Subject : Geography Context : A new study carried out by researchers of the Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (CAOS) has found that El Niño alone is not be blamed for droughts that in the Indian subcontinent. Concept : El Nino refers to the large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate interaction linked […]
Subject: Geography Context: Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, are usually witnessed far up in the Polar Regions or the high latitude regions of Europe, like in Norway. But, recently, they could be visible in southern regions, such as in the Pennsylvania in the US. Concept: This is happening due to a solar flare, […]
Subject: Geography Context: The Foreign Ministers of Nepal and China jointly certified the elevation of Mount Everest at 8,848.86 metres above sea level — 86 cm higher than what was recognised since 1954. Concept: Mount Everest (also called Sagarmatha in Nepal) is Earth’s highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas between China and […]
Subject: Geography Context:With the entire Lakshadweep group of islands being declared an organic agricultural area, the island administration is eyeing an expansion of the traditional business in coconuts and coconut products. Concept : It consists of three major islands. They are , Amindivi Islands (consisting of six main islands of Amini, Keltan, Chetlat, Kadmat, Bitra […]
Subject: Geography Context: India on Thursday said it “carefully monitors all developments on the Brahmaputra” river, even as Beijing said it was its “legitimate right” to develop hydro power projects. Concept: Brahmaputra river system is one of the largest rivers in the world. In the Tibet region, it is known by the name of YarlungTsangpo. […]
Subject: Geography Context : The Deep Depression over southwest Bay of Bengal moved west-north westwards with a speed of 09 kmph during past six hours, intensified into Cyclonic Storm ‘Burevi’. Concept: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that a cyclone brewing in the Bay of Bengal is likely to affect Tamil Nadu and Kerala, less […]
Subject: Geography Context: Developing ocean-atmospheric phenomenon (LaNina) will influence our weather in the coming months Concept: It means the large-scale cooling of ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, together with changes in the tropical atmospheric circulation, namely winds, pressure and rainfall. It has the opposite impacts on weather and climate […]