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US – Russia Key Dialogue on Ukraine
On January 10, 2022, the US and Russian officials met in Geneva. They are to discuss on several issues including the tensions around Ukraine. Why has the dialogue come up? The US and other western countries are under the fear ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs
What are ‘Western disturbances’?
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) projected that; western disturbance is likely to hit the eastern states from January 11, 2022. Key Points Making these predictions, IMD issued yellow and orange alerts for the states of Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal and ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs
What is Ocean Rewilding?
Ocean Rewilding is expected to come up in COP26. A network of 68 European organisations are working together to find ways to reinvigorate the marine life of the earth. Rewilding is restoring to its natural uncultivated state. This is done ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
What is Potamophylax coronavirus?
Kosovar Biologist Halil Ibrahimi has named a newly discovered insect after COVID-19 virus. About the insect Ibrahimi spent years working on a different type of Caddisfly species. The species was found in Accursed Mountains (Kosovo’s Western Bjeshket e Nemuna National ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
What is Suez Canal Blockade?
A container ship called the “Ever Given” recently ran aground in the Suez Canal. This blocked more than 400 ships from transiting the canal. The blockage created huge impacts on global trade and is referred to as Suez Canal Crisis ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries, 2020
The Food and Agriculture Organization recently released the “State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries”, 2018. According to the report, the number of stocks subject to overfishing has decreased for the first time in decades in Mediterranean and Black sea ..