Subject: Geography Context: Turkey’s seismic research vessel Oruc Reis returned to waters near the southern province of Antalya NATO members Turkey and Greece have overlapping claims to continental shelves and rights to potential energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean. Tensions flared last month after Ankara sent Oruc Reis to map out possible oil and gas […]

Subject: Geography Context : Late monsoon withdrawal in India due to La Niña Concept: Withdrawal or the retreat of the monsoon is a more gradual process. The withdrawal of the monsoon begins in northwestern states of India by early September. By mid-October, it withdraws completely from the northern half of the peninsula. The withdrawal from […]

Subject: Geography Context: Erratic climate pattern taking a toll on producers of tea, coffee, rubber Concept: The term plantation crop refers to those crops which are cultivated on an extensive scale in contiguous area, owned and managed by an individual or a company. The crops include tea, coffee, rubber, cocoa, coconut, arecanut, oil palm, palmyrah […]

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 […]