Category: Geography

Focus: GS-I Geography, GS-III Environment and Ecology Introduction Tropical montane grasslands (TMG) in the Shola Sky Islands of the Western Ghats have suffered big reductions due to invasions…

Focus: GS1: Important Geophysical phenomena such as earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanic activity, cyclone etc., geographical features and their location-changes in critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) and in flora…

Context: October to December period is among the favourable months for the development of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. This year, however, October…

Focus: GS-I Geography Why in news? The La Niña weather phenomenon is back in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean after nearly a decade’s absence, the World…

Focus:  GS 1; Modern Indian history from about the middle of the eighteenth century until the present significant events, personalities, issues. Paper 1; Indian and World Geography-Physical, Social,…

Focus: GS-I Geography, GS-III Disaster Management Why in news? At least 14 people were killed in Turkey and Greece after a strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea in…

Focus: GS-I Geography, GS-III Disaster Management Why in news? Philippine officials ordered evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island as a…

Context: The southwest monsoon 2020 has officially drawn to an end with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) declaring a withdrawal of the associated winds and rainfall pattern from…

Focus: GS-II Geography, GS-I Indian Society Introduction The Himalayas region is among the 36 world biodiversity hotspots and encompasses 240 million people. The mountains are the most resilient;…

Focus: GS-I Geography Introduction From the remote rainforests of Brazil, a little-known tribe has made an emotional appeal to Indians – to stop the import of gold by…