Disaster Management
North India more affected by El Nino
North India more affected by El Nino Context: Ahead of every monsoon, meteorologists track temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. Six in 10 years, a half degree or more rise — an El Nino — corresponds to diminished rainfall in India. The converse, or a La Nina, is linked to increased rain. ... .Read more
Updated on 14 August, 2023 GS1 GS3 Agriculture Geography Disaster Management
Climate events and an umbrella for urban health
Climate events and an umbrella for urban health Context: Recent media focus on the monsoon season in India this year largely on account of the large-scale devastation in parts. Extreme monsoon events this year cyclonic storm Biparjoy that formed over the Arabian Sea in June and which made landfall in western India floo... .Read more
Updated on 9 August, 2023 GS1 GS2 GS3 Security Social issues & Justice Geography Disaster Management Health and Family wellfare
Urban Flooding
Urban Flooding Context: Recently, three major cities — Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai — have been flooded. Cities like Hyderabad (in 2000), Srinagar (in 2014), Chennai (in 2021) and Bengaluru (in 2022) have also seen some areas being submerged during heavy rainfall. Delhi has seen four major flooding events between 2005 and 2023. ... .Read more
Updated on 31 July, 2023 GS3 Disaster Management
Page-12: NISAR satellite to map Himalayas’ seismic zones
Why in News- A forthcoming satellite, NISAR will map the most earthquake prone regions in the Himalayas with unprecedented regularity. NISAR is being jointly developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the U.S. NISAR mapping data this can potentially give advance... .Read more
Updated on 15 April, 2023 GS3 Economy Environment Geography Disaster Management Current Affairs Science and Technology
Centre tells States to do more COVID tests
Why in News- At a time when COVID19 cases in the country are seeing a sustained spike, 23 States and Union Territories have testing rates that are even lower than the current national average of 100 tests per million people. The Health Ministry urged all States to swiftly ramp up testing and also increase the share of RTPCR tests, which offer ... .Read more
Updated on 8 April, 2023 GS3 Security Society Disaster Management Current Affairs
A look into the history and expansion of the anti vaccine movement in the U.S.
Vaccine hesitancy is probably as old as vaccines itself. People have, through the years, distrusted vaccines, for various reasons, even as the results in terms of health outcomes were obvious. Post pandemic, the antivax campaign has been reflected in the poor levels of uptake of COVID vaccinations, even when they were available ... .Read more
Updated on 30 March, 2023 GS3 Security Governance Economy Disaster Management Current Affairs
