Category: Geography

Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) stated that there is no tsunami threat to India after a powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Japan.

International Organisation for Migration (IOM) launched Project Promoting Regular Assisted Migration for Youth and Skilled Professionals.

Ministry of Earth Sciences under facilitated under Polar Science and Cryosphere Research (PACER) scheme launched India’s 1st Winter Scientific Expedition to Arctic.

Dhangar community’s demand for ST status has been dismissed.

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.