India-China clash: What has happened in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh Subject: Mapping The Defence Minister told Lok Sabha that on December 9, PLA troops carried out an incursion (“atikraman”) across the LAC in Yangtse area of Tawang sector in Arunachal Pradesh, and attempted to unilaterally change the status quo. About Tawang Tawang is a […]
English Channel Subject: Mapping Context: Dozens of demonstrators have assembled outside Downing Street to protest over the deaths of 27 people who perished while trying to cross the English Channel. Concept: The English Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France and links to the southern […]
Greece and Turkey Subject – Mapping Context – Fearing a repeat of the 2015 refugee crisis, Greece has completed building a 40-km long wall and installed a hi-tech surveillance system on its border with Turkey to avoid the influx of Afghan migrants following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Concept –
Island of Agalega Subject: Mapping Context: Mauritius has denied a report that it has allowed India to build a military base on the remote island of Agalega, with a government official telling AFP that no such agreement exists between the two nations Concept: The small, remote Mauritian island of North Agalega, located in the […]
Gilgit-Baltistan Subject: Mapping Context: Pakistani authorities have finalised a law to award provisional provincial status to strategically located Gilgit-Baltistan, a media report said on Sunday. Concept: Gilgit-Baltistan has functioned as a “provincial autonomous region” since 2009. Besides, India has conveyed that the entire Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the […]