Kaziranga Project: India and France are collaborating on Kaziranga Project. Agence Française de Développement (AFD) of France has committed funding of €80.2 million for a 10-year period, between 2014-2024. The Kaziranga project is a part of a larger Assam Project on Forest and Biodiversity Conservation (APFBC). The Assam government, with the support of AFD, launched […]
Category: Geography Current Affairs
Mount Semeru Volcano Eruption
Mount Semeru Volcano Eruption: Mount Semeru volcano erupted recently triggering top alert status. It is located in Indonesia. It is one of the East Java Island’s tallest volcano. Semeru’s last major eruption was in December 2021. Semeru, also known as Mahameru, has erupted numerous times in the past 200 years. Indonesia is one of the […]
Samruddhi Corridor
Samruddhi Corridor: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first phase of the 701-km ‘Hindu Hrudayasamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg’ on December 11. The Expressway will reduce the time taken to 839-km distance between Nagpur and Mumbai, to seven hours. This currently takes at least 17 hours. The Expressway, also called Samruddhi corridor, built […]
Coastal Red Sand Dunes
Coastal Red Sand Dunes: Geologists have suggested to protect the site of Coastal Red Sand Dunes, of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Coastal Red Sand Dunes is also known as ‘Erra Matti Dibbalu’. It is one of the many sites of Visakhapatnam, which have geological importance. The site is located along the coast and is about […]
Mauna Loa : World’s Largest Active Volcano Erupted After 38 Years
Mauna Loa : World’s Largest Active Volcano Erupted After 38 Years Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, erupted after 38 years recently. Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that together make up the Big Island of Hawaii, which is the southernmost island in the Hawaiian archipelago. It’s not the tallest (that title goes […]
What Is Fujiwhara Effect?
What Is Fujiwhara Effect? With typhoon Hinnamnor and another tropical storm called Gardo, meteorologists observed a phenomenon called the Fujiwhara Effect. Typhoon Hinnamnor, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Henry, was a very large and powerful tropical cyclone in Pacific Ocean that impacted Japan and South Korea. The Fujiwhara Effect is any interaction between […]
Shiveluch Volcano : Russia
Shiveluch Volcano : Russia According to Scientists, the Shiveluch volcano in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula may be gearing up for its first powerful eruption in 15 years. Shiveluch is one of the largest and most active volcanoes in Kamchatka, having erupted at least 60 times in the past 10,000 years. It has two main […]
Cryosphere Loss
Cryosphere Loss: At COP27, a broad coalition of 18 governments joined together to create a new high-level group ‘Ambition on Melting Ice (AMI) on Sea-level Rise and Mountain Water Resources’. The “AMI” group aims to ensure impacts of cryosphere loss is understood by political leaders and the public, and not only within mountain and polar […]
India’s First National Centre Of Excellence For Green Port & Shipping
India’s First National Centre Of Excellence For Green Port & Shipping: India’s first National Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping (NCoEGPS) was launched at “INMARCO 2022” held in Mumbai. The INMARCO is a quadrennial International Maritime Conference and Exhibition, hosted by the Institute of Marine Engineers (India). NCoEGPS is a major initiative by […]
Development Of Great Nicobar
Development Of Great Nicobar: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change gave environmental clearance for the ambitious Rs 72,000 crore development project on the strategically important Great Nicobar Island. The idea of developing Great Nicobar was first proposed in the 1970s, and its significance for national security and the consolidation of the Indian […]
