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

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

Water Heritage Sites
The Peralassery Subrahmanya Temple pond in Kerala has found place in the list of 75 water heritage sites of India.
Southern Annular Mode (SAM)
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.
Atmospheric Wave Experiment | Airglow | Atmospheric Gravity Waves
NASA set to launch Atmospheric Wave Experiment (AWE) mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Earth’s E Prime Layer
As per new study, a new enigmatic layer called “E prime layer” at the outermost part of Earth’s core is a result of surface water penetrating deep into the planet.
Tantalum | River Sutlej
Researchers from the IIT, Ropar has detected the presence of tantalum, a rare metal, in the Sutlej river sand in Punjab.