Category: Geography Current Affairs

Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal): China announced the creation of a national nature reserve on Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal) in the South China Sea. Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal). It is disputed coral atoll in the South China Sea, also called Scarborough Shoal (English), Huangyan Island (China), and Panatag Shoal (Philippines).Located about 220 km west of Luzon […]

Avalanche: Three Army personnel, including two Agniveers, lost their lives recently in a major avalanche at the Siachen base camp in Ladakh. An avalanche is a large amount of snow that quickly moves down a slope. An avalanche can be deadly because it will bury or sweep away anything in its path. Large amounts of […]

Bhil Tribe: A translated collection of folk tales of the Bhil tribe in Madhya Pradesh will be made available on the Ministry of Tribal Affairs’ Adi Vaani website and the app. Bhils are considered as one of the oldest tribes in India and identified as one of the Dravidian racial tribes of Western India and […]

Lankhong Puja: The Tiwa tribe of Assam recently celebrated their traditional Lankhong Puja, a socio-religious festival where prayers are offered for a good harvest in the upcoming Rabi season. Lankhong Puja is a traditional socio-religious festival of the Tiwa community. Celebrated by: The Tiwa (Lalung) tribe of Assam. Reason is to invoke blessings for a […]

Evia Island: A magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook central Greece recently, with its epicenter located near Athens on Evia Island. Evia, or Euboea, is the second largest island in Greece, second only to Crete, and third in Europe (second only to Cyprus). The area of the island is a little more than 3500 sq.km. It is […]

Rattle Hydroelectric Project: Five persons were injured when a landslide struck the vital Rattle hydroelectric project in Kishtwar recently. It is a hydroelectric power plant under construction in Kishtwar District, Jammu and Kashmir. It is an 850 MW run-of-river scheme located on the Chenab River. The project is being developed by Ratle Hydroelectric Power Corporation […]

The Apatanis Tribe: The Apatani women of Ziro Valley, Arunachal Pradesh, represent the last generation to wear the tribe’s traditional facial tattoos and wooden nose plugs, a practice banned in the 1970s but still proudly carried by elderly women. The Apatani (Tanw, Apa Tani, or Apa) are an indigenous tribal group of Arunachal Pradesh. Known […]

India Unveils $125 Billion Plan for High-Speed Road Network: India will invest ₹11 lakh crore ($125 billion) to expand its high-speed road network fivefold by 2033. The project, spearheaded by the Ministry for Road Transport and Highways, aims to build 17,000 km of access-controlled expressways, slashing logistics costs and enhancing economic connectivity across the country. […]

Vishwamitri River: In News Following heavy overnight rainfall in the catchment area of the Vishwamitri River — the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) recently opened all 62 gates of Ajwa Reservoir to release 6,600 cusecs of water downstream to create a cushion in the reservoir. Vishwamitri River is a small non-perennial river, about 200 km in […]

Wangchu Hydroelectric Project: Adani Power recently said it has inked a pact with Bhutan’s state-owned utility Druk Green Power to set up a 570 MW hydro project entailing an investment of Rs 6,000 crore in the Himalayan Kingdom. Wangchu Hydroelectric Project is a 570 MW hydro power project. It is a run-of-river project planned on […]