Lost interview of George Lemaitre rediscovered Subject: Physical geography Theory of Origin of universe Context: In February 1964, a broadcaster in Belgium aired an interview with a Catholic priest named Georges Lemaître (1894-1966). The footage was subsequently thought lost after it went missing from the broadcaster’s archives. Who was George Lemaitre? Lemaître was […]

    Vizhinjam Port Subject : Physical Geography Section :Mapping Context: The Adani Group has temporarily stopped construction activities of the Vizhinjam international seaport, after Latin Catholic Church-backed protestors went inside the construction site. Concept : The Vizhinjam International Transhipment Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport is an ambitious project taken up by Government of Kerala. It is […]

    Thousands marooned in Odisha as Mahanadi basin floods due to heavy rain Subject : Physical Geography Section :Mapping Concept – It is a multipurpose scheme conceived by Er. M. Visveswaraya in 1937, after recurrence of devastating floods in Mahanadi river. Its first hydro power was commissioned in 1956. Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, close […]