Okinotori Island: A Chinese navy destroyer, alongside Russian vessels, recently conducted live-fire drills near Japan’s Okinotori Island, marking the first such disclosure by Japan. Okinotori, also known as Parece Vela, is a tiny, uninhabited island that belongs to Japan. It’s located far out in the Philippine Sea, which is part of the big Pacific Ocean. […]
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Moldova
Moldova: The President of India recently reached Moldova, marking the first visit by an Indian President to Moldova. Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is situated in the east of the Carpathian Mountains between the Prut and Dniester Rivers. It is bordered by Romania to the west […]
Aral Sea
Aral Sea: Drying of the Aral Sea has released more than 200 teragrams of carbon from exposed lake-bed sediments, turning a once-stable carbon reservoir into an active source of greenhouse gases, according to a new study. Aral Sea is a saline lake in Central Asia straddling the boundary between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to the south […]
Mexico : In News
Mexico : In News A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of southern Mexico triggering a tsunami warning for parts of the Pacific. Mexico is located in the southern part of North America. It shares its land border with the United States of America to the north and with Guatemala and Belize to […]
Manasbal Lake
Manasbal Lake: It was observed that the Manasbal Lake is on the path of ecological recovery with the return of migratory birds. Manasbal Lake is located in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The lake lies at an altitude of about 1,585-1,600 metres in the Jhelum Valley. It is considered the deepest freshwater […]
Arun-3 Hydroelectric Project
Arun-3 Hydroelectric Project: The Power Secretary recently reviewed the progress of SJVN’s 900 MW Arun-3 Hydroelectric Project in Nepal. It is a 900 MW run-of-the-river hydropower project being developed on the Arun River in the Sankhuwasabha District of Eastern Nepal. Arun is a tributary of the Koshi River in Nepal. It envisages a concrete gravity […]
Qeshm Island
Qeshm Island: More than 10 projectiles struck Iran’s Gulf island of Qeshm in the strategic Strait of Hormuz recently, as hostilities resumed between Tehran and Washington. Qeshm Island is the largest island in the Persian Gulf near the Straits of Hormoz. It belongs to Iran. The Arabic name means “long island.” It lies parallel to […]
Ana Sagar Lake
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
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
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 […]
