Neighbour’s envy: India’s jute economy is faltering while Bangladesh’s is flourishing; here’s why Subject: Geography Section: Economic Lack of market, government procurement and diversification, poor infrastructure as well as the sorry state of Indian jute mills is responsible for current scenario. India is still the largest producer of jute but in terms of […]
Sea weed farming Subject : Geography Section: Economic Geography Context: The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has done geo-referencing of 342 farming sites in the country over 24,167 hectares of seaweed cultivation. Concept: “Seaweed” is the common name for countless species of marine plants and algae that grow in the ocean as […]
India may open up lithium mining in batteries quest Subject :Geography Section :Economic Geography India is seeking to change laws to allow private miners to extract lithium, the key ingredient for batteries used in in electric vehicles and energy storage, as the nation aims to be more self-sufficient in green technologies. Eight minerals, […]
What is behind the heatwaves affecting the United States? Subject : Geography Section :Climatology Context: Virtually all the contiguous United States experienced above normal temperatures in the past week, with more dangerously hot weather forecast What is a Heat Wave? The World Meteorological Organization defines it as five or more consecutive days during which the […]
India has opened up the highly regulated sector of producing and processing opium to private players Subject : Geography Section : Bajaj Healthcare has become the first company to win tenders for producing concentrated poppy straw that is used to derive alkaloids that are the active pharmaceutical ingredient in pain medication and cough […]
Europe heatwave: a number of reasons, climate change most worrying Subject :Geography Section: Climatology Context: Some places in Britain Tuesday recorded temperatures above 40°C, the first time any place in the United Kingdom breached this mark Factors causing European Heat Wave: On the global scale, climate change has been driving the temperatures upwards, […]
The Kali Bein and its significance for Sikhs Subject :Geography Section: Mapping Context: Punjab Chief Minister admitted to Delhi’s Apollo Hospital, days after he had drunk a glass of water directly from the Kali Bein, a holy rivulet in Sultanpur Lodhi What is the Kali Bein? The 165 km rivulet starts from Hoshiarpur, […]