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Grades of Coal.

Context: A  report by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP),has alleged that a private group imported low-grade coal...

Indian Reservoirs Continue to Experience Declining Storage Levels

Context: According to Central Water Commission (CWC) data, the water level in the country’s 150 main reservoirs has dropped to...

Astronomers Discover Galaxies with JWST

Context: Astronomers discovered two earliest and most distant galaxies, dating back 300 million years after the Big Bang, using NASA’s...

Alaska’s Rivers Are Turning Orange

Context: Rivers and streams in Alaska are changing color from clear blue to rusty orange,  due to toxic metals released...

Special Marriage Act

Context: The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that the marriage of a Muslim man and a Hindu woman, even if...

Heating North Pole

Context: The North Pole is warming faster than the global average. Climate models consistently underestimate its rapid warming which indicates...

High-Energy Swell Waves

Why in News:   INCOIS issued alerts for high-energy waves along coastal states.   More in news:     Leading to...

Gendered Impact of Climate Change

Context: The effects of climate change, specifically heatwaves and water scarcity, exert disproportionate effects on women in India.    Gendered...

PLACES IN NEWS: KENYA

Context: Blockages in tunnels channeling water to Tongi River led to ruptures in Nakuru Dam (Kenya) causing heavy rains and...

Paulist Artefact Discovered in Goa

Context: Recently, workers from Panaji found a stone carving dating back hundreds of years during the Portuguese rule in Goa....

Places in News: Panama Canal

Context : Climate change led to drought in Panama. The Panama Canal  is an artificial 82-kilometre waterway in Panama.  runs...

South Asia Receiving Rainfall

Context:   The forecast of ‘above normal’ rainfall across most of the South Asian countries during the upcoming monsoon season...

El-Nino

Context:   The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has recorded unusually high temperatures, raising questions about the causes of these high...