Category: Geography Current Affairs

Gandak River : In News Due to heavy rainfall in Nepal’s catchment area, the water levels of the Gandak River in Bihar have been rising continuously. Gandak River is one of the major rivers of North India and a significant left-bank tributary of the Ganga River. It is mentioned in the ancient Sanskrit epic Mahabharata. […]

Greenland: An international team of scientists is set to sail for Greenland to investigate whether the island’s rapidly melting glaciers could disrupt a major Atlantic Ocean current system. Greenland is the world’s largest (non-continent) island located between the continents of North America and Europe in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is geographically considered a part […]

Maori: Addressing the Indian community in Auckland, the Prime Minister of India recently invoked the Maori concept of ‘waka’ to describe India-New Zealand ties. The Maori Tribe is an indigenous tribe, which has inhabited New Zealand for centuries. New Zealand consists of two islands, the North Island and the South Island. The South Island is […]

Gulf of Mannar: The Gulf of Mannar has witnessed a steep decline in bird numbers over the last four decades, with overall shorebird abundance dropping by nearly 57%, according to a peer-reviewed study published recently. Gulf of Mannar is a vast shallow bay that forms part of the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean. It […]

Phu Quoc Island: At least 15 Indian tourists were killed after a boat carrying visitors capsized off Vietnam’s southern island of Phu Quoc recently. Phu Quoc, also known as Pearl Island, is a Vietnamese island located in the Gulf of Thailand. It is famous for its stretches of white sand beaches. A large part of […]

Khawthlangtuipui River: More than 80 families have been evacuated to safer locations after the Khawthlangtuipui river overflowed in Mizoram’s Lunglei district bordering Bangladesh following incessant rainfall over the past week. The Khawthlangtuipui, also known as the Karnaphuli, is a transboundary river flowing through India and Bangladesh. It originates in the Lushai Hills of Mizoram, India. […]

Khadakwasla Dam: With heavy rains lashing the catchment areas of Pune’s reservoirs, water is being released from the Khadakwasla Dam into the Mutha River flowing through the city, leading to waterlogging in some low-lying areas. It is a dam on the Mutha River in Maharashtra. In 1869, the detailed work on the dam was started […]

Agreement on Sardar Sarovar Project Financial Disputes: In a landmark development for cooperative federalism, the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh have signed a one-time settlement agreement to resolve decades-old financial disputes concerning the cost-sharing and pending dues of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP). The agreement resolves complex financial conflicts including cost-sharing of […]

Kwar Hydroelectric Project: In News The heavy rainfall triggered a major landslide near the under-construction 540 MW Kwar Hydroelectric Power Project in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir recently. Kwar Hydroelectric Project is a 540 MW hydropower project located on the Chenab River in the Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir. The project is […]

Norwegian Sea: UK fighter jets intercepted a Russian maritime patrol aircraft after it “repeatedly approached” a carrier strike group in the Norwegian Sea. Norwegian Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, bordered by Norway, Greenland and Iceland. The Barents Sea(northeast), separated from the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest by a submarine ridge that […]