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India Needs an Updated Flood Map
Why in News Recent occurrences of heavy rainfall leading to flooding across India have shown that flood-prone areas in the country go beyond those...
14 Aug 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Report on Water Resource Management
Why in News Recently, a report was tabled in Rajya Sabha by the Standing Committee on Water Resources. The report is titled “Flood...
06 Aug 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News Recently, heavy rains caused flash floods and landslides in many parts of Himachal Pradesh. Key Points Landslide: About: A...
16 Jul 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News Recently, Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling a Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s (GERD) reservoir on the upper Blue...
07 Jul 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Hindu Kush Himalayan Mountains
Why in News According to UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) mountain ranges could lose up to two-third of...
10 Jun 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Sulphur Dioxide Emissions from Caribbean Volcano
Why in News The Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) emissions from a volcanic eruption in the Caribbean (La Soufriere Volcano) have reached India, sparking fear...
20 Apr 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News Recently, Ecuador’s Sangay volcano erupted. Key Points About Sangay Volcano: Sangay volcano is one of the highest active...
13 Mar 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News Recently, the Indian Army rescued several tourists caught in a snowstorm at Nathu La on the India-China border in Sikkim. Key...
20 Feb 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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About A glacier is a large, perennial accumulation of crystalline ice, snow, rock, sediment, and water that originates on land and moves down...
15 Feb 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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NDMA Guidelines to Tackle Glacial Bursts
Why in News A Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) is suspected to have caused the flash floods in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. In October...
10 Feb 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Mapping Seismic Hazard of Eastern Himalaya
Why in News Recently, scientists have found the first geological evidence of an earthquake on the border of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, documented...
09 Feb 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News Recently, a glacial break in the Tapovan-Reni area of Chamoli District of Uttarakhand led to massive Flash Flood in Dhauli Ganga and...
08 Feb 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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The Ring of Fire, also referred to as the Circum-Pacific Belt, is a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent...
08 Feb 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Tectonic Plates A tectonic plate (also called lithospheric plate) is a massive, irregularly-shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both...
01 Feb 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have recently agreed to resume negotiations to resolve their decade-long complex dispute over the Grand...
06 Jan 2021 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is making efforts to get recognition of a geopark for Visakhapatnam...
18 Nov 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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Tectonically Active Zone of Himalayas
Why in News Recently, a group of scientists from the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun have found that the Indus-Tsangpo Suture...
28 Oct 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News The Prime Minister has inaugurated the Atal Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh’s Rohtang, which connects Solang Valley near Manali to...
03 Oct 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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Why in News According to a new study, the fire regimes in the Arctic are changing rapidly, with ‘zombie fires’ becoming more frequent in...
01 Oct 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
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African Elephant dying due to Cyanobacteria
Why in News Neuro-toxins in water produced by cyanobacteria killed more than 300 African elephants in the Okavango delta region, Botswana (country...
22 Sep 2020 Geographical Features and their Location
