Category: Geography Current Affairs

Winter Solstice 2025: The Winter Solstice 2025 occurs on Sunday, December 21 marking the shortest day and longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. On this day many regions experience only eight to nine hours of daylight. While it often goes unnoticed amid holiday celebrations, the winter solstice is a key astronomical event […]

Arun-3 Hydropower Project: The Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of SJVN recently visited the 900 MW Arun-3 hydroelectric project (HEP) in Nepal to review the status of construction and assess progress across key components of the project. Arun-3 Hydropower Project is a 900 MW run-of-the-river hydropower project located on the Arun River in the Nepal. […]

Tigris River: Iraq’s Tigris River is facing an acute crisis due to shrinking flows, heavy pollution and upstream water controls, raising fears that parts of the river may dry up.The Tigris River is one of the two great rivers of ancient Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, forming the heart of the historic Fertile Crescent, where […]

Dandami Madia Tribe: Members of the Dandami Madia tribe perform the traditional Bison Horn Maria dance during a village festival at Judiya Para in Jagdalpur. Dandami Maria, also known by other names like Bison Horn Maria and Khalpati Maria, is a tribal community of Chhattisgarh. They have derived their name from their unique custom of […]

Capacity Building for Service Providers (CBSP) Scheme: Since its inception in 2009-10, the Capacity Building for Service Providers (CBSP) Scheme has successfully trained a remarkable 643,000 individuals, resulting in over 84,000 participants securing placements within the industry. It is a Central Government Scheme designed to develop the tourism potential of India. It was launched by […]

Chenchu Tribe: The National Sanskrit University (NSU) organised a symposium, panel discussion, and exhibition recently highlighting the unique privilege the Chenchu tribal community has with the Ahobilam shrine and the deity of Lord Narasimha. The Chenchus are a food-gathering tribe primarily residing in the Nallamalai forests of Andhra Pradesh. They are one of the Particularly […]

Mexico’s Senate: The Mexico’s Senate approved tariffs of up to 50% on imports from Asian countries, including India. Mexico is located in the southern part of North America. It shares its land borders with the United States of America, Guatemala and Belize. It is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the south and west; by […]

Ratle Hydroelectric Project: Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd. (MEIL), which is constructing the Ratle Hydroelectric Project recently said it may pull out of the project if the administration failed to stop threats and interference from locals and politicians. It is an 850 MW run-of-river hydroelectric power project being built on the Chenab River in the […]

Solar Storm : In News India’s first solar observatory Aditya-L1 played a key role in helping scientists decode why the strongest solar storm in more than two decades that struck Earth in May 2024 behaved so unusually, ISRO said recently. A solar storm is a sudden explosion of particles, energy, magnetic fields, and material blasted […]