Geography
What is a splashdown landing?
Why in news? New crewed missions such as NASA’s Artemis programme and commercial vehicles like SpaceX Crew Dragon have revived interest in splashdow...
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Why in news? New crewed missions such as NASA’s Artemis programme and commercial vehicles like SpaceX Crew Dragon have revived interest in splashdow...
Why in news? Persistent droughts in Bundelkhand and recurrent floods along Bangladesh’s Jamuna River illustrate how climate change is driving people...
Why in news? Astronomers confirmed that a comet designated 3I/Atlas is only the third interstellar object ever observed passing through our solar syst...
Why in news? Several medium‑intensity tremors in and around Delhi sparked discussions on the seismic vulnerability of the National Capital Region (N...
Why in news? A large wildfire in Tarragona province, Catalonia, in early July 2025 forced over 18,000 residents into lockdown and burned nearly 3,000...
Why in news? On 9 July 2025 a section of the Gambhira bridge near Mujpur in Vadodara district, Gujarat, collapsed, causing vehicles to plunge into t...
Why in news? The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released its 2025 Frontiers report titled “The Weight of Time”. It warns that increas...
Why in news? A herd of rare Kharai camels in Gujarat got caught by rising tides, drawing attention to this unique breed and the challenges it faces. A...
Why in news? The European Union’s finance ministers approved Bulgaria’s entry into the eurozone from 1 January 2026. This decision drew attentio...
Why in news? In July 2025 the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile released its first test images from the world’s largest digital camera. This fac...
Why in news? Namibia came into focus as the Indian Prime Minister visited the country in July 2025—only the second such visit in nearly three decad...
Why in news? The Central Water Commission (CWC) and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C‑DAC) launched C‑FLOOD—India’s first un...
