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El Niño and Extreme Rainfall in India
Why in news? A new study found that although El Niño usually suppresses the Indian summer monsoon, it increases the likelihood of intense daily rainf...
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Why in news? A new study found that although El Niño usually suppresses the Indian summer monsoon, it increases the likelihood of intense daily rainf...
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 life. Age...
Why in news? Catastrophic floods and landslides in the Himalayas during the 2025 monsoon underscored the need for modern disaster management. In respo...
Why in news? A report titled Sliding Earth, Scattered Lives released in September 2025 described the July 2024 landslide in Wayanad district, Kerala, ...
Why in news? The Erra Matti Dibbalu, or Red Sand Dunes, near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh have been included in the UNESCO Tentative List of World ...
Why in news? Scientists raised alarms that Pugad, a small island in the Philippines’ Bulacan province, is subsiding rapidly while sea levels around ...
Why in news? Severe floods and landslides in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Kashmir during the 2025 monsoon season highlighted the conseque...
Why in news? Ethiopia inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River. The megadam is Africa’s largest hydroelectric project....
Why in news? In early September 2025, several submarine cables beneath the Red Sea were damaged, disrupting internet traffic between Asia and Europe. ...
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 Taran distri...
Why in news? A devastating landslide in Sudan’s Darfur region in late August 2025 killed over a thousand people and destroyed an entire mountain vi...
Why in news? In early September 2025 residents of Band Bazar in Nanda Nagar, a town in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, experienced sudden land subsi...
Why it matters The Seychelles frequently appears in news about regional diplomacy and maritime security. Understanding its geography helps explain why...
Where is Afghanistan? Afghanistan is a landlocked country located in south‑central Asia at the crossroads of the Middle East, Central Asia and the I...
Why in news? Japan has been in news recently, this article provides insights into its geography and strategic location. Geographical overview Japan is...
Why in news? A recent study found that the Gangotri glacier in the Garhwal Himalayas has lost about 10 % of its snowmelt contribution to river flow ov...
Why in news? Vietnam ordered mass evacuations and shut down airports as Typhoon Kajiki approached its central coast in August 2025. The storm was expe...
Why in news? The Indian government alerted Pakistan to a potential flood threat in the Tawi River following heavy rainfall, despite tensions after the...
Why in news? Oman has announced plans to attract one million Indian tourists annually, up from seven lakh visitors in 2024. The move is part of its to...
Why in news? China dismissed Japan’s protests over its development of gas fields in the East China Sea, where the two countries’ Exclusive Economi...