India’s Strategic Oil Reserve
Context The Rajasthani salt caverns are being investigated by a government-owned engineering business to see if strategic petroleum reserves can be created there. Relevance – GS Paper 1 – Geography – Natural resources, GS Paper 3 – Energy Mains Question What does “strategic petroleum reserve” mean to you? Why do nations keep these oil reserves? Talkon […]
Petroleum Coke (Pet Coke)
Context: Recently, the Union government of India permitted the import of pet coke for making graphite anode material for lithium-ion batteries. Relevance: GS I: Geography Dimensions of the Article: About Petroleum Coke: Key Points: Grades Applications
Feasibility of Salt Cavern-Based Strategic Oil Reserves in Rajasthan
Context: Government-owned engineering consultancy firm Engineers India (EIL) studying the prospects and feasibility of salt cavern-based strategic oil reserves in Rajasthan to increase India’s strategic oil storage capacity. Relevance: GS I: Geography Dimensions of the Article: Current Strategic Oil Storage Facilities Importance of Strategic Crude Oil Reserves India’s Current SPR Capacity Salt Cavern-Based Reserves Development […]
New Lithium Reserves In India
Context: The news of potentially significant reserves of lithium, an element needed to manufacture batteries used in electric cars and other renewable energy infrastructure, in Jammu and Kashmir has been welcomed universally. Relevance: GS I: Geography Dimensions of the Article: About Lithium: Occurrence: Uses: Lithium has a range of industrial applications, including: Status of India’s […]
El Ninos Cost Much More Than Once Believed
Context: Relevance: GS Paper-1: 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 and fauna and the effects of such changes. Mains Question How can we lessen the financial effects of the upcoming event, especially since the previous […]
Onset of Monsoon
Context: The arrival of monsoon over the Kerala coast will likely be delayed by a few days, the India Meteorological Department. Instead of its normal date of June 1, the monsoon is expected to arrive by June 4. Relevance: GS I- Indian Geography Dimensions of the Article: What does the “onset of monsoon” mean? Rainfall […]
About Deep Ocean Mission
Focus: GS I- Physical Geography Why in News? The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences recently chaired the first-ever high-level Steering Committee meeting of Deep Ocean Mission. About Deep Ocean Mission: Nodal: Ministry of Earth Sciences The major objectives proposed under Deep Ocean Mission are as follows:
About The Cyclone Mocha
Context: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of a developing cyclonic or low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal. It would be named Cyclone Mocha (pronounced ‘Mokha’). Relevance: GS-I: Geography (Physical geography – Climatology, Important Geophysical phenomena), GS-III: Disaster Management Dimensions of the Article: What are Tropical Cyclones? Tropical Cyclones in India Conditions for […]
Zero Shadow Day In Bangaluru
Context: At 12:17 pm, Bengaluru experienced a ‘Zero Shadow Day’, when vertical objects appear to cast no shadow. This was because the sun was at its zenith, and so the shadow was directly under the object. Relevance: GS I: Geography Dimensions of the Article: About Zero Shadow Day: Why does it happen? Other information: -Source: […]
About The Relative Humidity
Context: Relative humidity is a simple concept as far as weather phenomena go, but it has significant, far-reaching consequences for how we must take care of ourselves on a hot or wet day. Relevance: GS I: Geography Dimensions of the Article: Understanding Humidity Importance of Relative Humidity What does relative humidity imply physically? Ways to […]