Geography
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One Indian sailor killed, six wounded as Iranian missiles strike oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz
Missiles struck the oil tankers Mombasa and Al Bahiyah while they were transiting the Strait of Hormuz within Omani territorial waters One Indian crew member...
Red Sea: a hinge between West Asia and Horn of Africa
Conflicts and rivalries across West Asia and the Horn of Africa are becoming increasingly interlinked through the Red Sea corridor The Gaza conflict has spil...
Pamban Bridge inauguration highlights: PM Modi inaugurates new rail bridge in Rameswaram
The new Pamban Bridge, connecting Rameswaram to mainland Tamil Nadu across the Palk Strait, was inaugurated, becoming India's first vertical-lift railway sea...
Why Iran insists on controlling the Strait of Hormuz
Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran, Washington agreed to lift its naval blockade of Iranian ports, issue a sanction...
Chinese geologists question safety of Brahmaputra Mega-Dam in Tibet being built over active seismic fault line
A joint study by geologists from Chengdu University of Technology, the Civil-Military Integration Centre of the China Geological Survey, and the Middle Yarlu...
Hormuz closure threatens India’s gas, crude supplies
Merchant vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz were struck in early July 2026, prompting a fresh round of United States military strikes on targets inside ...
U.S., U.K., and 12 other nations reaffirm 2016 ruling invalidating China’s claims in South China Sea
Fourteen countries — the United States, United Kingdom, Philippines, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Roman...
West Asia war LIVE: U.S. launches strikes on Iran after attack on civilian vessel in Strait of Hormuz
United States forces carried out a fresh, third round of strikes on Iranian targets after Iranian forces attacked a Cyprus-flagged container vessel transitin...
One-fourth of India’s monsoon rain evaporates mid-air, says new study
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, a research institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, have found that roughly ...
Chhattisgarh agrees to Odisha’s proposal for CWC-mediated talks on Mahanadi dispute: official
During a hearing before the Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal (MWDT), Chhattisgarh agreed to Odisha's proposal for negotiations mediated by the Central Water ...
Monsoon deficit narrows sharply, but weak Kharif sowing remains a key risk: Report
India's cumulative southwest monsoon rainfall deficit narrowed sharply to 15% below normal, down from 38% a week earlier, following a week of rainfall runnin...
India lays groundwork for a big business boost along the coasts
The government is setting up dedicated Marine Export Zones (MEZs) to build an integrated seafood ecosystem that combines farming, processing, and export logi...
Amid Western Ghats landslides, revisiting need for developing early warning systems
A fresh spell of landslides across the Western Ghats during the monsoon season renewed scrutiny of India's landslide early warning infrastructure Heavy rainf...
Protests over Ken-Betwa river link project resume in Madhya Pradesh
A protest by displaced residents, most of them women, has resumed on the banks of the Barana river near Kupi village in Madhya Pradesh, entering its fifth da...
Centre to fence India-Myanmar border at Rs 31,000 crore
The Centre is proceeding with a project to fence the India-Myanmar border at an estimated cost of Rs 31,000 crore The Cabinet Committee on Security had earli...
Great Indian Bustard numbers stable, survives in only 16% of Thar habitat, says report
A recent assessment has found that the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) population in the Thar landscape has remained numerically stable, but the species now survi...
Shipping lines halt fresh cargo bookings through Strait of Hormuz amid renewed attacks
Major shipping lines suspended fresh cargo bookings through the Persian Gulf after renewed military strikes shattered a ceasefire that had briefly restored p...
Watch: Why PM Modi’s Indonesia visit matters for India | Explained
A bilateral visit to Jakarta — India's first such engagement with Indonesia since 2018 — underscored the strategic importance of the relationship to India's ...
Beyond the rain hit, El Nino set to sap India's wind power output
Emerging El Niño conditions are projected to weaken wind speeds across India during the peak wind-generation season (roughly June-September, coinciding with ...
El Niño to dent India’s wind, hydropower output: study
A study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) warns that the transition from La Niña to El Niño between July 2026 and June 2027 could ope...