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2023 WMO Report: Driest Year for Global Rivers in 33 Years

2023 WMO Report: Driest Year for Global Rivers in 33 Years

Context : 2023 WMO Report. According to the World Meteorological Organisation’s State of Global Water Resources report, released on October...

Jai Prakash Narayan

Context: 45th Death Anniversary of Jai Prakash Narayan.    About: Jai Prakash Narayan, commonly known as JP or Lok Nayak...

Badruddin Tyabji

Context: 180th Birth Anniversary of Badruddin Tyabji.  About: Badruddin Tyabji was a prominent figure in India’s early freedom movement, known...

Narhari Parikh

Narhari Parikh

Context: 133rd Birth Anniversary of Narhari Parikh.    About: Narhari Parikh was a significant figure in India’s freedom movement, particularly...

K Kelappan

K Kelappan

Context: 53rd Death Anniversary of K Kelappan.   About: K. Kelappan was a prominent Indian freedom fighter and social reformer,...

Guru Gobind Singh

Guru Gobind Singh

Context: 316th Death Anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh.   About: Guru Gobind Singh was the tenth and final Guru of...

Places in News – Burkina Faso

Places in News – Burkina Faso

Context : Burkina Faso On August 24, terrorists linked to Al Qaeda attacked Barsalogho town in Burkina Faso, resulting in...

Little Prespa Lake

Little Prespa Lake

Context: Little Prespa Lake is experiencing a severe ecological crisis.  Once a pristine body of water, it is now turning...

Climate-Resilient Solutions for India’s Monsoon Challenges

Climate-Resilient Solutions for India’s Monsoon Challenges

Context: The 2024 monsoon revealed significant flaws in India’s infrastructure and policies, highlighting how climate change is causing unpredictable rainfall...

Lord Cornwallis

Lord Cornwallis

Context: On October 5, 2024, the 219th death anniversary of Lord Cornwallis commemorates his passing in Ghazipur, India, in 1805,...

Verghese Payyapill

Verghese Payyapill

Context: 95th Death Anniversary of Verghese Payyapill.   About: Verghese Payyapill, also known as Payyappilly Varghese Kathanar, was a significant...

Ramalingam Swamigal

Ramalingam Swamigal

About: Ramalingam Swamigal, also known as Vallalar or Thiruvarutprakasa Vallalar Chidambaram Ramalingam, was a prominent Tamil saint and social reformer...

Rani Durgavati

Context: 500th Birth Anniversary of Rani Durgavati.   About: Born on 5 October 1524 in Kalinjar (Banda district, Uttar Pradesh)....

tropical cyclones – Linked to Long-Term Excess Mortality

tropical cyclones – Linked to Long-Term Excess Mortality

Context : tropical cyclones Hurricane Helene recently struck the southeastern coast of the United States, resulting in over 200 confirmed...

North Bihar Flood 

Context: Bihar is facing severe flooding again, affecting 1.18 million people who have been displaced and are relying on air-dropped...

Classical Language Status

Classical Language Status

Context: The Union Cabinet has approved the recognition of five more languages as “Classical Language” expanding India’s list of culturally...

Chagos Islands

Context: Recently, the United Kingdom announced it would transfer sovereignty of the strategically important Chagos Islands to Mauritius, marking what...

Role and Importance of Classical Languages in India.

  The article “Which are India’s 5 New ‘Classical Languages’” by A. Divya and Arjun Sengupta (The Indian Express, Oct...

The Dynamic Rise of Mount Everest: How the Arun River Influences the World’s Tallest Peak

Context: A new study published in Nature Geoscience has shed light on an intriguing factor contributing to Everest’s rise; the erosion caused...

German Unity Day

Context: The significance of October 3rd in the context of German reunification lies in its designation as German Unity Day,...

Kadambini Ganguly

Context: 101st Death Anniversary of Kadambini Ganguly.   About: Kadambini Ganguly was born on 18 July 1861 in Bhagalpur, Bengal...

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