BRO OPENS STRATEGIC SRINAGAR-LEH HIGHWAY
Why in news? Border Roads Organisation (BRO) opened strategic Srinagar-Leh highway that connects Ladakh with the rest of the world on 11th April 2020. About 18 oil tankers and other essential commodities were initially allowed to move towards Leh/Ladakh from Zojilla pass. This was managed despite fresh snowfall in the Zojila pass. Details Snowfall of […]
KRISHNAPATNAM PORT
Adani Ports group to buy 75 percent stake Krishnapatnam is a port town in Muthukur mandal of Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh, India.
WHY SNOW IN ANTARCTICE IS TURNING BLOOD RED?
Why in news? Snow around Ukraine’s Vernadsky Research Base, located off the coast of Antarctica’s northernmost peninsula, has started to take on a red tinge, courtesy of an algae that thrives in freezing weather. Because of the red tinge, the snow is often dubbed “watermelon snow”. Concerns The red snow raises concerns about the rate […]
HOT SUMMER IN OFFING
Why in news? March-May period likely to be hotter than normal: India Meteorological Department Details The forecast indicates that the MAM (March-May) season averaged temperatures are likely to be at least half a degree hotter than normal over northwest, west and central India and some parts of south India Above normal heat wave conditions are […]
MAHADAYI PROJECT
Why in news? As the Kalasa-Banduri Nala project in the Mahadayi basin drags on over the inter-State river water dispute, the cost over the last 20 years has risen steeply from about 94 crore rupees in 2000 to 1,677.30 crore rupees in 2020. Conceived to supply drinking water to areas in the Bombay Karnataka region […]
RAINFALL TO INCREASE OVER NEXT 100 YEARS – IISc. PAPER
Why in news? An IISc. Paper published recently says – One of the major reasons for the variation in monsoon is the increase in water vapour due to increase in temperature. In the next 100 years, the water vapour is also likely to increase, which will result in increase in rainfall. The Indian monsoon rainfall […]
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA
Why in news? The Geological Survey of India (GSI), founded in 1851, is a Government of India Ministry of Mines organisation, one of the oldest of such organisations in the world and the second oldest survey in India after Survey of India (founded in 1767), for conducting geological surveys and studies of India Also acts […]
ARCTIC ICE MELT IS DISRUPTING KEY OCEAN CURRENT, MAY ALTER CLIMATE IN WESTERN EUROPE
Ocean water current, which plays a key role in keeping Western Europe warm, could be altered by an influx of unprecedented amounts of cold, fresh water from melting ice in the Arctic A seawater current called the Beaufort Gyre keeps the polar environment in balance by storing fresh water near the surface of the Arctic […]
PROLONGED MONSOON REVIVES WATERHOLES IN BANDIPUR
Why in news? Of the 370 big and small waterholes, 85% are full while a few smaller ones have witnessed depletion Details: Expected to help wild animals beat water stress and tide over the greater part of the scorching summer that has already set in and will last till pre-monsoon showers lash the national park […]
THE GLOBAL OCEAN HEATS UP
Why in news? One of the biggest revelations of the Special Report On The Ocean And Cryosphere In A Changing Climate, released in September 2019 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), was how much the global ocean has heated up. How is it heating? Since 1970, the report said, 90% of the excess […]