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North-East Monsoon Ends with 30% Surplus Rain
Why in News India witnessed a 30% surplus in total rainfall during the Northeast monsoon in 2019. October to December is recognised as the period...
03 Jan 2020 Geography
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Why in News On 26th December 2019, India experienced an Annular Solar eclipse of 0.97 magnitude, with 3 minutes and 39 seconds’ maximum...
27 Dec 2019 Geography
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Seismometers Defunct in Earthquake-Prone Zones
Why in News 20 out of 35 seismometers and accelerographs in earthquake prone zones (Seismic zone III and IV) of Maharashtra were found...
30 Nov 2019 Geography
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International Conference on “Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience
The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) organized the 1st International Conference on “Landslides Risk Reduction and Resilience"...
29 Nov 2019 Geography
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Indian Diaspora Largest in the World: UN Report
Why in News As per International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) latest report, ‘Global Migration Report 2020’, India continues...
29 Nov 2019 Geography
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Indian Ocean Dipole and the South-West Monsoon
According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, the delayed withdrawal of South-west monsoon in India has had a cascading impact on the summer...
21 Oct 2019 Geography
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04 Oct 2019 Geography
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Why in News? According to the International Migrant Stock 2019 report (released by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of...
04 Oct 2019 Geography
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Ancient River Unearthed in Uttar Pradesh
The Union Jal Shakti Ministry has excavated an old, dried-up river in the Prayagraj during geophysical survey covering the Prayagraj and Kaushambi...
01 Oct 2019 Geography
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A deep depression over the Arabian Sea has intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Hikaa’ that will cause strong winds along the Gujarat...
24 Sep 2019 Geography
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Climate Change and Ocean Currents
A new study suggests a link between Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and the Indian Ocean. For thousands of years, Atlantic...
23 Sep 2019 Geography
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Ocean Energy as Renewable Energy
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has declared Ocean Energy as renewable energy. It has clarified to all the stakeholders that energy...
23 Aug 2019 Geography
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What is a Jet Stream? The Jet Stream is a geostrophic wind blowing horizontally through the upper layers of the troposphere, generally from west...
19 Aug 2019 Geography
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Population Explosion and Fertility Rates
The Prime Minister highlighted “population explosion” and underscored the need for “social awareness” to deal with this...
16 Aug 2019 Geography
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Threat to Human Habitation in the Highlands of Kerala
Investigation of National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS) scientists in Kerala, in the wake of the heavy rain and devastating floods in...
14 Aug 2019 Geography
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The central government is working on an initiative to move 10-12.5 million families within the ambit of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment...
05 Aug 2019 Geography
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Recently, Mount Etna in Sicily (Italy) has erupted. It spewed a plume of ash and lava as two fractures opened at the base of its crater (a...
29 Jul 2019 Geography
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International Charter on ‘Space and Major Disasters’
India, by virtue of being a member of the International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ has received a satellite data related to the...
27 Jul 2019 Geography
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Despite National Green Tribunal's order of not resuming construction or concretization work at Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHP) till...
16 Jul 2019 Geography
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A New Way of Predicting Monsoon
A researcher at a science and technology conference organised in Vienna by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation has come up with...
09 Jul 2019 Geography
