RIVER POLLUTION TOPIC: Geography Context- The Sutlej and its tributaries in Punjab are extremely polluted. The state’s air quality index is a matter of deep concern. Concept- More than half of Punjab’s districts have reported dangerous levels of uranium, arsenic, cadmium and lead in their groundwater. Rivers in Punjab: Since the partition of […]
WILDFIRES in SAVANNAH TOPIC: Geography Context- Wildfires are predicted to worsen in the coming years and decades, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned in its annual Frontiers report released February 17, 2022. Concept- Wildfires: Also called bush or vegetation fire or forest fire, it can be described as any uncontrolled and […]
FALKLAND ISLANDS TOPIC: Geography Context- UK has objected to China backing Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands. Concept- What is this dispute about? Since the 18th century, the Falkland Islands, located off the coast of Argentina in the south Atlantic Ocean, have always been subjected to colonisation and conquests by Britain, France, Spain […]
CHEETAH TRANSLOCATION TOPIC: Geography Context- A team of five experts will leave for Namibia February 17, 2022, to finalise details on translocating African cheetahs to India. Concept- The cheetah translocation project aims to bring African cheetahs to India, where the Indian cheetah was declared extinct in 1952. The cheetahs will be sourced mainly […]
La-NINA TOPIC: Geography Context- The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has cited climate models and observations to suggest that the 2021–22 La Nina phenomenon in the Equatorial East and Central Pacific, that drove a successful monsoon for India last year (2021). Concept- El Nino and La Nina are complex weather patterns resulting from […]
RUSSIA LAUNCHES BELARUS MILITARY DRILLS TOPIC: Geography Context- Russia has sent six war ship through the Bosphorus for naval drills on the Black Sea and the neighbouring Sea of Azov. The S-400 air defence system being prepared during the joint exercise of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus in the Brest region […]
Everest’s highest glacier to disappear in middle of this century TOPIC: Geography Context- It has been estimated that the ice in the South Col glacier located at an elevation of 8,020 metres is thinning at a rate of nearly two-metre per year. Concept- As per The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), […]
SNOWFALL IN THE SAHARA DESERT: AN UNUSUAL WEATHER PHENOMENON TOPIC: Geography Context- Snowfall in a hot desert may seem a contradiction but snow has been recorded several times in the Sahara Desert over the last decades, most recently in January 2022. Concept- In order for snow to form, two distinctive weather properties are […]
Bomb Cyclone Subject – Geography Context – ‘Bomb cyclone’ hits eastern U.S., triggers transport chaos, outages Concept – A bomb cyclone is a large, intense midlatitude storm that has low pressure at its center, weather fronts and an array of associated weather, from blizzards to severe thunderstorms to heavy precipitation. It becomes a bomb when its central pressure decreases very […]