The Kaladan project connects Sittwe Port in Myanmar to the India-Myanmar border. The project was jointly initiated by India and Myanmar to create a multi-modal platform for cargo shipments from the eastern…
Category: General Studies Paper 1
Last Ice Area
WWF-Canada coined the Last Ice Area, a polar region above Nunavut and Greenland where scientists project sea ice will persist the longest in the face of a warming world. •It’s…
‘Heat Dome’ Effect
Canada and parts of United States are experiencing extreme temperatures, due to which hundreds of people have died. The weather is due to heat dome, a climate phenomenon behind sudden…
Summer Solstice
Equinox and Solstice occur because Earth’s axis of rotation is tilted about 23.4 degrees relative to Earth's orbit around the sun. This tilt drives our planet's seasons, as the Northern…
Turkey’s Challenging ‘Sea Snot’
The sea of Maramara, which lies within Turkey and separates Istanbul between Europe and Asia, is festered with a new challenge- sea snot. The sludge has also been seen in…
Black Carbon
In a report titled “Glaciers of the Himalayas, Climate Change, Black Carbon and Regional Resilience", the World Bank said that the Black carbon (BC) deposits produced by human activity which…
Niti Aayog’s SDG India Index
India saw significant improvement in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to clean energy, urban development and health in 2020, according to the NITI Aayog’s 2020 SDG Index. The country’s…
Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ)
On 7 April, the US Navy’s 7th Fleet issued a release to say one of its warships, guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, had asserted navigational rights and freedoms…
Suez Canal
The Ever Given container ship was stuck and blocking the Suez Canal.The Ship Weighing 200,000-Ton Blocks Suez Canal Causing Disruptions and Losses. Suez Canal,is the fastest crossing from the Atlantic Ocean…
Mughal Era Paintings
Origin of Mughal School of Paintings is a landmark in history of Indian paintings. The school originated in the reign of Akbar. The origin of Mughal style was a result…