International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development: The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in its report said that the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) region is tapping only 6.1% of its vast renewable energy potential. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development is an intergovernmental knowledge and learning centre working on behalf of the people of […]
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Mission Mausam : Four Additional Radars To Be Installed
Mission Mausam : Four Additional Radars To Be Installed The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) will install four additional radars under Mission Mausam in Jammu & Kashmir for more accurate, district wise specific weather forecasts. Mission Mausam was launched by the Ministry of Earth Sciences in 2024. It is implemented by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), […]
Total Lunar Eclipse and ‘Blood Moon’
Total Lunar Eclipse and ‘Blood Moon’: A total lunar eclipse is set to occur on the night of 7th September 2025. At this time, the moon will be completely covered by the Earth’s shadow, turning copper red (Blood Moon). A Blood Moon refers to the reddish or coppery appearance of the Moon and occurs only […]
Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs requested the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RGI) to consider enumerating Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) separately in the upcoming Census. PVTGs are a sub-category of Scheduled Tribes (STs) and are more vulnerable among the tribal groups in India. The criteria for identifying Particularly […]
Land Subsidence
Land Subsidence: Uttarakhand, already battered by natural calamities including cloudbursts, flash floods, and landslides across its mountainous regions, is now facing a new and terrifying phenomenon: widespread land subsidence in Chamoli’s Nanda Nagar. Land subsidence is a gradual settling or sudden sinking of the Earth’s surface. This geotechnical phenomenon occurs when the ground loses its […]
Swarnamukhi River : Plan For Protection
Swarnamukhi River : Plan For Protection The Tirupati Urban Development Authority (TUDA) recently announced Operation SWARNA, a massive plan to rescue the River Swarnamukhi from the clutches of land grabbers, revive its flow area and rejuvenate it to ensure sustenance. Swarnamukhi River is a river in Andhra Pradesh. It is an east-flowing river basin having […]
Mauritania : In News
Mauritania : In News A migrant boat sank off Mauritania’s coast earlier recently, leaving at least 49 people dead and around 100 missing. Mauritania is a country in northwest Africa. It occupies an area of 1,030,000 sq. km. It is a country of the Sahel region (a belt across Africa between the arid Sahara to […]
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near Jalalabad, killing over 800 people and injuring at least 2,800, with widespread destruction across Kunar, Nangarhar, and Laghman provinces. Afghanistan is a landlocked, multi-ethnic country in south-central Asia, historically at the crossroads of trade routes linking South Asia, Central Asia, the Middle […]
Dhauliganga Hydroelectric Project
Dhauliganga Hydroelectric Project: Nineteen workers and officials of the NHPC were rescued after they were trapped inside the tunnel of the 280 MW Dhauliganga hydroelectric project in Pithoragarh’s Dharchula area for almost 22 hours recently. It is a 280 MW hydropower project located on the Dhauliganga River near Dharchula in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. […]
Mira Stars
Mira Stars: The most precise determination of the expansion rate of the universe was made using cool, giant variable stars ‘Mira’ by the scientists from Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA). Mira, also known as Omicron Ceti, is a star that remarkably changes its brightness over time, in a regular pattern. The name, Mira, […]
