Ageing world: Elderly population expected to double over the next 3 decades; are our policies mature enough to address it? Subject: Geography Section: Geomorphology Context: The number of persons aged 65 years or older worldwide is expected to double over the next three decades, according to a new report by the United Nations […]
What does the centre wants in Bhopal gas case? Subject: Geography Section: Geomorphology Context: The Union of India calls the Bhopal gas leak tragedy the world’s largest industrial disaster. About the tragedy: On the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas escaped from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) plant […]
Tonga eruption similar to Mount St. Helens eruption Subject: Geography Section: Geomorphology Context: The forces generated by the January 2022 Tonga eruption created globally observable atmosphere waves. The atmospheric wave pattern close to the eruption was quite complicated, but thousands of miles away the disturbances were led by an isolated wave front traveling horizontally at more than 650 miles per hour as it spread […]
Reconstructing past deep-water circulations of Indian Ocean Subject: Geography Section: Oceanography Why in news: Studies have indicated that tectonically driven changes in the ocean gateways such as the closure of the Central American Seaway, a body of water that once separated North America from South America, since the late Miocene period, had a […]
Daily Practice Sheet 14 January 2023 GS 1: Geography Discuss the strategic significance of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. GS 2: Polity None including the Judiciary is supreme, only the Constitution. Comment Parliament law-making power is not absolute. Discuss Critically examine the role of Governor in the light of recent controversy related to […]