Category: Geography Current Affairs

Rare Earth Hypothesis: New insights from exoplanet studies revive and reshape the debate over the Rare Earth Hypothesis. The Rare Earth hypothesis posits that the emergence of complex life on planets outside Earth is highly unlikely due to a unique combination of specific conditions required for such life to thrive. Proposed by paleontologist Peter Ward […]

Painganga River: Four women and three children trapped for almost two hours in the gushing water of the Penganga River, near the famous Sahastrakund waterfall, were rescued recently. The Painganga River (also known as the Penganga River) is the chief river of the Yavatmal district in Maharashtra state. It is a major tributary of the […]

Canary Islands: In News Three people were killed and 15 others injured after powerful waves struck Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary Islands and a popular holiday destination. The Canary Islands are an archipelago located off the northwest coast of Africa in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean. Geographically, the archipelago is part […]

Mount Vesuvius: A mechanical artwork created in 1775 to portray the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius has been recently brought to life for the first time. Mount Vesuvius is an active volcano located on the west coast of Italy near Naples, in the Gulf of Naples. It stands about 4,200 feet (1,280 meters) high, but […]

Christmas Island: Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence earlier this year. Christmas Island is an island in the Indian Ocean. It lies about 360 km south of the island of Java and […]

Typhoon Kalmaegi: Typhoon Kalmaegi struck Vietnam’s central coast, forcing flight cancellations and mass evacuations after killing over 114 people in the Philippines, where it caused widespread flooding, destruction, and displacement.Typhoon Kalmaegi is a tropical cyclone that developed over the western Pacific Ocean, characterized by strong winds, torrential rains, and high tidal waves. It intensified rapidly […]

Vaigai Dam: The timely onset of the northeast monsoon and water release from the Vaigai dam have invigorated Madurai’s farming community, prompting a rapid and widespread launch of paddy cultivation across the district’s double-crop regions. Vaigai Dam was built in the year 1959 across the Vaigai River. The dam measures 111 ft in height and […]

Bhavani Island: Back-to-back floods at the Prakasam Barrage across the Krishna River have become a bane for the tourism department, which has once again been forced to close Bhavani Island and suspend boat operations, severely impacting tourism revenue. It is a river island situated near Vijayawada on the Krishna River in Andhra Pradesh. Spread over […]

PM Modi Inaugurates Chhattisgarh Assembly on State Foundation Day: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Nava Raipur, Chhattisgarh to mark the state’s Silver Jubilee—25 years since its formation in 2000. On this symbolic day, he inaugurated the new Legislative Assembly complex, unveiled a statue of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and launched infrastructure and welfare projects […]