Subject: Geography Context: Typhoon Haishen made landfall over southern Japan becoming the country’s second landfalling typhoon within a week. Concept: The typhoon is categorised as a Category 4 storm which means well-built framed houses can suffer severe damage with loss of most of the roof structure and exterior walls. Multiple typhoons hit Japan every year […]
Subject: Geography Context: Asteroid 465824 2010 FR was expected to cross the Earth’s orbit on September 6. Concept: Asteroids are rocky objects that orbit the Sun, much smaller than planets. They are also called minor planets. According to NASA, 994,383 is the count for known asteroids, the remnants from the formation of the solar system […]
Subject: Economy/ Geography Context: April-June 2020 is the third straight quarter where the country’s farm sector output has grown at a higher rate than overall GDP in “real” terms Concept: The latest quarterly estimates of GDP released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) shows that the gross value added (GVA) from agriculture, forestry & fishing […]
Subject: Geography Context: Indian Army thwarted an attempt by China to change the status quo near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) by deploying its troops to a previously un-deployed area on the southern bank of the Pangong Tso Lake in eastern Ladakh. Concept: Pangong Tso is an endorheic lake (landlocked) that is partly in India’s Ladakh region and partly […]
Subject: Geography Context: Nine members of the dwindling Great Andamanese tribe have tested Covid-19 positive. Concept: Great Andamanese are part of the Negrito tribes that inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands The language of the Great Andamanese, Sare, has largely been lost, with the last surviving speaker dying earlier this year. The […]