Vande Bharat Trains: In the Union Budget for 2022-2023, the Finance Minister has proposed the development and manufacture of 400 new Vande Bharat trains in the next three years. The 400 trains carry a potential investment of Rs 50,000 crore while the current Vande Bharats are being made at Rs 106 crore per train […]
Category: Geography Current Affairs
What is River Cities Alliance?
River Cities Alliance: The River Cities Alliance (RCA) has been launched with the objective to provide the member cities with a platform to discuss and exchange information on aspects that are vital for sustainable management of urban rivers, sharing best practices and supporting innovation. The alliance has been launched initially with 30 cities including […]
Punaura Dham: Bihar
Punaura Dham: As per the request received from the State Government of Bihar, Ministry of Tourism has included Punaura Dham in the Ramayana circuit of Swadesh Darshan Scheme. The destination of Punaura Dham has been recently included under PRASHAD Scheme of the Ministry of Tourism. Punaura Dham, considered to be birthplace of Goddess Sita, […]
Uighurs in Winter Olympics
Uighurs: For the opening ceremony of Winter Olympics, China picked a final torchbearer from Xinjiang as a rebuttal to the many countries that have criticized its human rights record in the region. Xinjiang is a region where multiple governments suspect China is committing an ongoing genocide against Uighur/uyghur and other Muslim minorities. But, critics […]
Project To Link Five Rivers: Union Budget 2022 Updates
Project To Link Five Rivers: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed a project to link five rivers in India in her budget speech. The rivers identified for linking are: Godavari-Krishna, Krishna-Pennar and Pennar-Cauvery, Damanganga-Pinjal and Par-Tapi-Narmada. Krishna, the fourth largest river in India, originates in Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra and flows through Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana […]
What are Bomb Cyclone and Bombogenesi
Bomb Cyclone: The US East Coast is bracing itself for a “bomb cyclone” (Nor’easter) that is on course to to barrel in from the mid-Atlantic. Bombogenesis is the technical term. ‘Bomb cyclone’ is a shortened version of it, better for social media.” It is a mid-latitude cyclone that intensifies rapidly. It has low pressure at […]
Tiwa Community: Assam
Tiwa Community: Almost 250 members of two extremist organisations in Assam laid down their arms before Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at a formal programme in Guwahati. The organisations are the Tiwa Liberation Army (TLA) and the United Gorkha People’s Organisation (UGPO). Formed in 2014 to cater to the aspirations of the Tiwa community, the […]
Chakmas And Hajongs Communities
Chakmas And Hajongs Communities: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in its order directed Ministry of Home Affairs and Arunachal Pradesh to submit action taken report within six weeks against alledged racial profiling and relocation of the Chakmas and Hajongs from the State. Also both the authorities were directed to “ensure that human rights of […]
Development Project In The Great Nicobar Island
Development Project In The Great Nicobar Island: The recently released draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the mega development project in the Great Nicobar Island has raised serious questions related to submission of incorrect or incomplete information, scientific inaccuracy and failure to follow appropriate procedure. A committee of the Ministry of Environment Forest and […]
Lithium Mining: Siberia
Lithium Mining: The Serbia government has revoked the licenses for lithium mining to Rio Tinto, an Anglo-Australian multinational mining organisation, following protests for nearly two months. Serbians have been protesting against Rio Tinto’s plans to mine lithium in the Jadar valley near Lozinca town in the country. Rio Tinto had discovered lithium deposits in the […]
