La Nina Subject – Geography Context – Korean Met agency, too, puts out La Nina watch Concept – To know more about El-nino and La-nina, please click here.

    Saraswati River Subject – Geography Context – New study challenges argument on existence of Saraswati river Concept – A study conducted by the Centre of Excellence for Research on the Saraswati River (CERSR) at Kurukshetra University has concluded that all major archaeological sites in Haryana – Siswal, Rakhigarhi, Banawali, Bhirrana, Kunal, Balu, Thana […]

    El-Nino and La-Nina Subject – Geography Context – Deep depression weakens, but heavy rains to continue Concept – To know about El-Nino, please click here. To know about La-Nina, please click here.

    Coal Subject – Geography Context – ‘No new coal plants needed to meet 2030 demand’ Concept – Coal is a sedimentary, organic rock which is flammable composed primarily of carbon along with other elements such as hydrogen, sulphur, oxygen, and nitrogen. It is used mainly in the generation of thermal power and smelting […]

    Palm Oil Subject – Geography Context – ‘Several studies have shown that palm oil poses no risk to health’. Concept – India imports 60 per cent of the edible oil it consumes and runs up an import bill of ₹80,000 crore. Of that, palm oil alone accounts for 55 per cent. While palm […]

    Island discovered off Greenland Subject – Geography Context – Island discovered off Greenland is the new speck on the world map Concept – Measuring 60×30 metres and with a peak of three metres above sea level, it has now become the new northernmost piece of land on Earth. Before this, Oodaaq was marked […]