Category: Geography Current Affairs

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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 […]

Continental Shelf: India has increased its claim in the Central Arabian Sea, as part of its ‘extended continental shelf’ by nearly 10,000 sq.km but also modified an earlier claim to avoid a long-standing dispute with Pakistan over the maritime boundary between the two countries. Continental Shelf is the edge of a continent that lies under […]

Arun-III Hydro Power Project: Indian Minister of Power and Housing Affairs, recently visited the Arun-III Hydel Project, which is being constructed with Indian assistance, during his official trip to Nepal. It is a 900 MW run-of-the-river hydropower project located on the Arun River in the Sankhuwasabha District of Eastern Nepal. It envisages about 70 m […]

Quantum Gravity Gradiometer: NASA scientists have proposed an innovative use of cold atom-based Quantum Gravity Gradiometers (QGGs) to measure how the Earth’s mass distribution is changing, especially due to climate change. NASA scientists propose placing a Quantum Gravity Gradiometer onboard a satellite to detect minute gravitational changes. In a QGG, atoms of a specific element […]

Poas Volcano : Erupted Recently The Poás volcano, one of Costa Rica’s most popular tourist attractions, erupted recently. Poás is one of Costa Rica’s most active volcanoes. The volcano is located within the Poas Volcano National Park. It is a composite stratovolcano with an irregular complex form and a basal area of about 400 sq.km. […]