Geography
Kunar River
Why in news? India has expressed support for Afghanistan’s plan to build a dam on the Kunar River. The proposed project comes at a time when relatio...
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Why in news? India has expressed support for Afghanistan’s plan to build a dam on the Kunar River. The proposed project comes at a time when relatio...
Why in news? A century‑long study has found that the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro have lost nearly 75 percent of their native plant species sin...
Why in news? A survey of butterflies and moths has been launched in the Eturnagaram Wildlife Sanctuary in Mulugu district, Telangana. The study aims t...
Why in news? India has quietly ended its two‑decade presence at the Ayni airbase near Dushanbe, Tajikistan, after a bilateral agreement lapsed. The ...
Why in news? Forest officials in Uttar Pradesh have arrested four people for illegally felling khair trees in the Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary. The a...
Why in news? Researchers from Nagaland University warned that changes in land use around rivers feeding Loktak Lake are deteriorating water quality. T...
Why in news? On 25 October 2025 the Cabinet Secretary of India chaired a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) to review prepared...
Why in news? During the Chhath festival, two people drowned in the Sone River near Palamu district in Jharkhand, drawing attention to safety concerns ...
Why in news? Arunachal Pradesh’s Deputy Chief Minister announced in October 2025 that a nature trail and angling site would be developed in the Kaml...
Why in news? At the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur in October 2025, Timor Leste (East Timor) was formally admit...
Why in news? Researchers analysing two decades of seismic data beneath Mount Etna have found that changes in the ratio of small earthquakes to larger ...
Why in news? Residents and wildlife enthusiasts have raised alarm over the dwindling population of spotted deer in the Konark-Balukhand Wildlife Sanct...
Why in news? At the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress held in late 2025, the Pacific island nation of ...
Why in news? In the early hours of 15 October 2025, Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki‑laki erupted dramatically, sending a column of ash roughly ...
Why in news? Astronomers studying the minor body Chiron have reported evidence of a multi‑ring system around the object. By observing starlight pass...
Why in news? Arunachal Pradesh plans to hold an environmental public hearing on 12 November 2025 for the long‑delayed Naying hydropower project. The...
Why in news? The Government of Uttar Pradesh launched the Gomti Revival Mission in mid‑October 2025. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that t...
Why in news? Researchers from Stanford University and their collaborators announced in October 2025 that an artificial‑intelligence tool had identif...
Why in news? Construction teams working on the 624‑megawatt Kiru hydroelectric project in Jammu and Kashmir have poured more than 10 lakh cubic metr...
Why in news? The Government of India has approved a ₹2,000‑crore project to build Maitri II, a new research base on the eastern coast of Antarctic...