In parched Bundelkhand, chasing elusive diamonds and sustenance Subject :Geography Section: Economic geography Manki village, Madhya Pradesh: It is a tribal village in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district, a part of the draught prone Bundelkhand region. It is situated at a distance of barely two kilometres from Nainagiri, a Jain pilgrimage site. It is […]

    What we know of the Uttarakhand tunnel collapse Subject :Geography Section : Places in news Context: An under-construction tunnel in northern Uttarakhand collapsed. About Silkyara- Barkot Tunnel Project: Silkyara Tunnel (or Silkyara- Barkot tunnel) is located on the Uttarkashi-Yamnotri road. The tunnel is a part of the Char Dham all-weather road project which […]

    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 […]