Important Places in news 2021

1. Cape of Good Hope 

   Due to blockage of Suez Canal, Ships were diverted around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope.

2. Tigray Region 

▪️Northern Region of Ethiopia in news due to ongoing conflict between Ethipoian Military and Rebels

3. Sierra Leone

▪️ Sierra Leone

In Headlines: Indian Vice President's visit to Sierra Leone. India's decision to establish a High Commission in Sierra Leone.

located in Western Africa.

Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Guinea and Liberia on the coast of West Africa.

Sierra Leone is one of the members of the International Solar Alliance.

3. Palau

▪️ Palau

In Headlines: It is the first country to ban sunscreens, also joined International Solar Alliance recently.

Located in the western pacific Ocean that consists of coral and volcanic islands surrounded by single barrier reef.

Palau lies in the southwest corner of Micronesia with New Guinea to the south, and Philippines to the west.

[ Micronesia is a country spread across west Pacific Ocean comprising more than 600 islands ]

4. Kaladan project

 

♦️Kaladan project

✅ The Kaladan project connects SITTWE PORT in Myanmar to the India-Myanmar border.

✅ The project was jointly initiated by India and Myanmar to create a multi-modal platform for cargo shipments from the eastern ports to Myanmar and to the North-eastern parts of the country through Myanmar.

✅ Significance: It is expected to open up sea routes and promote economic development in the North-eastern states, and also add value to the economic, commercial and strategic ties between India and Myanmar.

✅ This project will reduce distance from Kolkata to Sittwe by approximately 1328 km and will reduce the need to transport good through the narrow Siliguri corridor, also known as Chicken’s Neck.

✅ Sittwe is the capital of Rakhine State (which has been in the news for the plight of Rohingya Muslims) in south-western Myanmar. It is located at the mouth of the KALADAN RIVER, which flows into Mizoram in north-eastern India.

4.Feni River

 

 

♦️Feni River

▪️The Feni river forms part of the India-Bangladesh border.

▪️It originates in the South Tripura district

▪️The river passes through Sabroom town on the Indian side, and meets the Bay of Bengal after it flows into Bangladesh.

▪️The dispute over the sharing of the river water has been long-standing.

▪️The Union Cabinet has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Bangladesh to withdraw 1.82 cusec water for Sabroom district in tripura 

 5. Sea of Azov

 

♦️ Sea of Azov

It is a sea in Eastern Europe. 

To the south it is linked by the narrow  Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea, and it is sometimes regarded as a northern extension of the Black Sea. 

Bounded by Ukraine and Russia.

 6. National Waterways of India

 

National Waterways of India

 

▪️ Total length 4503km

▪️ Total state served 15

▪️NW 1 Haldia to Allahabad  (Ganga) ( 1620km)

 ▪️NW 2 Dhubri to Sadiya (Brahmaputra) ( 891km )

 ▪️NW 3 Kollam to Kottapuram (West coast canal) (205 km )

▪️ NW 4 Kakinada to pudduchery (Godavari, Krishna & Canals) ( 1078 km )

▪️NW 5 Goenkhali to Talcher (Brahmani, Delta Canals, Ecc) ( 588 km )

▪️NW 6 Lakhipur to Bhanga [In Process] (Barak) (121 km)

  

10. SAARC

 

#International_Groupings

♦️SAARC

◾️ South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

◾️ Formed in 1985

◾️ HQ: kathmandu, Nepal

◾️ 8 member countries (Myanmar is not a member)

◾️ South Asian University is located at New Delhi for SAARC students

◾️ India launched South Asia Communication Satellite (GSAT-9) in 2017

11.BELARUS

 

▪️ BELARUS

Belarus is located in eastern Europe. 

Belarus is bordered by Lithuania and Latvia to the north, Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, and Poland to the west.

Its capital is Minsk.

It is one of the founding member of the Eurasian Economic Union.

Belarus is a landlocked country.