Lightning toll down 60% in 3 most vulnerable States: Report Subject: Geography Section: Climatology Lightning Resilient India Campaign has created a Lightning Atlas that details strikes across States/UTs with impacts. Lightning, even today, is not notified as a national disaster. It has been declared a state-specific disaster by 16 states as per Ministry […]
Copper in India Subject: Geography Section: Economic Geography In India, refined copper production has been gradually From a high of 799,000 tonnes in 2016-17, output has gradually fallen to 364,000 tonnes in 2020-21, as per government data. Worse, from being the net exporter (333,000 tonnes) in 2017-18, we have slipped to become a […]
Rice Crisis Subject: Geography Section: Economic Geography Context: While overall crop coverage has risen since last year that of rice is down Concept: Rice Cultivation: It is India’s largest agricultural crop (accounting for over 40% of the total food grain output) India is the world’s biggest exporter of rice Rice is both a […]
China’s Xi Jinping makes rare visit to Xinjiang Subject : Geography Section :Mapping Xinjiang lies in the north-west of China and is the country’s largest region. Like Tibet, it is autonomous, meaning – in theory – it has some powers of self-governance. But in practice, both regions are subjected to major restrictions by […]
Assam and Arunachal CMs sign pact to resolve border dispute Subject : Geography Assam Chief Minister HimantaBiswaSarma and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu on Friday signed the Namsai Declaration for minimising the inter-State boundary dispute involving 123 villages. Present-day Arunachal Pradesh, which attained Statehood in February 1987, used to be the North […]
Shanghai- other cities in Yangtze Basin issue red alerts Subject : Geography Section : Climatology The Yangtze Basin in China has been experiencing an unusual heatwave since the past one week, with mega cities in its basin ranging from Chongqing to Shanghai affected. Chongqing, one of the four municipalities of China directly under […]
The political tussle over podu cultivation and forest lands in Telangana Subject: Geography Section: Economic Geography Context: The Telangana government has decided to move landless, non-tribal farmers engaged in shifting cultivation inside forests to peripheral areas as it looks to combat deforestation. Concept – Telangana government has red-flagged encroachment of forests by non-tribals, who […]