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 […]
Subject: Geography Context: Delhi and other parts of north India are bracing for near cold wave conditions. Concept: A cold wave is declared when there’s a significant drop in minimum or night time temperature. The IMD’s criteria for a cold wave in the plains is that the minimum temperature should be 10 degrees or lower […]
Subject: Geography Concept: Over the years, India’s ability to track the formation of cyclones has improved significantly. There is a network of 12 doppler weather radars (DWR) along India’s coast if one were to begin counting from Kolkata and trawl up to Mumbai — there are 27 in all in the country. Depending on where […]