MOUNT K2 Subject: Geography Context: On January 16, a group of Nepali mountaineers became the first climbers to scale the K2 peak in winter. Concept: At 8,611 metres, K2 or Mount Godwin Austen is the second-highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest above sea level. It is located on the China–Pakistan border […]

    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 […]