Centre Clears Greenfield NH-6 Corridor Linking Meghalaya and Assam: The Shillong–Silchar Greenfield Corridor project is a strategic infrastructure initiative that aims to enhance connectivity in the Northeast, especially between Meghalaya and Assam. This 4-lane access-controlled corridor spans 166.80 km, mostly through hilly terrain, and is expected to boost logistics, tourism, employment, and inter-state economic integration. […]
Category: Geography Current Affairs
Nepal to Restrict Mt. Everest Permits: New Law to Limit Access
Nepal to Restrict Mt. Everest Permits: New Law to Limit Access Nepal is set to introduce a new draft law that aims to limit access to Mount Everest to experienced climbers. The new regulations, currently in draft form, would require climbers to have previously scaled a peak above 7,000 meters before attempting Everest. This move […]
Uturuncu Volcano
Uturuncu Volcano: Scientists from China, the UK, and the U.S. have collaborated to analyze the inner workings of Bolivia’s “zombie” volcano, Uturuncu, and identified the causes of Uturuncu’s unrest, alleviating fears of an imminent eruption. Uturuncu Volcano is located in southwestern Bolivia, within the Andes Mountains. It is a stratovolcano dominated by dacitic lava domes […]
Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island: In the heart of the US state of Michigan, known for building cars, there’s a peaceful little island called Mackinac Island, where motor vehicles are not allowed. Mackinac Island is an island and city located in northern Michigan, United States. It sits in the extreme northeast part of Lake Huron, just as it […]
Lanjia Saora Tribe
Lanjia Saora Tribe: The women of the Lanjia Saora tribal group in the Gunupur region of Rayagada district, Odisha, celebrate the mango harvest through traditional dance. The Lanjia Saora, a culturally rich and isolated subgroup of the Saora tribe, inhabit the forested hills of Gajapati and Rayagada districts in Odisha, they speak Saora, a Mundari […]
Yellowstone Supervolcano
Yellowstone Supervolcano: A “breathing” cap of magma has been discovered inside the Yellowstone supervolcano, and it might help determine when the volcano will next erupt, a new study has found. Yellowstone Supervolcano lies beneath Yellowstone National Park, in the western United States. It is one of the largest active volcanic systems in the world. It’s […]
Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge
Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge: 59 percent work completed on 19.28 Km Dhubri-Phulbari Brahmaputra Bridge, according to reports. Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge is an under-construction 4-lane bridge project over the Brahmaputra River connecting Dhubri in Assam and Phulbari in Meghalaya on NH 127 B. The length of the bridge is 3 km, which would make it the longest river bridge […]
Zero Shadow Day : Recently Observed
Zero Shadow Day: Recently Observed The Cosmology Education and Research Training Center (COSMOS), Mysuru, of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics recently observed ‘Zero Shadow Day’. Zero Shadow Day (ZSD) is an interesting celestial phenomenon that occurs twice in a year when the Sun is directly overhead and thus no shadow of any vertical object can […]
National Industrial Corridor Development Programme
National Industrial Corridor Development Programme: NICDC was honoured with the Udyog Vikas Award at the Udyog Vikas event organised by Janmabhumi Daily in Kerala. NICDP is India’s most ambitious infrastructure initiative aimed at developing new industrial cities as “Smart Cities”, integrating next-generation technologies across infrastructure sectors. National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (NICDC) is the nodal […]
Line of Control
Line of Control: Pakistan violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control in the Kashmir Valley by resorting to unprovoked firing, a defence official said recently and added the army responded appropriately. The LoC is the de facto military boundary between India and Pakistan in the region of Jammu and Kashmir. It is not an […]
