Geography
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West Asia war LIVE: Pakistan says U.S.-Iran talks ongoing as foes trade attacks
Mediation efforts between the United States and Iran were reported to be continuing, following the breakdown of an earlier truce and renewed exchanges of att...
How has the Odisha-Chhattisgarh Mahanadi water dispute evolved? Explained
The Chief Minister of Odisha wrote to the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh on 25 July 2025, proposing an amicable, negotiated settlement of the long-running Ma...
On Edge: The Great Nicobar project faces a great engineering question
Engineering assessments for the Great Nicobar Island Development Project are examining how to build major infrastructure — a transshipment port, greenfield a...
Cauvery row: Cauvery Water Management Authority’s meeting on July 30
The Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) met to consider Karnataka's appeal against a directive of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) orderin...
What is the rationale behind Cauvery panel’s decision on release of water to T.N.? | Explained
The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) directed Karnataka to ensure a flow of Cauvery water at the inter-state border monitoring point of Biligundlu f...
What’s the Cauvery dispute and how does the Mekedatu dam feature in it?
The long-running dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over sharing of the Cauvery river's waters has resurfaced in connection with Karnataka's proposed M...
Cauvery committee chief asks Tamil Nadu, Karnataka to come up with distress-sharing formula
The Chairman of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC), Vineet Gupta, called on Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to work out a distress-sharing formula for ye...
1st direct freight train opens new India-Nepal chapter
The first direct commercial container freight train between India and Nepal arrived in Nepal, running from Kolkata Port to Biratnagar without transhipment at...
Government re-issues draft notification declaring over 56 K sq km of Western Ghats as eco-sensitive area
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) issued its seventh draft notification proposing to declare approximately 56,825 sq km o...
Oman presents Iran with Gulf-backed plan for voluntary fees to use Hormuz
Oman presented Iran with a Gulf-backed proposal for a system of voluntary fees on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, rather than mandatory tolls The prop...
India-China border trade via Lipulekh to start from Aug 1, China allows 20 traders to cross border
Border trade between India and China through the Lipulekh Pass will resume from 1 August 2026 Twenty Indian traders will travel to Purang (Taklakot) on the C...
Have the Houthis blocked the Red Sea to marine traffic? | Explained
On July 25–26, 2026, the Houthi movement (Ansar Allah) launched missile and drone strikes on Saudi Aramco-linked facilities at Jizan and export/loading infra...
Cauvery Water Regulation Committee orders Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of water a day for 15 days to Tamil Nadu
The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) directed Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu for 15 days, amounting to roughly 4 T...
Floods, dry spells and a 16% rain deficit: India’s monsoon is becoming harder to read
India's southwest monsoon (which began on 4 June) is running at a 16% nationwide rainfall deficit as of 27 July, even as several regions simultaneously repor...
With Houthi blockade on Saudi Arabia, Bab el-Mandeb returns to centre stage | Explained
A naval blockade of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait affecting shipping bound for Saudi Arabia was declared, escalating tensions in the wider West Asia region The bl...
Mekedatu: Centre cites SC order to say Karnataka need not take consent of riparian States to build structure across Cauvery
The Union Government stated in Parliament that Karnataka is not legally required to obtain the consent of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, or Puducherry before constructi...
Iran halts ‘retaliatory strikes’ after lull in U.S. attacks
Iran paused further retaliatory strikes following a lull in military action, even as state media reported a vessel struck a naval mine while transiting the S...
Indus Waters Treaty: A year on, India’s case for freezing it and what it plans next
The Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), 1960 has completed roughly a year in "abeyance," a status that began on April 23, 2025, in the aftermath of a terror attack in...
Why are there protests over the Ken-Betwa project?
Communities affected by the Ken-Betwa Link Project's Daudhan Dam, being built on the Ken river in Madhya Pradesh, have renewed protests over displacement, co...