Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
✅Why in News: The UN condemned the widespread rape of children in eastern DR Congo, where thousands faced sexual violence in early 2025.
✅It is a country located in Central Africa. It is the second-largest country in Africa by land area
Kinshasa is the capital city, located on the Congo River, and is one of the largest urban areas in Africa.
✅Bordering countries : Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
✅It is endowed with exceptional natural resources, including minerals such as cobalt and copper, hydroelectric potential, significant arable land, immense biodiversity and the world’s second largest rainforest.
✅Why in News: The UN condemned the widespread rape of children in eastern DR Congo, where thousands faced sexual violence in early 2025.
✅It is a country located in Central Africa. It is the second-largest country in Africa by land area
Kinshasa is the capital city, located on the Congo River, and is one of the largest urban areas in Africa.
✅Bordering countries : Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
✅It is endowed with exceptional natural resources, including minerals such as cobalt and copper, hydroelectric potential, significant arable land, immense biodiversity and the world’s second largest rainforest.
🔆 Active Volcanoes Around the World
✅ Mount Yasur
📍 Location: Tanna Island, Vanuatu
• One of the world’s most accessible active volcanoes; continuous activity.
✅ Mount Ruapehu
📍 Location: North Island, New Zealand
• Active stratovolcano; highest point in the North Island.
✅ Mount Tavurvur
📍 Location: East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
• Active volcano; part of the Rabaul caldera.
✅ Mount Yasur
📍 Location: Tanna Island, Vanuatu
• One of the world’s most accessible active volcanoes; continuous activity.
✅ Mount Ruapehu
📍 Location: North Island, New Zealand
• Active stratovolcano; highest point in the North Island.
✅ Mount Tavurvur
📍 Location: East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
• Active volcano; part of the Rabaul caldera.
Morag Axis
✅It cuts across Gaza between the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis.
✅This move effectively links the Philadelphi Route along the Egyptian border to Morag, creating a wider Israeli-controlled “security zone.”
✅The Morag corridor joins other key zones under Israeli control, including the Philadelphi and Netzarim corridors.
✅The Philadelphi Corridor refers to a narrow strip of land along Gaza’s border with Egypt that has been under Israeli control since 2024.
✅Together with expanded buffer zones, these give Israel control of over 50% of Gaza’s territory
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✅It cuts across Gaza between the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Yunis.
✅This move effectively links the Philadelphi Route along the Egyptian border to Morag, creating a wider Israeli-controlled “security zone.”
✅The Morag corridor joins other key zones under Israeli control, including the Philadelphi and Netzarim corridors.
✅The Philadelphi Corridor refers to a narrow strip of land along Gaza’s border with Egypt that has been under Israeli control since 2024.
✅Together with expanded buffer zones, these give Israel control of over 50% of Gaza’s territory
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🔆 Tea
📍 Temperature
✅ 25-35°C
📍 Rainfall
✅ >150 cm
📍 Soil Conditions
✅ Well-drained, deep friable loams or forest soils, rich in organic water
📍 Geographical Distribution
✅ Undulating topography of hilly areas and well-drained soils in humid and sub-humid tropics and sub-tropics
- Assam, West Bengal (Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and Cooch Bihar districts)
- Lower slopes of Nilgiri and Cardamom hills in Tamil Nadu
📍 Key Features
✅ Plantation crop
✅ Black tea leaves – fermented
✅ Green tea leaves – unfermented
✅ Rich content of caffeine and tannin
✅ Indigenous crop of hills in Northern China
✅ India – started in the 1840s in Brahmaputra Valley
✅ 28% of the world’s production
📍 Temperature
✅ 25-35°C
📍 Rainfall
✅ >150 cm
📍 Soil Conditions
✅ Well-drained, deep friable loams or forest soils, rich in organic water
📍 Geographical Distribution
✅ Undulating topography of hilly areas and well-drained soils in humid and sub-humid tropics and sub-tropics
- Assam, West Bengal (Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and Cooch Bihar districts)
- Lower slopes of Nilgiri and Cardamom hills in Tamil Nadu
📍 Key Features
✅ Plantation crop
✅ Black tea leaves – fermented
✅ Green tea leaves – unfermented
✅ Rich content of caffeine and tannin
✅ Indigenous crop of hills in Northern China
✅ India – started in the 1840s in Brahmaputra Valley
✅ 28% of the world’s production
Consider the following statements:
1. Narmada and Tapti rivers do not form any deltas
2. Narmada and Tapti rivers form estuaries
1. Narmada and Tapti rivers do not form any deltas
2. Narmada and Tapti rivers form estuaries
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Anonymous Quiz
38%
Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
30%
Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
13%
Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
19%
Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct