Jangi Thopan Powari Hydroelectricity Project : Protest “No Means No” campaign launched by a group of youngsters against setting up of new hydel projects in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh asking candidates of various political parties contesting in the upcoming Assembly election to give an affidavit, citing their proposed steps to deal with stopping construction of new […]
Category: Geography Current Affairs
Sukapaika River
Sukapaika River: The Sukapaika River which stopped flowing 70 years ago, is set to be rejuvenated as the Odisha government has started working on its revival plan following a recent direction from the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Sukapaika is one of the several distributaries of the mighty Mahanadi river in Odisha. It branches away from […]
Partial Solar Eclipse
Partial Solar Eclipse: India and a few other places in the world will witness a partial solar eclipse on October 25, 2022. An eclipse happens when the moon while orbiting the Earth, comes in between the sun and the Earth, due to which the moon blocks the sun’s light from reaching the Earth, causing an […]
Sapta Kosi High Dam Project
Sapta Kosi High Dam Project: India and Nepal have agreed to take forward the Sapta Kosi high dam project through further studies. Senior officials of the two sides have met and reviewed the bilateral water-sector cooperation, including the implementation of the Mahakali Treaty. Sapta Kosi High Dam is a multipurpose project proposed to be constructed […]
Arctic Ice
Arctic Ice: A team of researchers has flagged the changing chemistry of the western region of the Arctic Ocean after discovering acidity levels increasing three to four times faster than ocean waters elsewhere. The team also identified a strong correlation between the accelerated rate of melting ice and the rate of ocean acidification. Seawater is […]
Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands: The United States announced $810 million in new funding for Pacific islands at a summit with President Joe Biden amid inroads by China in the strategic but sparsely populated region. The White House said $600 million will be in the form of a 10-year package to clean up and develop dirty waters to […]
Thamirabarani River
Thamirabarani River: The district administration of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu along with Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), a non-profit Organisation, are using a ‘hyper local’ approach called TamiraSES to restore the Thamirabarani River. The Thamirabarani is of great importance to southern Tamil Nadu environmentally and historically. But it too has […]
Jaldoot App
Jaldoot App: Union Minister of Rural Development, Shri Giriraj Singh will launch the JALDOOT App. Ministry of Rural Development has developed “JALDOOT App” that will be used across the country to capture the water level of selected wells in a village. The Jaldoot app will enable Gram Rojgar Sahayak (GRS) to measure the water level […]
Asian Palm Oil Alliance (APOA)
Asian Palm Oil Alliance (APOA): The apex edible oil industry associations from five major palm oil importing countries of Asia — India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal have come together to form the Asian Palm Oil Alliance (APOA). APOA held its first general body meeting on the sidelines of the Globoil Summit being held […]
Southwest Monsoon
Southwest Monsoon: The southwest monsoon rainfall, 7% more than normal, has started to withdraw The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the system had begun retreating from parts of southwest Rajasthan and Kutch. The “normal” or average date of withdrawal from southwest Rajasthan was September 17. The withdrawal of the monsoon was based on meteorological […]
