Farmers’ protest brings water to Chambal canals after 2 decades Subject: Geography Section: mapping Context: Following a fortnight-long stay by farmers in front of the Chambal Command Area Development office in Kota, water was released after two decades into the dried-up irrigation canals between Gandhi Sagar Dam and Kota Barrage earlier this week. […]

    Farmers may stop sowing cotton as yields and prices slump in Tamil Nadu Subject : Geography Subject: Economic geography Concept : Area under cotton cultivation in Tamil Nadu is likely to fall next sowing season as farmers harvesting cotton now struggle to get remunerative prices. Cotton crop- Conditions of Growth- Cotton is the […]

    GPS Data Could Detect Large Earthquakes Hours Before They Happen Subject :Geography Section: Physical geography Context: A systematic global analysis of GPS time-series data from nearly 100 large earthquakes suggests the existence of a precursory phase of fault slip that occurs about two hours before seismic rupture. Though predicting large earthquakes is still […]