Mahadayi river water project #GS-01 Geography, #GS-02 Interstate River water dispute For Prelims Mahadayi river Mahadayi River known as Mandovi in Goa is called the lifeline of the Indian state of Goa. It originates in the Western Ghats from Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary in Belagavi district […]
Cyclone Mandous #GS-01 Geography, #GS-03 Disaster Management For Prelims Tropical Cyclone: Cyclones are rapid inward air circulation around a low–pressure The air circulates in an anticlockwise direction in the Northern hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Tropical cyclones are strong storms that form over tropical […]
El Niño and La Niña #GS-01 Geography For Prelims: El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of what is known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle. El Niño: El Nino means ‘little boy’ or ‘Christ child’ in Spanish. El Nino is a climate […]
Saving the precious #GS-03 Environment, #GS-01 Geography For Mains: Condition of India’s Ground water: The Total Annual Groundwater Recharge for the entire country is 437.60 billion cubic metres (bcm) out of which the quantity extracted was 239.16 bcm. A similar assessment in 2020 found that […]
India gets its first avalanche monitoring radar in Sikkim #GS-01 Geography, #GS-03 Disaster Management For Prelims: About Avalanche: Avalanches are masses of snow, ice, and rocks that fall rapidly down a mountainside. Avalanches are classified into two types: slab avalanches, which are built of tightly […]
Southwest monsoon begins early withdrawal in Rajasthan #GS-01 Geography For Prelims About Monsoon: The term “monsoon” refers to the climate associated with the seasonal reversal of wind direction. The monsoons are a double system of seasonal winds that travel from the sea to the land […]
Typhoon Nanmadol makes landfall in Japan #GS-01 Geography For Prelims: About Typhoons: A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere aka the Northwestern Pacific Basin. About Tropical Cyclones Tropical cyclones are violent storms with a diameter […]