Subject: Geography Context: The Bay of Bengal will see its second Severe Cyclone of the year, after Super Cyclone Amphan formed in May. It is likely to hit Tamil Nadu coast by midweek. Concept: The depression will intensify into a cyclone. At this stage, the wind speed will range between 70 to 80 km/hr gusting […]

Subject :  Geography Context : Hurricane Iota made landfall in Nicaragua in Central America on Monday night and has developed into a category five storm. Concept : Iota was spotted as a tropical depression last week in the Central Caribbean Sea by the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). The Atlantic Hurricane season runs from June […]

Subject : Geography Context : A glacial lake outburst flood hit the village of Gya in Ladakh, destroying houses, fields and bridges. Using remote sensing data, researchers from Germany have mapped the evolution of Gya glacial lake and note the cause of the flood. Concept : Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) refers to the glacier […]

Subject : Geography Context : Ethiopia is on the brink of a civil war after Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that he had ordered troops to counter an allegedly violent attack by armed forces in the country’s northern Tigray region. Concept : Background : In early November 2020, the region and the Ethiopian federal […]