Lesbos’ petrified forest is UNESCO protected site spanning across 15,000 hectares of land in Lesbos, a Greek island in the northeastern Aegean sea. The site is the result...
In Indonesia, which is located in the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, Mount Merapi erupted recently. It is one among many active volcanoes in the southeast Asian nation. The...
Australia Day is observed on January 26 to mark the arrival of the “First Fleet” of ships to Sydney from Britain in 1788. This day, called by critics...
The Alabama underwater forest is a 60,000 year old remain of an ancient forest of cypress trees located some 60 feet under the waters of Gulf of Mexico....
Yarlung Tsangpo is the upper stream of river Brahmaputra, which flows in the Tibet region. It is the longest river of Tibet. The river originates at the Angsi...
Context in Current Affairs: The foreign ministers of China and Nepal recently certified the elevation of Mt Everest at 8,848.86 metres above sea level. The new height is...
The Bhashan Char Island is a remote uninhabited island of Bangladesh, located in the Bay of Bengal. It is also known as Char Piya. Around thousands of Rohingyas...
The Mediterranean hurricanes are called medicanes. The scientists have recently warned that these hurricanes have now become more frequent lately. This is mainly due to human induced climate...
Challenger Deep is the deepest known point in the Earth’s seabed, located within the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean. It represents the lowest accessible point of...
The Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas recently discussed the policies regarding coal bed methane in the Rajya Sabha. Coal Bed Methane Coal Bed Methane or Coal...
The incidence of seismic activity near dams and the government’s preparations to tackle them were recently discussed in the Lok Sabha. Reservoir-induced Seismicity It is a type of...
The Spring Equinox of 2020 falls on March 20th -marking the start of astronomical spring for the Northern Hemisphere. Equinox The term equinox is derived from Latin words...
