16 September 2026
🗺️ Subject
Geography Current Affairs
Geography current affairs for UPSC and State PCS: monsoon and climate phenomena, rivers and water disputes, mountain ranges and landforms in the news, mining and resources, and map-based locations from India and the world. Articles pair every news event with the physical geography behind it, mapped to GS Paper 1 and 3 with locations, data tables and map pointers for Prelims.
Latest Geography Articles
All Daily →15 September 2026
Houthis Seize Greater and Lesser Hanish Islands in Southern Red Sea, Tightening Grip on Bab-el-Mandeb
12 September 2026
Rishikesh-Karnaprayag Rail Project Achieves 41st Tunnel Breakthrough on Escape Tunnel-1
12 September 2026
Schizopygopsis Waddellii, a High-Altitude Snowtrout, Recorded in India for the First Time at Tawang
8 September 2026
Supreme Court Sets 30 November Non-Extendable Deadline for Aravalli Demarcation
6 September 2026
China's Yarlung Zangbo Mega Dam and India's Downstream Concerns
6 September 2026
UN General Assembly Endorses the Equal Earth Projection
3 September 2026
One Weather Shock, Three Crises: El Nino, the Monsoon Deficit and India's Power System
1 September 2026
A Distress Year on the Cauvery: The Supreme Court Examines Compliance, and Adjourns
All Geography Articles by Month
September 2026 (9 articles)
- Kumik in Zanskar Declared Ladakh's First Heritage Village
- Houthis Seize Greater and Lesser Hanish Islands in Southern Red Sea, Tightening Grip on Bab-el-Mandeb
- Rishikesh-Karnaprayag Rail Project Achieves 41st Tunnel Breakthrough on Escape Tunnel-1
- Schizopygopsis Waddellii, a High-Altitude Snowtrout, Recorded in India for the First Time at Tawang
- Supreme Court Sets 30 November Non-Extendable Deadline for Aravalli Demarcation
- China's Yarlung Zangbo Mega Dam and India's Downstream Concerns
- UN General Assembly Endorses the Equal Earth Projection
- One Weather Shock, Three Crises: El Nino, the Monsoon Deficit and India's Power System
- A Distress Year on the Cauvery: The Supreme Court Examines Compliance, and Adjourns
August 2026 (11 articles)
- The Rasuwa Disaster Was Not a GLOF: What the Science Actually Says, and What the Toll Actually Is
- The Rasuwa Disaster: A Rock and Ice Collapse, a Barrier Lake, and Why It Was Not a Classic GLOF
- Coal Stocks Turn Critical at 45 Thermal Plants as the Monsoon Runs 13 Per Cent Short
- Bhote Koshi Flash Flood Destroys Rasuwagadhi Border Post; Indian Pilgrims Among Those Out of Contact
- Railways Raises Speed Limit to 100 kmph on USBRL's Katra-Banihal Section
- Current Affairs Today, August 17, 2026
- PM Announces "Samudra Manthan": Rs 85,000 Crore Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration Scheme
- Delhi's Wettest August Day in Two Years: One Downpour and the Bigger Climate Question
- Glaw Lake: India Crosses 100 Ramsar Sites
- Mules Over Shipki La: India-China Border Trade Resumes After Six Years
- Eight Dead in Kerala: Extremely Heavy Rain, Landslides and the Western Ghats Question
July 2026 (3 articles)
June 2026 (9 articles)
- Tawang Glacial Lakes and GLOF Risk in the Himalaya
- India's Monsoon Stalls: MJO, Somali Jet and a 38% June Deficit
- The Ganges Water Treaty at 30 — Farakka, the Padma Barrage and the 2026 Renewal
- Kishau Multi-Purpose Dam: Six States End an Eight-Year Deadlock
- Oxford Study Places 14 Indian Cities Among the World's Most Heat-Risk Exposed
- Zojila Tunnel Achieves Breakthrough, Set to Give Ladakh All-Weather Access
- Bhakra Dam Tilt Renews Focus on India's Ageing Dam Safety
- Southwest Monsoon Arrives Kerala — IMD Forecasts Below-Normal Season Amid El Niño
- Aravallis Under Threat — India's Ancient Climate Shield Is Weakening
May 2026 (14 articles)
- Current Affairs Today — May 29, 2026
- SW Monsoon 2026 — Early Kerala Onset, 92% of LPA Below-Normal Forecast
- Mount Everest — 73rd Anniversary of the First Ascent (May 29, 1953)
- IMD Yellow Alert for Delhi-NCR: 43–45°C Heatwave; SW Monsoon Onset on Track for Kerala May 26
- Current Affairs Today — May 17, 2026
- IMD Heatwave Alerts Across North India & Early Monsoon Onset Forecast
- India Raises Petrol and Diesel Prices by Rs 3 -- OMC Under-Recovery and West Asia Crisis
- Andaman & Nicobar Guinness Records + India's Semiconductor Push
- AMOC Collapse Risk: 59% Weakening by 2100 Could Devastate India's Monsoon
- Dorjilung Hydropower Project — 1,125 MW, Bhutan, Tata Power, World Bank Financing
- Current Affairs Today — May 4, 2026
- Tamil Nadu Overtakes Gujarat as India's Top Marine Fish Producer — CMFRI 2025 Data
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands Set Two Guinness World Records — Underwater Flag and Human Stack
- Pre-Monsoon Rain in NE India — Norwesters, Kalbaisakhi, and India's Bipolar Climate
April 2026 (12 articles)
- Shekha Jheel — India's 99th Ramsar Site and the Expanding Wetland Conservation Network
- Stauranthera aureoglossa — New Plant Species in Arunachal and India's Northeast Biodiversity
