Christmas Island: In News SpaceX has recently towed Starship to waters off Christmas Island after the spacecraft floated in the Indian Ocean for nearly 24 days. It is a special territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean. The island is the summit of an oceanic mountain whose highest point on the island is Murray […]
Category: Geography Current Affairs
Zambia
Zambia: The Prime Minister of India has congratulated Hakainde Hichilema on being re-elected as the President of Zambia. Zambia is a Southern-Central African landlocked country. It is bounded by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (North), Zimbabwe and Botswana (South), Tanzania (North-east), Malawi (West) and Mozambique (Southeast), Angola and Zambia (West) and Namibia to the […]
Parichha Dam
Parichha Dam: The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) has recognized the historic Parichha dam as a ‘World Heritage Irrigation Structure (WHIS)’. Parichha Dam is located on Betwa River in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. It is a key component of Betwa Canal System, which supplies water for agriculture to drought-prone areas of Bundelkhand. Parichha Dam […]
Thames River
Thames River: A traditional Ganga Aarti, a ritual associated with the ghats of Varanasi, Haridwar, and Rishikesh, will be held on the banks of the River Thames in London in September. Thames River flows through southern England. It is the longest river in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom, after the River […]
Central African Republic
Central African Republic: A gold mining site collapsed in the western part of the Central African Republic and killed at least 30 miners and left others trapped. It is a landlocked nation located in the Central Africa region. It is bordered by six countries namely Chad (North), Sudan (Northeast), and South Sudan (Southeast), DRC (South), […]
Tamirabharani River
Tamirabharani River: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has declared Tamil Nadu’s Tamirabharani (Porunai) river a deity and granted it legal personhood to curb pollution. It is a perennial river of southern India flowing entirely within Tamil Nadu. It originates from the Agastyarkoodam peak of Pothigai hills of the Western Ghats. It flows […]
Lake Powell
Lake Powell: Lake Powell, one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, has fallen to its lowest level since it began filling, deepening concerns over the future of the Colorado River and the millions of people who rely on it. It is a huge man-made lake located on the Colorado River and stretches across […]
Mount Kanlaon : In News
Mount Kanlaon: In News A recent emission from Kanlaon Volcano produced a grayish plume that rose approximately 200 meters above the summit crater before drifting north. Mount Kanlaon is an active stratovolcano located in the Philippines. It is the tallest mountain on Negros Island and the highest peak in the Visayas region. It is part […]
Odisha Coastal Erosion
Odisha Coastal Erosion: Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways informed the Rajya Sabha that 28.3% of Odisha’s 564-km coastline is undergoing erosion, based on a long-term assessment (1990–2022) by the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR). Coastal erosion is the progressive wearing away and landward displacement of beach or dune sediments caused by hydrodynamic […]
Mount Elbrus
Mount Elbrus: Andhra Pradesh Police Sub-Inspector V. Venkateswara Rao of Eluru Rural Police Station marked India’s 80th Independence Day in a unique way by scaling Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe, which stands at 5,642 metres in Russia. Mount Elbrus Located in Southern Russia, Mount Elbrus is the highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains. […]
