Category: Geography Current Affairs

India’s Thermal Power Plants: The Prime Minister’s Office reviewed the coal stock situation in India’s thermal power plants. India’s thermal power plants currently have an average of four days worth of coal stock against a recommended level of 15-30 days, with a number of states highlighting concerns about blackouts as a result of the coal […]

Kalapani Dispute: Nepalese political parties have a general consensus over the fact that Kalapani in Uttarakhand is part of Nepal’s sovereign territory, said former Nepalese Foreign Minister. However, India rejected this claim. Kalapani is Located in the easternmost corner of Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district. Shares a border on the north with the Tibet Autonomous Region of […]

Corbett National Park : Now Ramganga National Park Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey proposed to change the name of Corbett National Park to Ramganga National Park. Jim Corbett’s name has lent itself to India’s oldest and most celebrated national parks and to the cottage industry that has grown around […]

Rohingya Crisis: Bangladesh is planning to send more than 80,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island- Bhasan Char- in the Bay of Bengal after sealing an agreement for the United Nations to provide help. Some 19,000 of the Muslim refugees from Myanmar have already relocated from crowded camps on the mainland to Bhashan Char island, […]

India And China Patrols Face Off In Tawang: Chinese soldiers were detained, let off later. Face-offs occurred because of the differing areas of perception due to the demarcated boundary, and as both sides undertook patrolling activities up to their line of perception. Tawang was historically part of Tibet. The 1914 Simla Accord defined the McMahon […]

What Is Buddhist Circuit? Centre has planned major infrastructure push for Buddhist Circuit. The Union Tourism Ministry has aggressively started tourism promotion with participation of the industry stakeholders, especially after the dramatic improvement of Covid situation in the country and achievement of vaccination targets. The Buddhist Circuit project was announced by the central government in […]

Javan Gibbon: Indonesia is taking steps to protect the habitat of Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch), which is endangered by climate change and human encroachment. The species is also hunted for both meat and pet trade. The silvery gibbon, also known as the Javan gibbon, is a primate. They are found in groups only, usually in […]

Mihidana: Geographical Identification: First consignment of Geographical Identification (GI) tagged sweet dish Mihidana sourced from Bardhaman, West Bengal has been exported to the Kingdom of Bahrain Recently, to commemorate the historical legacy of a century old sweet delicacy & GI certified – Jaynagarer Moa, prepared from popped-rice ball & fresh date-palm jaggery, in Jaynagar, West […]

Senkaku Islands In Japan: New Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said that he received a “strong” message from President Joe Biden about the United States’ commitment to defending the disputed East China Sea islets, known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan. As per the U.S.-Japan security treaty, the U.S. has obligations to defend Japan, […]