South America

Where is Atacama Desert?

March 1, 2023

The Atacama Desert is situated in South America, spanning across a 1,600 km strip of land on the Pacific coast. This desert plateau is situated west of the Andes Mountains. It is the world’s driest nonpolar desert. It mostly consists ..

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Paraguay: Bust of Mahatma Gandhi unveiled

August 22, 2022

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Paraguay during his first official visit to South America. Key Points He also praised the decision of Asuncion Municipality to put the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the ..

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68 Million Years Old Egg discovered from Antarctica

June 20, 2020

In 2011, on the Seymour Island of Antarctica, a group of scientists from South American Nation Chile discovered a fossil 200 meters away from the spot where the fossil of a 10-meter long Mosasaur (an ancient reptile) was unearthed. The ..

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EXIM Bank extends Rs 250 Crore LOC to Suriname

January 24, 2020

The Mumbai headquartered Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) on Wednesday, 22nd January 2020, on behalf of the Government of India has extended a Line of Credit (LOC) of Rs 250 crore (USD 35.80 million) to the South American country, ..

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GSAT-30 to be launched on Friday, 17th January 2020

January 14, 2020

The space agency of the Government of India- Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch a communication satellite GSAT-30 from the overseas department of France on the northeast coast of the South America continent, French Guiana on Friday, 17th January ..

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International NGO IMPACT reports India as among the Largest Gold Smuggling Hubs in the World

November 29, 2019

Canadian Nongovernment organization (NGO), IMPACT, in its study, named A Golden Web: How India Became One of the World’s Largest Gold Smuggling Hubs, has mentioned that India imports gold around 1,000 tons every year, which is a quarter above the ..