‘Telangana Darshini’ Program for Students to Visit Historical Sites: Telangana state government launched the ‘Telangana Darshini’ Program to those government school students to explore historical and tourist sites at no cost. It is also designed to enrich the educational experiences of government school students. It aims to enhance student’s knowledge through experiential learning rather than […]
Category: Geography Current Affairs
LAC Issue
LAC Issue: India and China are learnt to have made “significant progress” in narrowing their gap on pending issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The 31st WMCC talks and upcoming Corps Commanders’ meeting are key to finalizing troop redeployment and disengagement along the LAC. Both sides are discussing implementation details. […]
Taiwan Strait
Taiwan Strait: A Japanese warship cruised for the first time to assert its freedom of navigation through the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan Strait is also called Formosa Strait which separates the island of Taiwan and continental Asia. The chief ports are Amoy in mainland China and Kao-hsiung in Taiwan. Several rivers including the Jiulong and Min […]
Mao Nagas
Mao Nagas: The Mao Council, apex tribal body of the Mao Nagas in Manipur, has officially accepted the judgment and order of the Tenyimia People’s Organisation (TPO) Presidential Council regarding the traditional land dispute along the Nagaland-Manipur border. Mao Naga is one of the indigenous tribes of Northeast India. It is one of the Naga […]
MAPCIS Crater
MAPCIS Crater: Australian researchers have uncovered evidence of a massive impact crater which is named as MAPCIS, which could revolutionise our understanding of Earth’s geological history. MAPCIS Crater is classified as a nonconcentric complex crater, and could provide invaluable insights into Earth’s geological and biological evolution. It spans an astonishing 600 kilometers across central Australia. […]
Mankidia Tribe
Mankidia Tribe: The Mankidia community became the 6th particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) PVTG to get habitat rights over forests in Odisha. The Mankidia community is an Austro-Asiatic community that ekes out a living mainly from the forests. They constitute a semi-nomadic section of the Birhor tribe. They have been identified as a Particularly Vulnerable […]
Pune Airport To Be Named After Jagadguru Sant Tukaram Maharaj
Pune Airport To Be Named After Jagadguru Sant Tukaram Maharaj: Maharashtra government approved a proposal to name Pune airport as Jagadguru Sant Tukaram Maharaj Pune International Airport. Airport renaming proposal put forward last month Last month, Murlidhar Mohol proposed naming the airport after the 17th-century saint, noting that Lohegaon, where the airport is situated, was […]
Jordan
Jordan: Jordan has become the first country in the world to receive World Health Organization (WHO) verification for eliminating leprosy. This achievement highlights the country’s strong political commitment and effective public health strategies, with no locally transmitted cases reported for over two decades. Jordan’s success serves as a global model, demonstrating the power of sustained […]
Typhoon Yagi
Typhoon Yagi: Typhoon Yagi has caused severe damage across Southeast Asia, affecting the Philippines, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and particularly Vietnam. It is the strongest tropicalcyclone Asia has encountered till September 2024 and the second most powerful globally after Hurricane Beryl (Atlantic Ocean). It originated as a tropical storm (wind speed upto 63 kmph) in […]
Line of Actual Control
Line of Actual Control The Union Ministry of External Affairs recently said that about 75% of the “disengagement problems” with China on the military standoff along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh have been “sorted out” Line of Actual Control (LAC) is the demarcation that separates Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory. Although not […]
