Geography

Two barges carrying 1,233 tonnes of bagged fly ash from Bihar reached its destination — Guwahati’s Pandu port — on Monday morning to rekindle hope for a transport system that had virtually ended with Partition in 1947. Around Independence, Assam’s per capita income was the highest in the country primarily …

Mizoram remained cut off by road from the rest of the country on Wednesday with the Opposition, the Mizo National Front, staging a 12-hour blockade to protest against bad condition of the NH-54, the police said. Source  :  https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/mizoram-remains-cut-off-due-to-highway-blockade/article25053297.ece

Punjab sounds red alert; Air Force rescues 21 people in Himachal Pradesh Incessant rain triggered flash floods and landslips in hill States of northern India, with at least 11 people killed on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. In the wake of heavy rain, the Punjab government …

More small, marginal farmers, share-croppers included in scheme The Odisha government on Monday decided to facilitate entry of more small and marginal farmers and share-croppers into the procurement fold by bringing changes in the norms of food and procurement policy for the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2018-19. “The past practice …

The biggest increases in acreage this kharif season come from water guzzling crops such as sugarcane and paddy. More resilient crops such as nutri-cereals — ragi, jowar, bajra — have dropped in acreage this year, Agriculture Ministry data reveals. As on September 20, paddy has been planted over 2.5% more …

The death toll from a landslip in the central Philippines has risen to 29, the police said on Friday, as rescuers frantically dug for survivors of the latest tragedy in the storm-hit nation. Dozens were still missing as authorities probed whether a nearby rock quarry could have played a role …

A dozen lions die in Gir forest Around a dozen lions have died in Dalkhania range of Gir forest in Amreli district of Gujarat within a week. According to sources, eight lions died owing to infections, one due to food poisoning and three due to infighting. A probe is on. …

In a first, Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary recorded 98,532 birds this year; presence of water bodies make their stay comfortable The number of winged visitors at the Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinjapur district has crossed all previous records. As per a census carried out by the State Forest …

A total of 2.37 million people have been evacuated in Guangdong province Typhoon Mangkhut slammed into mainland China late on Sunday after leaving a trail of destruction in Hong Kong and Macau and killing at least 59 people in the northern Philippines. The world’s biggest storm this year felled trees …

Maharashtra, Assam, Gujarat account for 117 sections The number of polluted stretches in India’s rivers has increased to 351 from 302 two years ago, and the number of critically polluted stretches — where water quality indicators are the poorest — has gone up to 45 from 34, according to an …