- Marine Spatial Planning — Odisha Leads India's Ocean Governance
- Jonnagiri Gold Mine — India Launches Its First Private Gold Mine
- Current Affairs Today — April 19, 2026
- Gangotri Temple Opens — Char Dham Yatra 2026 Season Begins
- Project Him Sarovar: Ladakh's Snow-Harvesting Bid for Water Security in a Warming Cold Desert
- Sundarbans Loses 10–15% Ecological Resilience: Climate Crisis in the World's Largest Mangrove
- ASI Discovers 1,500-Year-Old Stepped Reservoir on Elephanta Island
- Kalai-II Hydroelectric Project: 1,200 MW on the Lohit River
- Gangotri National Park Reopens — Ecology, Wildlife, and Climate Significance
- Gangotri National Park — Himalayan Ecology and the Ganga's Source
March 2026 (5 articles)
February 2026 (11 articles)
- Sulawesi Hand Stencil — World's Oldest Rock Art at 67,800 Years
- Congo Basin Peatlands — Ancient Carbon Release and Climate Implications
- Current Affairs Today — February 23, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — February 22, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — February 21, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — February 19, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — February 14, 2026
- Brahmaputra Rail-Road Twin Tunnel — India's First Underwater Transport Corridor
- Current Affairs Today — February 13, 2026
- Indus Waters Treaty — Pakistan Invokes IWT over Sawalkot Hydroelectric Project
- ADB USD 182 Million Loan for Brahmaputra Flood Management — Assam's Climate Resilience Challenge
January 2026 (12 articles)
- NSHIP Thoothukudi — India's Blue Economy Push Through Mega Shipbuilding Cluster
- Vishwamitri River — India's Urban Crocodile Haven and the Mugger Conservation Story
- Current Affairs Today — January 21, 2026
- Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary — Eco-Sensitive Zone Notified
- Kondagai Lake: A 4,500-Year Climate Record from Tamil Nadu
- Kaziranga Elevated Wildlife Corridor — When a Highway Learns to Share Space with Rhinos
- Sangai Deer at the Edge — Keibul Lamjao's Floating World and a Species Racing Against Extinction
- Makar Sankranti and India's Agricultural Festival Calendar
- Current Affairs Today — January 11, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — January 7, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — January 3, 2026
- Current Affairs Today — January 2, 2026
Geography Editorial Analysis
All Editorials →12 September 2026
Bihar Floods and Basin-Wide Cooperation: Why Embankments Alone Are Not the Answer
4 September 2026
Two Dryland Rivers, One Canal: The Case for Rethinking Ken-Betwa
31 August 2026
Not Wasteland: India Finally Names Its Open Natural Ecosystems
31 August 2026
The Himalaya Serves Another Warning, and India Cannot Hear It
31 August 2026
Apna Jal: The Water India Already Has and Refuses to Use
30 August 2026
The Clock Stopped at 9.29. The Early Warning Had Worked. It Did Not Matter.
All Geography Editorials (27 total)
- Bihar Floods and Basin-Wide Cooperation: Why Embankments Alone Are Not the Answer
- Two Dryland Rivers, One Canal: The Case for Rethinking Ken-Betwa
- Not Wasteland: India Finally Names Its Open Natural Ecosystems
- The Himalaya Serves Another Warning, and India Cannot Hear It
- Apna Jal: The Water India Already Has and Refuses to Use
- The Clock Stopped at 9.29. The Early Warning Had Worked. It Did Not Matter.
- The Mountains Are Warning Us: Shyam Saran on Himalayan Fragility
- The Dark Forest of Katlekan: Why the Western Ghats Still Matter
- Danger From Above: What the Nepal Flood Says About Himalayan Risk
- Nepal, Rishiganga and Dharali Are Signals of a Himalayan Crisis
- The Monsoon Is No Longer Safe: Maharashtra's Rising Compound Drought-Heatwave Risk
- Not the Rain: Kerala's Floods Are a Land-Use Failure
- Water in Abeyance: India's Plans on the Western Rivers and Pakistan's Protest at the United Nations
- The Slope Gives Way: Himachal's Landslides Are a Governance Failure
- Reading the Reservoirs: A 15 Per Cent Deficit and the Water Year Ahead
- The Rule Curve We Ignore: How Full Dams Manufacture Floods
- High Heat — On India and Warming
- As Gangotri Opens, the Glacier Closes: Pilgrimage Tourism Cannot Ignore the Ice That Feeds the Ganga
- Dry Days Ahead: El Niño Threatens India's 2026 Monsoon
- Parched Again: Why Bengaluru's Water Crisis Is a Failure of Urban Design, Not Rainfall
- New Measure for Heat Stress Reframes the Climate Challenge
- The Gangotri Crisis: When Glaciers Retreat, Water Wars Begin
- Himalayan Fire Shift — When Climate Change Pushes Flames to New Heights
- Spring That Never Came — El Niño 2026 and the Monsoon Threat India Must Prepare For
- The Aravalli Question — Science, Law and the Desert at the Gate
- BRO and the Logic of Border Infrastructure — Building Under Adversity
- Kaziranga Elevated Corridor — Can Linear Infrastructure Co-exist with Wildlife?
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