Juanga Tribe: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recently sought an action taken report from the district magistrate-cum-collector of Keonjhar on alleged human rights violations of the Juanga tribe, a PVTG in the district. Juang is one of the 13 particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) of the total 62 tribes found in Odisha. As per […]
Category: Geography Current Affairs
White Island
White Island: The owners of New Zealand’s White Island volcano that erupted in 2019, killing 22 tourists and local guides, have had the conviction against them overturned by the country’s High Court recently. White Island (also known as Whakaari) is an active composite stratovolcano in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. It is currently New […]
Blood Moon
Blood Moon: A total lunar eclipse, or blood moon, will light up the sky on March 14 and will be visible in most parts of the world. Blood Moon happens when Earth’s moon is in a total lunar eclipse. A blood moon occur when Earth comes directly between the Sun and the moon. A process […]
Cholanaikkan Tribe : New Scope
Cholanaikkan Tribe : New Scope In a novel attempt to provide education to a bed-ridden girl belonging to the Cholanaikkan tribe, the Samagra Shiksha Kerala programme of the general education department has prepared 30 audio-visual texts in the tribe’s own distinct language. They are a diminishing tribe of India. With a population of less than […]
Mount Fentale
Mount Fentale: Mount Fentale volcano in Ethiopia is spewing unusually large volumes of methane from its crater, according to satellite measurements of the potent greenhouse gas. It is a stratovolcano located in Awash National Park in the Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It rises approximately 600 m from the floor of the Rift Valley, and the lavas […]
Honduras
Honduras: India has dispatched humanitarian assistance of 26 tons to Honduras in the wake of the recent Tropical storm SARA. Honduras is located in Central America. It is bordered by Guatemala to the west; by El Salvador to the southwest; and by Nicaragua to the southeast. It is also bounded by the Pacific Ocean at […]
Tea Horse Road
Tea Horse Road: China’s Ambassador to India highlighted the Ancient Tea Horse Road, connecting China to India via Tibet, emphasizing its centuries-old role in facilitating exchanges between China and the Indian subcontinent. Tea Horse road, often referred to as the Southern Silk Road, is a network of caravan paths and a crucial trade route that […]
Thames River : New Study
Thames River : New Study A new study has learned that climate change is increasing the potential for algal blooms in the United Kingdom’s River Thames despite a four-decade-long decline in phosphorus loads. Thames River is a 346-km river that flows through southern England. It is the longest river in England and the second longest […]
Dwarf Galaxies
Dwarf Galaxies: A team of scientists in the US, led by Indian-origin astrophysicist Raga Deepika Pucha, recently discovered the largest samples of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies with active black holes. They are small galaxies that typically contain just a few billion stars, unlike their larger cousins, which can hold hundreds of billions. They […]
Andaman Sea : Earthquake
Andaman Sea : Earthquake An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck the Andaman Sea recently. Andaman Sea is a semi-enclosed marginal sea in the northeastern Indian Ocean. It lies between the eastern coast of India and the Malay Peninsula, with Myanmar to the north and the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the south. The Bay of […]
