economic connectivity across the country. […]

Vishwamitri River: In News Following heavy overnight rainfall in the catchment area of the Vishwamitri River — the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) recently opened all 62 gates of Ajwa Reservoir to release 6,600 cusecs of water downstream to create a cushion in the reservoir. Vishwamitri River is a small non-perennial river, about 200 km in […]

Wangchu Hydroelectric Project: Adani Power recently said it has inked a pact with Bhutan’s state-owned utility Druk Green Power to set up a 570 MW hydro project entailing an investment of Rs 6,000 crore in the Himalayan Kingdom. Wangchu Hydroelectric Project is a 570 MW hydro power project. It is a run-of-river project planned on […]

Beas river : Highest-Ever Inflow Of Water Due to the recent unprecedented rainfall in its catchment areas, the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh recorded its highest-ever inflow of water. Beas River was known as Vipas in the past, meaning the “Unfettered” river. It is a river in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab states, northwestern India. It […]

Blood Moon 2025: Millions of people across Asia and Europe are expected to witness a total lunar eclipse that will turn the moon blood red. A blood moon is the dramatic red glow of the moon during a total lunar eclipse. A blood moon occurs when Earth comes directly between the Sun and the moon. […]

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development: The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in its report said that the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) region is tapping only 6.1% of its vast renewable energy potential. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development is an intergovernmental knowledge and learning centre working on behalf of the people of […]