Cyclones
Cyclone Asani
The name of the new cyclone that is forming on the Bay of Bengal has been named ‘Asani’. The cyclone seems to be carrying thunderstorms for the eastern coast of India which includes West Bengal, Odisha, etc. Overview: Meteorologists have ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs • India Nation & States Current Affairs
Climate Hazards and Vulnerability Atlas of India
The scientists of CRS have created a climate hazards and vulnerability atlas of India. CRS is Climate Research and Services and it operates under India Meteorological Department (IMD). About the map The scientists created the map based on 14 extreme ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs
PANEX-21
PANEX-21 is a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise. It is to be held for the BIMSTEC countries. About PANEX-21 It is a multi national disaster relief exercise. The exercise is to be held among the BIMSTEC countries: Bhutan, Bangladesh, ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2021
GRID 2020 report: Over 5 million displaced in India in 2019
The Global Report on Internal Displacement, GRID 2020 released by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, IDMC said that over 5 million people have displaced in India in 2019. According to the report, this is the highest in the world. Highlights: World ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
IMD released list of 169 new names of Tropical Cyclones
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has released 169 new names for the tropical cyclones in the Indian Ocean Region. Highlights The names were contributed by 13 countries namely India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Thailand, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
RIMES terms Titli cyclone ‘rarest of rare’
Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) for Africa and Asia has termed ‘Titli’, the severe cyclonic storm that devastated Odisha in October 2018 as ‘rarest cyclone’. Earlier, India Meteorological Department (IMD) had called formation of Titli as ‘rarest of ..