Subject: Geography Context: Recently, eleventh minor earthquake recorded in and around Delhi since May, the most powerful of which happened to be of magnitude 3.4. Concept: The Earth’s crust consists of seven large lithospheric plates and numerous smaller plates. These plates move towards each other (a convergent boundary), apart (a divergent boundary) or past each […]

Subject: Geography/Polity Context: Uttarakhand governor has given her assent for declaration of Bhararisen (Gairsain) in Chamoli district as the summer capital of Uttarakhand  Concept: The state was first carved out from Uttar Pradesh in 2000. Gairsain was best suited to be the capital as it lay between Kumaon and Garhwal. However, Dehradun was named the […]