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🟢 KENYA
- In News: ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) is in talks for investment in onshore oil projects in Kenya.
- About Kenya: is an East African nation situated in the Great Rift Valley
- Bordering Countries:Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia and coastline on the Indian Ocean.
- Lake Turkana: World's largest permanent desert lake and world's largest alkaline lake.
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- In News: ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) is in talks for investment in onshore oil projects in Kenya.
- About Kenya: is an East African nation situated in the Great Rift Valley
- Bordering Countries:Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia and coastline on the Indian Ocean.
- Lake Turkana: World's largest permanent desert lake and world's largest alkaline lake.
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🔵 Serbia
- It is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkans.
- It is bordering Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.
- Its capital Belgrade which lies at the confluence of thr Danube and Sava rivers.
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- It is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkans.
- It is bordering Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.
- Its capital Belgrade which lies at the confluence of thr Danube and Sava rivers.
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🟢 ZANZIBAR- TANZANIA
✓ About Zanzibar
✓ Bordered by:
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✓The MoU for setting up of campus of IIT Madras (1st outside India) in Zanzibar- Tanzania was signed between India and Zanzibar- Tanzania.✓ About Zanzibar
is an archipelago off the coast of east Africa that united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania.✓ Bordered by:
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Indian Ocean.🌐 MAIN CHANNEL: @KBsIAS
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🟤 COFFEE REGIONS IN INDIA
✓ In News: Coffee exports from India, Asia's third-largest producer and exporter, up by nearly 2% to 4 lakh tonnes in 2022.
✓ Varieties: India ships both Robusta & Arabica varieties, and instant coffee.
🔺ADDITIONAL POINTS
✓ Coffee Blockchain Initiative: By Coffee Board- Pilot of the country’s first blockchain- based marketplace app for trading in Indian coffee.
✓ Coffee Club: is a group of nations which counter the bids for permanent seats at UN Security Council by countries such as Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan or G4.
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✓ In News: Coffee exports from India, Asia's third-largest producer and exporter, up by nearly 2% to 4 lakh tonnes in 2022.
✓ Varieties: India ships both Robusta & Arabica varieties, and instant coffee.
🔺ADDITIONAL POINTS
✓ Coffee Blockchain Initiative: By Coffee Board- Pilot of the country’s first blockchain- based marketplace app for trading in Indian coffee.
✓ Coffee Club: is a group of nations which counter the bids for permanent seats at UN Security Council by countries such as Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan or G4.
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🔵 Algeria
▪️It is the largest country in Africa.
▪️It an integral part of the Maghrib region and is an Arab country.
▪️It is bounded by Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, and Mauritania, Morocco and Western Sahara.
▪️Major cities in Algeria include Algiers, Oran, Constantine and Annaba.
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🔵 Algeria
▪️It is the largest country in Africa.
▪️It an integral part of the Maghrib region and is an Arab country.
▪️It is bounded by Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, and Mauritania, Morocco and Western Sahara.
▪️Major cities in Algeria include Algiers, Oran, Constantine and Annaba.
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🔵 FRANCE
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✓ In News: Indian PM will be the Guest of Honour at France’s Bastille Day parade in Paris. The visit coincides with 25 years of strategic partnerships with France.
✓ Location: It is a country located in Western Europe.
✓ Bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, Spain, and the English Channel.
✓ Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, the Alps and the Pyrenees.🌐 MAIN CHANNEL: @KBsIAS
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🟠 GRAVITY HOLE
✓ In News: Indian Ocean harbours a colossal and enigmatic phenomenon known as the "Gravity Hole"
✓ Gravity Hole: Indian Ocean is home to a massive and mysterious geoid low (IOGL) phenomenon also known as the "Gravity Hole"
✓ Features: It is formed by plumes generated beneath the Indian Ocean due to the perturbation of the African Large Low Shear Velocity province, also known as the "African blob."
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✓ In News: Indian Ocean harbours a colossal and enigmatic phenomenon known as the "Gravity Hole"
✓ Gravity Hole: Indian Ocean is home to a massive and mysterious geoid low (IOGL) phenomenon also known as the "Gravity Hole"
✓ Features: It is formed by plumes generated beneath the Indian Ocean due to the perturbation of the African Large Low Shear Velocity province, also known as the "African blob."
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🔵 FIJI
✓ In News: Recently Sitiveni Rabuka became Fiji's Prime Minister.
✓ Location of Fiji: Situated in the south pacific, Fiji is referred to as “300 islands in the sun”.
✓ Island Group: located in Oceania between Hawaii and New Zealand.
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✓ In News: Recently Sitiveni Rabuka became Fiji's Prime Minister.
✓ Location of Fiji: Situated in the south pacific, Fiji is referred to as “300 islands in the sun”.
✓ Island Group: located in Oceania between Hawaii and New Zealand.
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💠 SOLOMON ISLANDS
✓ In News: Solomon Islands has suspended entry into its waters for foreign navy ships pending adoption of a new process for approval of port visits.
✓ Archipelagic State: It is an archipelagic State located in southwest Pacific Ocean.
✓ Location: Situated to east of Papua New Guinea and to north of Vanuatu and New Caledonia (France).
✓ Composed of approximately 1,000 islands consisting of volcanic islands and coral atolls.
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✓ In News: Solomon Islands has suspended entry into its waters for foreign navy ships pending adoption of a new process for approval of port visits.
✓ Archipelagic State: It is an archipelagic State located in southwest Pacific Ocean.
✓ Location: Situated to east of Papua New Guinea and to north of Vanuatu and New Caledonia (France).
✓ Composed of approximately 1,000 islands consisting of volcanic islands and coral atolls.
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🟢 KATCHAL ISLAND NICOBAR
- In News: Recently the NASA highlighted the loss of mangrove cover on Katchal island, a part of India’s Nicobar archipelago.
- Reason: More than 90% of mangrove cover on the island was lost due to the Indian Ocean Tsunami.
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- In News: Recently the NASA highlighted the loss of mangrove cover on Katchal island, a part of India’s Nicobar archipelago.
- Reason: More than 90% of mangrove cover on the island was lost due to the Indian Ocean Tsunami.
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🟢 KENYA
- In News: ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) is in talks for investment in onshore oil projects in Kenya.
- About Kenya: is an East African nation situated in the Great Rift Valley
- Bordering Countries:Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia and coastline on the Indian Ocean.
- Lake Turkana: World's largest permanent desert lake and world's largest alkaline lake.
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- In News: ONGC Videsh Limited (OVL) is in talks for investment in onshore oil projects in Kenya.
- About Kenya: is an East African nation situated in the Great Rift Valley
- Bordering Countries:Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia and coastline on the Indian Ocean.
- Lake Turkana: World's largest permanent desert lake and world's largest alkaline lake.
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🟣 KOEPPEN'S CLIMATIC CLASSIFICATION
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🟣 KOEPPEN'S CLIMATIC CLASSIFICATION
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🔵 CHAD
✓ In News: Chad hosts the largest number of refugees in West and Central Africa.
✓ It is landlocked country in north-central Africa.
✓ Bordering Countries: Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic and Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger
Geographical features
✓ Lake Chad (located at junction of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
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✓ In News: Chad hosts the largest number of refugees in West and Central Africa.
✓ It is landlocked country in north-central Africa.
✓ Bordering Countries: Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic and Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger
Geographical features
✓ Lake Chad (located at junction of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
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