Category: Geography Current Affairs

Ana Sagar Lake: A large number of fish have perished in Rajasthan’s historic Ana Sagar, the lake located in the heart of Ajmer city, in the past few days. Ana Sagar Lake is an artificial lake located in Ajmer, Rajasthan. It was built by raising a dam across the Luni or Lavanavari River. It was […]

Naying Hydroelectric Project: In News The Centre recently granted environmental clearance to the 1,000 MW Naying Hydro Electric Project in Arunachal Pradesh. Naying Hydroelectric Project is a proposed 1,000 MW hydropower project planned on the Siyom (Yomgo) River in the West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. It is a run-of-the-river project. The project includes the […]

Pallikaranai Marshland: In News Decades of urbanisation and indiscriminate dumping have reduced the Pallikaranai marsh to a fraction of its original extent. Pallikaranai Marshland is a freshwater marsh and partly saline wetland situated about 20 kilometres south of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It serves as an aquatic buffer of the flood-prone Chennai and […]

Korku Tribe: The indigenous Korku community of Madhya Pradesh has demanded the forest department and district administration to remove encroachments from forest lands. The Korkus belong to the Munda or Kolarian group. They are mostly found in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and adjoining Melghat region of Maharashtra. A few groups have been more successful in preserving […]

Greater Tunb Island: The U.S. military’s Central Command recently said that it had launched airstrikes on Greater Tunb Island in the Strait of Hormuz, targeting Iranian defence installations and missile sites. Greater Tunb Island is a small island in the Persian Gulf near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. The island, under Iranian control […]

Gandak River : In News Due to heavy rainfall in Nepal’s catchment area, the water levels of the Gandak River in Bihar have been rising continuously. Gandak River is one of the major rivers of North India and a significant left-bank tributary of the Ganga River. It is mentioned in the ancient Sanskrit epic Mahabharata. […]

Greenland: An international team of scientists is set to sail for Greenland to investigate whether the island’s rapidly melting glaciers could disrupt a major Atlantic Ocean current system. Greenland is the world’s largest (non-continent) island located between the continents of North America and Europe in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is geographically considered a part […]

Maori: Addressing the Indian community in Auckland, the Prime Minister of India recently invoked the Maori concept of ‘waka’ to describe India-New Zealand ties. The Maori Tribe is an indigenous tribe, which has inhabited New Zealand for centuries. New Zealand consists of two islands, the North Island and the South Island. The South Island is […]

Gulf of Mannar: The Gulf of Mannar has witnessed a steep decline in bird numbers over the last four decades, with overall shorebird abundance dropping by nearly 57%, according to a peer-reviewed study published recently. Gulf of Mannar is a vast shallow bay that forms part of the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean. It […]

Phu Quoc Island: At least 15 Indian tourists were killed after a boat carrying visitors capsized off Vietnam’s southern island of Phu Quoc recently. Phu Quoc, also known as Pearl Island, is a Vietnamese island located in the Gulf of Thailand. It is famous for its stretches of white sand beaches. A large part of […]