Category: Geography

Release of UNODC Report “Southeast Asia Opium Survey 2023: Cultivation, Production, and Implications”.

Meat, alcohol prohibited around Pashupatinath Temple due to Bala Chaturdashi festival.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved reservation norms for mandatory use of jute in packaging for the Jute Year 2023 -24 under Jute Packaging Materials (JPM) (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, 1987.

81st plenary session of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) held recently.

Cyclone Michaung made landfall in Andhra Pradesh.

The Supreme Court directed the Survey of India to examine whether a mega car park project envisaged by Kerala near the Mullaperiyar dam area enters the property covered by the Periyar Lake Lease Agreement of October 1886.

Ahilya Fort is to present the 20th Sacred River Festival in February 2024, after a 3-year gap due to the Covid pandemic.

Death toll due to lightning strikes rises to 24 in Gujarat.

National Disaster Management Authority said Rat-hole miners were used in the rescue operation to save the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel.

The Peralassery Subrahmanya Temple pond in Kerala has found place in the list of 75 water heritage sites of India.

Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) has discovered that the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) plays a pivotal role in shaping the sea conditions across the Indian Ocean.

China sets up Near-Space Command for Hypersonic Weapons Force.