World’s Highest Motorable Road :Umling La pass In Eastern Ladakh: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed and completed black topping the world’s highest motorable road at Umling La pass in Eastern Ladakh, located at an altitude of 19,300 ft. By constructing this road, BRO has created a record in high-altitude road construction. It bettered […]
Category: Geography Current Affairs
Implementation of Deep Ocean Mission (DOM)
Deep Ocean Mission (DOM): The Government has informed in the Rajya Sabha that Deep Ocean Mission (DOM) will be implemented at a total budget of Rs. 4077 Cr for 5 years. And all the components of the mission will commence in 2021. The focus of the mission will be on deep-sea mining, ocean climate change […]
Halam Sub-tribes Clash
Halam Sub-tribes Clash: People of Halam sub-tribes, who took refuge in Assam following clashes with Bru refugees in north Tripura, are returning to their village Damcherra in North district of Tripura. The Brus came to Tripura in 1997 to escape an ethnic clash in Mizoram and started staying at six relief camps in the North […]
Provincial Status To Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan
Provincial Status To Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan It has been reported that, Pakistani authorities have finalised a law (26th Constitutional Amendment Bill), to award provisional provincial status to strategically located Gilgit-Baltistan. About Gilgit-Baltistan: Gilgit-Baltistan is one of the disputed territories of India. It is a chunk of high-altitude territory located on the north western corner of the […]
Kuthiran Tunnel
Kuthiran Tunnel: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari instructed to open one side of the Kuthiran Tunnel in Kerala. This is the first road tunnel in the state and will drastically improve connectivity to Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The 1.6 km long tunnel is designed through Peechi- Vazahani wildlife sanctuary. The road […]
Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) Programme
Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) Programme: Two more commercial-cum-strategic facilities at Chandikhol and Padur of 6.5 MM storage capacity to be established under phase-2 of SPR Programme. Under Phase I of strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) programme, Government of India, through its Special Purpose Vehicle, Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Limited (ISPRL), has established petroleum storage facilities with […]
Thirugnana Sambandar
Thirugnana Sambandar: The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) announced that it would return 14 works of art from its Asian art collection to India. The works being returned are: dancing child-saint Sambandar of 12th century belonging to Chola dynasty, processional standard [alam], from Hyderabad, arch for a Jain shrine (11th-12th century), seated Jina, 1163 from […]
Cloudburst : Definition
Cloudbursts: On July 28, at least seven people were killed, 17 injured and over 35 missing after a cloudburst hit a remote village of Jammu and Kashmir. Cloudbursts are short-duration, intense rainfall events over a small area. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), it is a weather phenomenon with unexpected precipitation exceeding 100mm/h over […]
Earth Overshoot Day, 2021
Earth Overshoot Day, 2021: According to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), humanity has again used up all biological resources that our planet regenerates during the entire year by 29th July, 2021. Humanity currently uses 74% more than what the planet’s ecosystems can regenerate — or 1.7 Earths. From Earth Overshoot Day until the […]
Raja Mircha – Nagaland
Raja Mircha: In a major boost to exports of Geographical Indications (GI) products from the north-eastern region, a consignment of ‘Raja Mircha’ also referred as king chilli from Nagaland was exported to London via Guwahati by air for the first time. The consignment of King Chilli also considered as world’s hottest based on the The […]
