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 […]