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Why in news? On 26 March 2026 a magnitude‑6.2 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan’s Honshu island. The quake occurred at a depth of abou...
Why in news? In late March 2026, Israel’s defence minister announced that the Israeli military would seize control of southern Lebanon up to the Lit...
Why in news? A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck near Tonga on 24 March 2026. The quake occurred deep beneath the ocean—about 238 kilometr...
Why in news? The head of the Panama Canal Authority recently stated that the canal is operating at top capacity, accommodating about 36 to 38 ships pe...
Why in news? Recent satellite studies and news reports have drawn attention to the alarming decline in the water level of the Caspian Sea. Experts war...
Why in news? On 20 March 2026 a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the remote South Shetland Islands north of the Antarctic Peninsula. The quake occurred...
Why in news? Vietnam features regularly in international discourse because of its strategic location in the Indo‑Pacific and its rapidly growing eco...
Why in news? Geologists from the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology have reconstructed the history of the Ladakh Magmatic Arc (LMA), a belt of igneo...
Why in news? After decades of debate, a March 2026 study definitively confirmed that the Silverpit structure beneath the North Sea is a hypervelocity ...
Why in news? A recent expedition by Latin American researchers caught the world’s attention when they measured a high‑altitude crater lake on Neva...
Why in news? On 1 March 2026, four people drowned in the Beas River near Bharoli village in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh. Police and State Disast...
Why in news? Volcanic eruptions in recent months brought the term tephra into news reports. People often confuse ash and other ejecta; understanding t...
