What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?

What is the Pacific Ring of Fire? Context The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted over the weekend, sending ash and ...
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Places in News: Demchok

Context Recently, the Defence Minister inaugurated 27 projects built by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which included 24 bridges and ...
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Settlement Plan in Golan Heights

Israel set to double settlements in Golan Heights Context Recently, Israel's government approved a plan to double the Jewish settler ...
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Chibzhang Co and Dorsoidong Co Lakes

Context The two Chibzhang Co and Dorsoidong Co lakes grew larger between October 1987 and October 2021. About Chibzhang Co ...
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Mount Harriet in Andaman to be named Mount Manipur

Context As a tribute to the freedom fighters of Manipur, the Union government has decided to rename Mount Harriet, an ...
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East Antarctica and Weddell Sea

Context Recently, India has extended its support for protecting the Antarctic environment and for co-sponsoring the proposal of the European Union for designating East Antarctica ...
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Shaksgam Tract

The Trans-Karakoram Tract is a tract administrated by China as part of its Taxkorgan and Yecheng counties in the Xinjiang Uygur ...
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Pensilungpa Glacier

Context The Pensilungpa Glacier located in Ladakh’s Zanskar Valley is retreating due to increase in temperature and decrease in precipitation ...
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Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano

Context Geologists said they had detected a swarm of earthquakes at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, though it was not erupting. About ...
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Panjshir Valley

Panjshir Valley is literally Valley of the Five Lions) is a valley in north-central Afghanistan, 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Kabul, near ...
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Kanal Istanbul Project

Context The Kanal Istanbul Project, an under-construction shipping route running parallel to the strategically critical Bosphorus Strait, is fast gaining ...
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Russia, U.K. spar over Black Sea incident

Context Russia accused Britain of spreading lies over a warship confrontation in the Black Sea and warned London that it ...
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A-76 Iceberg : World’s largest iceberg

Context Recently, world's largest the size of the Spanish island of Majorca has broken off the coast of Antarctica. The ...
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Darwin’s Arch a famed natural rock formation in the Galapagos Islands

Context Darwin's Arch, a famed natural rock formation in the Galapagos Islands that is popular with divers, photographers and cruise-ship ...
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Leang Sakapao Caves on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi

Leang Sakapao Caves Context Researchers have reported that Pleistocene-era rock paintings dating back to 45,000-20,000 years ago in cave sites ...
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