Farmers in rain-battered Himachal fear massive drop in apple output Subject : Geography Section: Economic Geography Apple (Malus pumila) is commercially the most important temperate fruit and is fourth among the most widely produced fruits in the world after banana, orange and grape. China is the largest apple producing country in the world. Origin […]
Seed Festival Subject : Geography Section: Economic geography Concept : The native seed festival was first introduced in South India at Thiruthuraipoondi in Tiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu in 2006 by the late Nel Jayaraman ( nel means paddy in Tamil). Since then it has grown from strength to strength, drawing a large […]
Coal mining in Meghalaya Subject : Geography Section: Economic geography Coal in Meghalaya: Meghalaya is predominantly rich in tertiary coal deposits belonging to the Eocene age (36-56 million years ago). The total estimated of coal reserve found in Meghalaya is about 576.48 million tonnes. Meghalaya coal belongs to sub-bituminous type with high sulphur […]
Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) Subject: Geography Section: Rivers in news Context- The Chief Minister of Rajasthan has demanded the national project status for the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP). Concept- The main advantage of a project which has received national project status is that 90% of the funding for the project will be […]
Chandrayaan-3 mission: How Sriharikota became Isro’s ideal launchpad Subject: Geography Section: Places in news Context: India’s third lunar mission and second attempt to soft-land on the Moon, the Chandrayaan-3, took off on Friday at 2:35 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC) in Sriharikota. There are three major rocket launch sites in […]
How has the moon transformed our evolution? Subject : GEOGRAPHY Section: Physical geography Context: Chandrayan-3, India’s moon mission which was launched on 14 July 2023, has set high hopes for India expecting its first moon soft landing. Moon’s impact on Earth: Moon, the satellite of the Earth with an orbit of 384,400 kilometres, […]
Chandra Taal Subject: Geography Section: Places in news About: Tso Chigma or Chandra Taal (meaning the Lake of the Moon), or Chandra Tal is a lake in the Spiti part of the Lahul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Chandra Taal is near the source of the Chandra River. The lake is […]