As thousands of earthquakes rock Iceland, a volcanic eruption to follow? Subject :Geography Section: Physical geography Context: A swarm of 800 earthquakes rocked Iceland’s southwestern Reykjanes peninsula in under 14 hours. Details: The most powerful of these quakes had a magnitude of 5.2 and hit about 40 km from Reykjavík, Iceland’s capital. Perlan […]
Drug smugglers find new route via Mizoram, evade clashes-hit Manipur Subject: Geography Section: Places in news Context: Indian smugglers and their local contacts on either side of the international border used excavators to carve out a 10-km “jeepable road” in Myanmar for the ‘Dawn’ of a new drug route through Mizoram. Details: Mizoram […]
A plan to join the Red Sea with Mediterranean — an alternative to the Suez Canal Subject: Geography Section: Places in news Ben Gurion Canal Project: First envisioned in the 1960s. Named after Israel’s founding father David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973). Aim: To develop an alternate canal system that ends the monopoly of the Suez […]
Tremors reveal gaps in emergency alert system Subject : Geography Section: Physical geography Context: When tremors hit Delhi and surrounding areas following the 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Nepal and the 5.6 magnitude aftershock, the government and private early alert systems did not reach many of the people who could feel palpable tremors. Emergency […]
Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) to prepare master plan for its non-major ports Subject :Geography Section: Economic geography Context: Gujarat is taking its non-major ports (NMPs) operated by the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) to the next level with plans to enhance the capacity, efficiency, safety, and sustainability of port operations. About the development of […]
Possible answer to farm fires: New rice variety can replace Pusa-44 Subject : Geography Section: Economic geography Context: In its order directing the Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan governments to ensure that the burning of crop stubble be “stopped forthwith”, the Supreme Court mentioned a “particular kind of paddy grown mostly in […]
The earth’s interior may hold relics of moon-forming mega impact Subject: Geography Section: Physical geography In the news: Seismologists have identified two large blobs in the earth’s mantle, one under Africa and the other under the South Pacific region. Details: These blobs may be remnants from a collision between the early Earth and […]
How ignored landslide warnings led to Subansiri running dry Subject: Geography Section: Places in news Context: A large part of the hill on the left side of the Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project collapsed into its reservoir. Details: The deposits blocked the only functional diversion tunnel and stopped the flow of water downstream of […]