Venezuela
Why in news? Venezuela has been in news recently. Understanding Venezuelaâs physical features helps contextualise its economy and biodiver...
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Why in news? Venezuela has been in news recently. Understanding Venezuelaâs physical features helps contextualise its economy and biodiver...
Why in news? Oil India Ltd announced that it had struck natural gas near the Andaman Islands at a shallow offshore well named âVijayapuram...
Why in news? The Musi River has been in news as the Telangana government prepared to clear encroachments along its banks. Understanding the ...
Why in news? The Mahendragiri hills in Odishaâs Gajapati district, declared a Biodiversity Heritage Site in 2022, continue to attract scie...
Why in news? Estonia has been mentioned in international news for its role in cybersecurity initiatives and its relations with Russia and NA...
Why in news? Proposals resurfaced in September 2025 to raise the height of the Almatti Dam on the Krishna River from 519.6 metres to 524.256...
Why in news? Scientists recorded lowâlevel activity at Barren Island in September 2025, reminding the public that it is Indiaâs only act...
Why in news? A new study found that although El NiĂąo usually suppresses the Indian summer monsoon, it increases the likelihood of intense d...
Why in news? Seven Indian natural sites were added to UNESCOâs Tentative List in 2025. Being placed on the list is the first step towards ...
Why in news? Catastrophic floods and landslides in the Himalayas during the 2025 monsoon underscored the need for modern disaster management...
Why in news? More than a thousand large dams in India will be over 50 years old by 2025, and several hundred are already beyond their design...
Why in news? A report titled Sliding Earth, Scattered Lives released in September 2025 described the July 2024 landslide in Wayanad district...
Why in news? The Erra Matti Dibbalu, or Red Sand Dunes, near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh have been included in the UNESCO Tentative List...
Why in news? Scientists raised alarms that Pugad, a small island in the Philippinesâ Bulacan province, is subsiding rapidly while sea leve...
Why in news? Severe floods and landslides in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Kashmir during the 2025 monsoon season highlighted th...
Why in news? Ethiopia inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River. The megadam is Africaâs largest hydroelectri...
Why in news? In early September 2025, several submarine cables beneath the Red Sea were damaged, disrupting internet traffic between Asia an...
Why in news? Heavy monsoon rains in 2025 caused the Beas and Sutlej rivers in Punjab to swell, threatening villages such as Marar in Tarn Ta...
Why in news? A devastating landslide in Sudanâs Darfur region in late August 2025 killed over a thousand people and destroyed an entire m...
Why in news? In early September 2025 residents of Band Bazar in Nanda Nagar, a town in Uttarakhandâs Chamoli district, experienced sudden ...