🟢 SOMALIA
✓ In News: US strike in Somalia killed approximately 30 al-Shabaab fighter.
About Somalia
✓ Equator passes through Somalia.
✓ Location: Easternmost country on mainland Africa situated on peninsula known as Horn of Africa.
✓ Bordered By Ethiopia, Djibouti, Gulf of Aden, Kenya, and Indian Ocean. And maritime borders with Yemen.
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✓ In News: US strike in Somalia killed approximately 30 al-Shabaab fighter.
About Somalia
✓ Equator passes through Somalia.
✓ Location: Easternmost country on mainland Africa situated on peninsula known as Horn of Africa.
✓ Bordered By Ethiopia, Djibouti, Gulf of Aden, Kenya, and Indian Ocean. And maritime borders with Yemen.
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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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Recently Umm Gudair was mentioned in the news, it is located in-
Anonymous Quiz
20%
Uzbekistan
32%
Iraq
34%
Saudi Arabia
15%
Kuwait
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Recently Umm Gudair was mentioned in the news, it is located in-
🔺UMM GUDAIR
Recently it is in the news due to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has stated that they have sole ownership of a disputed gas field that is also claimed by Iran.
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Recently it is in the news due to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait has stated that they have sole ownership of a disputed gas field that is also claimed by Iran.
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🔵 ECUADOR
✓ In News
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✓ In News
: Daniel Noboa, 35, was elected Ecuador's youngest president.
✓ Share Border With: Columbia and Peru and Pacific Ocean
✓ Situated on Equator from which its name derives.
✓ Highest Peak : Chimborazo
✓ Highest Active Volcano: Cotopaxi in the Andes Mountains
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🔵 PANAMA CANAL
✓ It is an 82 km artificial waterway in Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and dividing North and South America. It allows ships to avoid the lengthy and dangerous voyage around Cape Horn.
✓ Panama itself forms an isthmus (a narrow land strip connecting two larger landmasses) between North and South America.
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🔵 PANAMA CANAL
✓ It is an 82 km artificial waterway in Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and dividing North and South America. It allows ships to avoid the lengthy and dangerous voyage around Cape Horn.
✓ Panama itself forms an isthmus (a narrow land strip connecting two larger landmasses) between North and South America.
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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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#PRELIMS
🟢 LIBYA
✓ It is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
✓ Share Border With: Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Mediterranean Sea and Tunisia.
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🟢 LIBYA
✓ It is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
✓ Share Border With: Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, Mediterranean Sea and Tunisia.
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Which of the following pairs is/are CORRECT?
1. Cyclone Hamoon - Bay of Bengal
2. Cyclone Tej - Arabian Sea Select the answer using the codes given below
1. Cyclone Hamoon - Bay of Bengal
2. Cyclone Tej - Arabian Sea Select the answer using the codes given below
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7%
Only 1
23%
Only 2
61%
Both 1 and 2
8%
Neither 1 nor 2
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🟤 Lebanon
◾️Lebanon, officially known as the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia.
◾️It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lies west across the Mediterranean Sea
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◾️Lebanon, officially known as the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia.
◾️It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lies west across the Mediterranean Sea
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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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🔵 SOMALIA
In News: Severe flooding in Somalia, triggered by heavy seasonal downpours exacerbated by El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole, has been labelled a once-in-a-century event by the United Nations.
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In News: Severe flooding in Somalia, triggered by heavy seasonal downpours exacerbated by El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole, has been labelled a once-in-a-century event by the United Nations.
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