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Snake Island

In Context Ukraine has caused significant losses to the Russian military in airstrikes on Snake Island.  Image Courtesy:BBC About Snake Island It is also known as Zmiinyi Island or Serpent Island. It is a small piece of rock less than 700 metres from end to end. It has been described as being “X-shaped”.  It is […]

Lake Sawa

In Context  Iraq’s famous and prominent Lake Sawa has dried up for the first time in its centuries-long history and locals believe that it is due to mismanagement by local investors, government neglect and climate change. About  The Sawa Lake, a biodiverse wetland situated near the city of Samawa, south of the capital Baghdad. The […]

Türkiye

In News Recently, an intergovernmental body agreed to a formal request for the name change in which Turkey will now be known as Türkiye. About History ‘Turkey’ was adopted following the country’s independence in 1923. Over the centuries, Europeans have referred to firstly the Ottoman state and then to Turkiye by many names. Location of […]

Transnistria

In Context  The Ukraine war casts shadow over Transnistria as security alerts sow fear. Transnistria risks being drawn into the Russia-Ukraine war because of reports of a series of explosions in its territory Where is Transnistria? It lies between Moldova to its west and Ukraine towards its east.  Often described as a “remnant of the […]

Kuril Islands

In News Recently, Japan’s Diplomatic Bluebook for 2022 described the Kuril Islands as being under Russia’s “illegal occupation”.  Image Courtesy:TH What are the Kuril Islands/ Northern Territories? These are a set of four islands situated between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific Ocean near the north of Japan’s northernmost prefecture, Hokkaido.  Both Moscow and […]

Red Sea

In News Yemen’s Houthis criticised a new U.S.-led task force that will patrol the Red Sea. About Red Sea Location The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Borders Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf […]

Chilika Lake

In News The Odisha government has proposed to ban movement of mechanized fishing boats in Mangalajodi area on the banks of Chilika Lake. Chilika Lake It is Asia’s largest and world’s second-largest brackish water lagoon after The New Caledonian barrier reef. A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of […]

Suez Canal

In News Cash-strapped Egypt has increased transit fees for ships passing through the Suez Canal with hikes of up to 10%. About The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway running north to south across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt, to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. The canal separates the African […]

Jordan

In News A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists said that they had found a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert. About Location It is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe within the Levant region, on the East Bank […]

MIDEX Missions

In News  Recently, NASA selected a spacecraft to study the sun’s corona and a cluster of smallsats to monitor turbulence in the solar wind as its next Heliophysics medium-class Explorer (MIDEX)missions. About  NASA selected the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm as its next two heliophysics medium-class Explorer, or MIDEX, missions.  MUSE: It will operate […]