ALABAMA FOREST Subject: Geography Context: Among the petitions before United States President Joe Biden from environmentalists is one to save a unique forest off the coast of Alabama. Concept: Entire Alabama forest is underwater — 10 fathoms (60 feet) deep — and made up of the remains of cypress trees that grew in […]

    FLASH DROUGHTS Subject: Geography Context:  A new study has now pointed out that India could experience more such flash droughts by the end of this century. Several factors including atmospheric anomalies, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions play an important role. Concept: Fash drought is the rapid onset of drought. It can develop in as […]

    Earthquake Subject: Geography Context: A magnitude 6.2 quake hit the Indonesia and killed at least 35. Concept: An earthquake is shaking or trembling of the earth’s surface, caused by the seismic waves or earthquake waves that are generated due to a sudden movement (sudden release of energy) in the earth’s crust (shallow-focus earthquakes) or upper mantle (some shallow-focus and all […]

    Transhumance Subject: Geography /Art and culture Context: Ladakh’s nomads have been forced to migrate due to climate change and other reasons with impact on future of pashmina wool. Concept: Pashmina is considered the finest craftsmanship in the world which transforms the exceptionally warm and delicate Cashmere threads to opulent accessories. The fleece of […]

    VANADIUM Subject: Geography Context: Exploration being carried out by Geological Survey of India (GSI) has placed Arunachal Pradesh on the vanadium map of the country. Concept: Vanadium is a chemical element with the symbol V and atomic number 23. It is a hard, silvery-grey, malleable transition metal. The elemental metal is rarely found […]