World Fisheries Day
World Fisheries Day is celebrated on 21st November every year to demonstrate solidarity with all fisherfolk, fish farmers and concerned stakeholders throughout the world. Fishing communities worldwide…
Fisheries in India : fresh, brackish, marine, inland and shellfish
India is home to more than 10% of the global fish biodiversity. According to their habitat fishes can be categorized into freshwater fish, brackishwater fish and marine…
Fisheries in India
IMPORTANT FACTS ֍Fisheries is an economic activity that involves harvesting fish or any aquatic organism from the wild (Capture Fisheries) or raising them in confinement (Culture Fisheries/…
Defining blue revolution, explain the problems and strategies for pisciculture development in India.
QUES . Defining blue revolution, explain the problems and strategies for pisciculture development in India. UPSC 2018 GS MAINS PAPER I , 250 words, 15 Marks HINTS:…
Major cities of India are becoming vulnerable to flood conditions.
QUES . Major cities of India are becoming vulnerable to flood conditions. Discuss. UPSC 2016 MAINS GS PAPER I HINTS: Urban flooding refers to inundation of urban…
Cotton – Food, Feed and Fibre
Usually referred as ‘white gold’ and one of the important commercial crops, cotton plays a pivotalrole in economic, political and social affairs of the world. It is…
Geography of Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean on the west to Asia on the east and separates Europe from Africa. It has…
The Baltic States
What are Baltic states? The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term, which is used to group three countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The…
Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD)
Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is an atmosphere-ocean coupled phenomenon in the tropical Indian Ocean (like the El Nino is in the tropical Pacific), characterised by a difference…
Earthquake – the pressure release phenomena
What is an earthquake? • An earthquake is what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another. • The surface where they slip…